I have two near twin PCIe X600 Radeons. One started to give trouble a few weeks ago, but today it became useless. That one I've had in virtually constant use for over 6 years for OS/2 to run DOS apps in SVGA text mode. The other was bought to serve as backup, as cards any newer this and X800/X850 are not supported by the newest available OS/2 video driver. I'd very much like to make the bad good again, to minimize possible down time if the current one fails.
Neither card has a brand on it. Both have part number stickers that are vastly different. I know at least one was sold to me as MSI. The only visible difference between the two is the good one has three 470uF polymers where the bad has 4 Nichicon HC 470uF 10v 10mmX13mm H0524. The good also has 1 Nichicon HM 8mmX12mm, while the bad has 2 A0447.
Does this look or sound like a candidate for recapping success? If so, should I use polys for the 470s? For all? If polys, which should I try? If not, what should I use? Direct matches to HC and HM are absent from Mouser and Digikey, and I'm finding only dead links looking for specs on them.
Neither card has a brand on it. Both have part number stickers that are vastly different. I know at least one was sold to me as MSI. The only visible difference between the two is the good one has three 470uF polymers where the bad has 4 Nichicon HC 470uF 10v 10mmX13mm H0524. The good also has 1 Nichicon HM 8mmX12mm, while the bad has 2 A0447.
Does this look or sound like a candidate for recapping success? If so, should I use polys for the 470s? For all? If polys, which should I try? If not, what should I use? Direct matches to HC and HM are absent from Mouser and Digikey, and I'm finding only dead links looking for specs on them.
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