Generic crap Matsonic PIII MB with Chemicon knock offs

[Super Nade]

This is from a rig in my lab. Thankfully all the experimental data is safe. The board was on its way out a long time ago. It caught our attention only after a few BSOD loops..lol. To make things worse, this board was powered by a Powmax.......

Most of the 1000uF,6.3V Canicons are dead....
Also the rest of the crap G-Luxon on the CPU VRM side is dead as well...

[pvone]

Re: Generic crap Matsonic PIII MB with Chemicon knock offs

reminds me of PC Chips with the cheesy heatsink and Canicons. VRM looks different than the ones I've seen though... anyway, nice

[Super Nade]

Re: Generic crap Matsonic PIII MB with Chemicon knock offs

PC-Chips..LOL another shit brand I'd avoid like the plague.

[pvone]

Re: Generic crap Matsonic PIII MB with Chemicon knock offs

yep. Personally I don't even bother to check them anymore, straight in the junk box they go. Seen too many issues even with new caps (yes, I recapped a few in the past... )

[linuxguru]

Re: Generic crap Matsonic PIII MB with Chemicon knock offs

PCChips is an other alter-ego for Matsonic, ECS, etc. (all are OEM boards from ECS). However, the board will most probably be reliable after recapping and swapping out the PSU for something decent.

[Super Nade]

Re: Generic crap Matsonic PIII MB with Chemicon knock offs

So it looks like ECS were 100x worse than they are now. Using knock-off caps and G-Luxon's is just criminal.

Actually mate, the PSU has been running for almost 8 years now without a problem. It seems to be Indy regulated and the caps are pretty decent (Matsushita on the primary, Teapo on the secondary).

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http://super-nade.blogspot.com/2007/...axwhaaaat.html