PNY GeForce Ti4200 Videocard Canicon leak? Replacement?

[Spare-Flair]

Hi, this is my first post, I have a videocard with a capacitor that looks like it leaked and bloated. The card is crashing in windows because I think the capacitor has something to do with voltage regulation, the side of the card, specifically the corner it is in gets burning hot unlike anywhere else on the card and when it heats it, the video goes bad.

This is the capacitor in question, can I find a replacement capacitor in any electronics store? What should I ask for? I can solder but I don't know much else about electronics.

[kc8adu]

Re: PNY GeForce Ti4200 Videocard Canicon leak? Replacement?

you will need to replace all like it.
common problem.
i used rubycon mbz series as i had some on hand.
dont use the card till you recap as the vrm may fail.

[Spare-Flair]

Re: PNY GeForce Ti4200 Videocard Canicon leak? Replacement?

you will need to replace all like it.
common problem.
i used rubycon mbz series as i had some on hand.
dont use the card till you recap as the vrm may fail.

So I need to replace every cap on the board? What kind of caps should I use?

[Chris1992]

Re: PNY GeForce Ti4200 Videocard Canicon leak? Replacement?

any good Low ESR series should work well.

[Spare-Flair]

Re: PNY GeForce Ti4200 Videocard Canicon leak? Replacement?

Hi guys, thanks for the replies but I'm a bit of an electronics newbie when it comes to actual components and need a little extra help

Could somebody tell me what I should be looking for when I goto an electronics store to purchase new capacitors? I'll look for the better brands according to this site, but what specifications or what exactly am I looking/asking for? I tried to do this once, but the guy at the counter wasn't exactly helpful and wouldn't help me unless I could tell him what I needed even though I brought the suspect part to him.

[willawake]

Re: PNY GeForce Ti4200 Videocard Canicon leak? Replacement?

where are you based?

most electronic stores dont carry low esr caps but you may be lucky.

there are many online sources
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=613

if you are in the US or canada you can order from badcaps :
http://www.badcaps.net

here are some brands :

Nichicon - PM, PW, HV, HD, HC, HE, HM, HN HZ (we do not recommend using HM or HN series presently due to early fails of those series.)
Nippon Chemicon - NRSZ, NRSX, NRSY, NRSJ, NRSG
NRSX is probably the best
United Chemi-con - KZE, KZH
KZE are used on many boards recently.
Panasonic - FC, FM, FK, FA
Panasonic FC are highly available and recommended.
Rubycon - MBZ, MCZ, ZL, ZLG ZLH, ZA, YXH, YXG