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  • Per Hansson
    Super Moderator
    • Jul 2005
    • 5894
    • Sweden
    #1

    Epox 8RDA3+ Recap My First Poly Mod

    Hi, this has been one of my favourite mainboards
    It's gone through allot of CPU's and different memory, I've owned it since November 2003. It now has 2GB Corsair TWINX2048-4000PT memory in it that only cost $400 when I bought it December 2006
    The CPU it uses is a Mobile Athlon XP-M Barton clocked to 2300Mhz

    Lately it has been commisioned into a HTPC at my parents place, I bought a ATI 2400Pro graphics card for it, it's connected to a Sony KDL-40D3550 LCD TV

    Last month or so it started locking up, it had been running rock solid up untill then at this OC, for several years...
    So I placed an order with Big Pope, since this mobo has such a sentimental value for me I thought I'd go overkill on it and give it some solid polymer caps
    Code:
    6x 2700uF 2.5v X-CON ULR
3x 2200uF 16v Samxon GC
4x 820uF  4v Sanyo OS-CON SEPC
1x 1500uF 16v Samxon GC
8x 1000uF 6.3v Samxon GC
7x 470uF  16v Samxon GC
3x 220uF  16v X-CON ULR
    After recapping it works great, I will see when I have time if there is now more overclocking headroom, I would think there is...
    Maybe I can also lower vcore now and still maintain stability
    The second pic I posted below as a thumbnail only shows locations of caps and their values...
    What was strange was that the caps I removed checked out ok for both capacitance and ESR, go figure, all where TEAPO except the 3 input caps for the CPU VRM (GSC). None where bulging...
    Last thumbnail to the right is an old before pic I found...

    Note; you can click image for a larger version
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    Last edited by Per Hansson; 08-25-2009, 02:31 PM.
    "The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it."
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    • Gianni
      Badcaps Veteran
      • Jul 2008
      • 681
      • Italy
      #2
      Re: Epox 8RDA3+ Recap My First Poly Mod

      Congratulation

      Let's see if it last other 6 years.

      Ciao
      Gianni
      "In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins...Not through strength, but through persistence."
      H. J. Brown

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        • yanz
          Badcaps Veteran
          • Nov 2004
          • 910
          #3
          Re: Epox 8RDA3+ Recap My First Poly Mod

          nice work. it always a worthy recapping if it's an epox board..
          days are so short when you actually do something..

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            • Per Hansson
              Super Moderator
              • Jul 2005
              • 5894
              • Sweden
              #4
              Re: Epox 8RDA3+ Recap My First Poly Mod

              Thnx guys
              Correction to the above from Big Pope, the 3 input caps for the CPU VRM are Samxon GD, not GC
              Btw, I was meaning to use solid polymers for the 4x 1000uF 6.3v caps around the RAM, but I was unable to fit the Sanyo OS-CON 820uF caps there because they where too thick (actually 3x OSCON's I could fit but the last one was impossible, so I used Samxon GC 1000uF 6.3v 8mm instead...)
              Last edited by Per Hansson; 08-26-2009, 09:34 AM.
              "The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it."

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                • sofTest
                  Badcaps Veteran
                  • Aug 2008
                  • 361
                  #5
                  Re: Epox 8RDA3+ Recap My First Poly Mod

                  Tjena.

                  Good job. So Big Pope is in business? I sent him an email a couple of weeks ago for a quote on some caps, but hasn't received any answer. I've ordered the caps elsewhere after a few days without reply, so it doesn't matter any more. I'm not impressed by his interest though.
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                    • Per Hansson
                      Super Moderator
                      • Jul 2005
                      • 5894
                      • Sweden
                      #6
                      Re: Epox 8RDA3+ Recap My First Poly Mod

                      Tjena
                      Perhaps the mail was lost or something, he usually answers very quickly...
                      "The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it."

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                        • Big Pope
                          Approved Vendor
                          • Dec 2005
                          • 426
                          #7
                          Re: Epox 8RDA3+ Recap My First Poly Mod

                          Originally posted by sofTest
                          Tjena.

                          Good job. So Big Pope is in business? I sent him an email a couple of weeks ago for a quote on some caps, but hasn't received any answer. I've ordered the caps elsewhere after a few days without reply, so it doesn't matter any more. I'm not impressed by his interest though.
                          Sorry for this, when you sent you me e-mail? and Which e-mail you sent? Thanks.
                          My SAMXON Capacitors Database HERE!!

                          X-CON is a new brand for SAMXON's Polymer Capacitors.

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                            • sofTest
                              Badcaps Veteran
                              • Aug 2008
                              • 361
                              #8
                              Re: Epox 8RDA3+ Recap My First Poly Mod

                              Originally posted by Big Pope
                              Sorry for this, when you sent you me e-mail? and Which e-mail you sent? Thanks.
                              Sometime last week, with subject "Quote" or "Price quote". As I said, I've ordered the caps elsewhere on Monday, and received one of the lots today. I ordered from a couple of eBay vendors I hadn't purchased from before, and the Panasonic FCs I received today checked out OK. The other lot of Chemi-Con KZJs was confirmed shipped on Tuesday, so if they also are OK, I'm sett for caps for my current projects within the next few days.
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                                • zandrax
                                  Hit and miss
                                  • Dec 2007
                                  • 1157
                                  • Italy
                                  #9
                                  Re: Epox 8RDA3+ Recap My First Poly Mod

                                  Congrats Per: nice work. Keep us updated if the board OCs higher

                                  Zandrax
                                  Have an happy life.

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                                    • Big Pope
                                      Approved Vendor
                                      • Dec 2005
                                      • 426
                                      #10
                                      Re: Epox 8RDA3+ Recap My First Poly Mod

                                      Originally posted by sofTest
                                      Sometime last week, with subject "Quote" or "Price quote". As I said, I've ordered the caps elsewhere on Monday, and received one of the lots today. I ordered from a couple of eBay vendors I hadn't purchased from before, and the Panasonic FCs I received today checked out OK. The other lot of Chemi-Con KZJs was confirmed shipped on Tuesday, so if they also are OK, I'm sett for caps for my current projects within the next few days.
                                      It is ok, wait for your e-mail soon. But, just remind you that KZJ and KZV have already discontinuation from Chemi-con snice July 2007.
                                      My SAMXON Capacitors Database HERE!!

                                      X-CON is a new brand for SAMXON's Polymer Capacitors.

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