Hello all. First post here hope this is the right place. Anyhow I recently acquired a EVGA 133-K8-NF41 mobo with a 3500+ cpu 2x512 ddr and a 160gb hdd for $20 from a friend of mine. (i only really wanted the ram and hdd but he gave me the board and all) Anyhow the only thing is he was using it one day and it went BANG! and shut off. The board has several blown caps of 2 different sizes. The larger ones are fz57 1500uf 6.3v the smaller ones are fz57 470uf 16v. There are 5 poped big ones and 3 poped small ones. I did some research and it seems that these "fz" caps are known to be of bad quality. Now on to the questions.
1. What are the odds that the board will still work once the caps are replaced?
2. I was thinking of robing caps of the same values for another board to make sure the board still works before i invest in new caps for it. I have a few dead boards laying around i could use for parts.
3. If I do get new caps for it I plan on replacing all the ones with fz on them. What should i replace them with?
1. What are the odds that the board will still work once the caps are replaced?
2. I was thinking of robing caps of the same values for another board to make sure the board still works before i invest in new caps for it. I have a few dead boards laying around i could use for parts.
3. If I do get new caps for it I plan on replacing all the ones with fz on them. What should i replace them with?
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