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  • knotman
    New Member
    • Aug 2006
    • 6

    #1

    newbie needs help

    i recently blew out a cap on my vid card and i found the same exact one on an old mother board my problem is that i took a pic to make sure of the pos. and neg. sides now the side i thought for sure was the neg. has what looks like a pos. sign next to it i just want to make sure that it is the neg. side before i do more dammage or any damage to the motherboard

    here is a pic of the card
    http://img243.*************/img243/3228/dscn1369pk8.jpg

    in the white area it looks like it has the pos.sign but if you look at the cap on top it is sitting the same way and it is neg.

    any help would be greatful
    Last edited by kc8adu; 08-30-2006, 06:02 AM.
  • knotman
    New Member
    • Aug 2006
    • 6

    #2
    Re: newbie needs help

    fixed the img code.
    Last edited by kc8adu; 08-30-2006, 06:03 AM.

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    • willawake
      Super Modulator
      • Nov 2003
      • 8457
      • Greece

      #3
      Re: newbie needs help

      is it an asus video card?

      what about the other caps, how are they aligned? show another pic of some other caps.
      capacitor lab yachtmati techmati

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      • kc8adu
        Super Moderator
        • Nov 2003
        • 8832
        • U.S.A!

        #4
        Re: newbie needs help

        the white area denotes the - of a thruhole part.the+ you see is for a sm part.board can use either.
        an exception is asus.
        they mark thiers ass backwards from eveyone else.

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        • knotman
          New Member
          • Aug 2006
          • 6

          #5
          Re: newbie needs help

          Originally posted by willawake
          is it an asus video card?

          what about the other caps, how are they aligned? show another pic of some other caps.
          nah its a cheapie mx 400 gforce 2 agp the only other cap going the same way is the one on top this is why i think the neg. is on the bottom

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          • knotman
            New Member
            • Aug 2006
            • 6

            #6
            Re: newbie needs help

            Originally posted by kc8adu
            the white area denotes the - of a thruhole part.the+ you see is for a sm part.board can use either.
            an exception is asus.
            they mark thiers ass backwards from eveyone else.
            so i am right then ??? the bottom is the neg.

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            • knotman
              New Member
              • Aug 2006
              • 6

              #7
              Re: newbie needs help

              i tried to use an ohm meter to see where i would get the reading
              i grounded one wire and touched the holes and got a reading on both witch im thinking that the pos. side would not give me a reading

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              • knotman
                New Member
                • Aug 2006
                • 6

                #8
                Re: newbie needs help

                i do believe that it worked

                i will know if or when the puter freezes up that is what happened last time the puter keep freezing up and after an extensive search i found the cap on the vid card popped but now it is back in and working
                way kool!!!!!

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                • Spacedye69
                  Badcaps Veteran
                  • Nov 2005
                  • 698
                  • US

                  #9
                  Re: newbie needs help

                  Congrats! Nothing like resurrecting dead components.

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