MCP73-T-M bad caps

russ

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MCP73-T-M bad caps

05-13-2013, 12:45 AM

Hi,

I was upgrading harddrives and noticed one bad capacitor 6.3V 1800uF next to 24 pin power connector on motherboard. Other 16 V Sanyo capacitors looks fine.
The motherboard is working fine, do I need to replace this capacitor and what is the purpose of this capacitor?

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jtctolits

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06-25-2013, 11:18 PM

Re: MCP73-T-M bad caps

replace the cap.

since you have an invidia chipset mobo, as a preventive measure out a small fan on the chipset heatsink.
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