Hi fellow badcaps forum members,
I have heard all about catastrophic capacitor failures which are very easy to identify (vented tops, oozing electrolyte solution, deformation of cylindrical shape, etc.) However, no one has really addressed caps where the bottom seal is broken and no electrolyte solution has oozed out of the bottom. Is this ok, or should these be replaced right away?
Specific case:
I have 5 year old MSI motherboard with 4x Nippon Chemicon 16v 1500uf capacitors next to the 4-pin cpu power connector, 2 have a blown bottom seal. The top is flush and flat (A-OK) on all, but looking at the base the circular plastic seal has popped out of the base of 2 of these (no leaking electrolyte solution). I tested the capacitors and they measured 6100uf (circuit of 4x 1500uf caps). No stability issues with motherboard, posted voltages in BIOS A-OK.
Everything indicates that these caps are ok, except for visual inspection. Why have they not lost any capacitance ability? Are these caps fine?
I have heard all about catastrophic capacitor failures which are very easy to identify (vented tops, oozing electrolyte solution, deformation of cylindrical shape, etc.) However, no one has really addressed caps where the bottom seal is broken and no electrolyte solution has oozed out of the bottom. Is this ok, or should these be replaced right away?
Specific case:
I have 5 year old MSI motherboard with 4x Nippon Chemicon 16v 1500uf capacitors next to the 4-pin cpu power connector, 2 have a blown bottom seal. The top is flush and flat (A-OK) on all, but looking at the base the circular plastic seal has popped out of the base of 2 of these (no leaking electrolyte solution). I tested the capacitors and they measured 6100uf (circuit of 4x 1500uf caps). No stability issues with motherboard, posted voltages in BIOS A-OK.
Everything indicates that these caps are ok, except for visual inspection. Why have they not lost any capacitance ability? Are these caps fine?
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