Gigabyte board works with GSC capacitors

[pfrcom]

Surprisingly this GA-7VKML still worked with six GSC 3300uf capacitors in this condition, driving a Duron 1200

[pfrcom]

Re: Gigabyte board works with GSC capacitors

Hoping for longer life after replacing the GSC crapacitors with UCC KZG salvaged from a dead board

[willawake]

Re: Gigabyte board works with GSC capacitors

nice you have missed some though. what is that one starting to bulge in the middle of the ram. i have seen some gigabyte looking like the first pic to fuck the ram also permanently eventually

[cods69]

Re: Gigabyte board works with GSC capacitors

what is that one starting to bulge in the middle of the ram.

That one does look a little deformed on top.

[dood]

Re: Gigabyte board works with GSC capacitors

That one in the middle of the RAM just looks like a deep vent stamp, not really bulging.

[willawake]

Re: Gigabyte board works with GSC capacitors

well ok a memtest would be conclusive

[pfrcom]

Re: Gigabyte board works with GSC capacitors

More pics

I think it is deep vent stamping - no sign of bulging

[pfrcom]

Re: Gigabyte board works with GSC capacitors

Also, went through several passes of MemTest with no problems, both memory slots populated

[Tom41]

Re: Gigabyte board works with GSC capacitors

Surprisingly this GA-7VKML still worked with six GSC 3300uf capacitors in this condition, driving a Duron 1200

As I mentioned in an earlier 'bad caps irony' thread, caps don't have to be spilling their electrolyte out to have gone bad - they can fail silently and you would never know. On the other hand, you can have a whole load of caps fail inside a PC and it still remains stable - there was a PC at my workplace like that!

As a general rule though, when you find bad caps you should replace at least the bad ones as soon as possible. If the other ones are a known bad brand, it may be a good idea to replace those too to save you more work in the future.

I can't see any bulging or venting in the second set of pics, where you have replaced the bad caps. I have seen caps that look like they've caved in though, more often than not it's the result of a deep vent stamp (or physical impact, though that often causes similar symptoms to vented caps).