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  • Mad_Professor
    A Mech Warrior
    • Feb 2011
    • 1587

    #1

    What the frack kzg...

    So this board was manufacturer in 2004, it took this long before KZG blew the fuck up. The person who owns the board wants me to "fix it" because he has no job/little money for a new system.
    Personally I don't think it's worth a recap, but I'm getting paid to do it regardless of what I think.



    Looks like I'm buying some rubies from topcat.
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  • lti
    Badcaps Legend
    • May 2011
    • 2547
    • United States

    #2
    Re: What the frack kzg...

    I think this is a record for the longest lifetime of KZGs.

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    • mockingbird
      Badcaps Legend
      • Dec 2008
      • 5484
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      #3
      Re: What the frack kzg...

      I know someone who has KZG is an HP workstation (Though not around the VRM). The case is always open, and the computer is literally on 24x7. I think KZG can survive if they're put in a really benign (read: cool) environment.

      That looks like an old Athlon system... You should also change those OSTs (I see one in the background). Get some Samxon GC from TC. They really are reliable caps.

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      • Evil Lurker
        Warranty Voider
        • Feb 2011
        • 454

        #4
        Re: What the frack kzg...

        I reckon it all depends on how much the board was used and how good a power supply it was hooked to (ie the PSU had very low ripple the caps had to filter out) as to how how long the caps lasted.

        Whether or not its worth fixing is debatable. If its say an Nforce-2 series board or late revisoin VIA capable of supporting a 2800+ Barton and a coupla gigs of ram, I would say it would prolly be worth it, provided of course the PSU got recapped/replaced at the same time... It'd make a good XP box thats about it.

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        • Uranium-235
          Comrade Glimmer
          • Aug 2007
          • 5042
          • US

          #5
          Re: What the frack kzg...

          athlon xp system, 2 slots of ram. Hmm. I have access to 2400+ - 2600+'s if it can take those

          I had a pest control company that had a windows 98 computer running 24/7 (P1) for like 10 years, with no reboots (UPS batteries switched live)

          was stable, but had TERRIBLE bad caps. no crashes for 10 years with bad caps. I turned it off, did not turn back on
          Cap Datasheet Depot: http://www.paullinebarger.net/DS/
          ^If you have datasheets not listed PM me

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