Asus 8400GS

[Pentium4]

Started acting funny. 26,849 running hours. The original caps were two TK ATWY 820uF 6.3V and a TK ATWT 330uF 6.3V. The 330uF failed without bulging. Replaced the 820uF 6.3V ATWY with nichicon HN and replaced the 330uF 6.3V ATWT with 470uF 6.3V Chemi-con KZH, and added those little heatsinks to the RAM chips, and replaced the crappy stock thermal paste with MX2

[c_hegge]

Re: Asus 8400GS

I'd stick a fan on it too. The 8400GS has the substrate defect, and should never be allowed to get warm.

[Pentium4]

Re: Asus 8400GS

I think I'll leave it as it is. The computer it's going in will be on 24/7 and has good cooling. I will say, that thermal paste helped a lot. The stock stuff was that terrible bubble gum stuff

[brethin]

Re: Asus 8400GS

I think I'll leave it as it is. The computer it's going in will be on 24/7 and has good cooling. I will say, that thermal paste helped a lot. The stock stuff was that terrible bubble gum stuff

If this were a AGP card It might be worth caring about as they are much harder to find. Since it is PCI-E and such a low end card you could replace it with something twice as good for like $20 so why bother repairing it except for fun.

[Pentium4]

Re: Asus 8400GS

I did it for fun of course, and I got it for free. The heatsinks were from a junk chinese PSU. Plus, why not make use of hardware that has already been manufactured?