Well, first I have to say that this is the first time I have ever posted in these forums. I've been referring to badcaps for some time now and have even ordered a decent number of caps (which so far I've been very happy with).
I guess im like Hugo Stiglitz... My status as a CAP killer is still amateur... I came here to find out if I could go pro!
So far under my belt I've recapped well over 20 Dell SX280's and a few 270's. Also recapped a horrible All-In-One brand's motherboards called Cybernet. I've recently jumped into new space like 2 Dell 172FPb monitors and now, I'm thinking that the fun does not need to stop there.
So I've got this Antex SP-400 PSU and its a 100% no boot scenario. I was given this system when building a new computer for a customer of mine (I run a computer shop) and I thought it would be a horrible thing to waste. I replaced 9 x 6.3v 1000uf Teapo caps with some caps I scrapped off another motherboard that simply overheated a bit (I know... reusing caps, shame shame). I'm unclear what brand they were, they had a small "M" on them as a brand label. I want to say I read somewhere that these are possibly Panasonic?
The motherboard recap went great, I plugged in the old power supply assuming it was just the mobo that had cap issues. Low and behold it wouldn't start, so I tried another PSU and sure enough everything works great. So upon further investigation I notice that this Antec PSU ALSO uses these completely crap Teapo caps, all of which are blown.
So my question (finally) is... I've never recapped a power supply, and I'd like to be cautious. Is there anything specific I should know to avoid killing myself. I am aware that I am supposed to drain the larger caps off before working on the psu, but I'm not clear on how to make/buy that device and how to use it properly. Any insight one of you guys could provide would be excellent. Of course for this re-cap (since its a PSU) I plan on using new caps to avoid a
Thanks guys, looking forward to learning and contributing to these forums
I guess im like Hugo Stiglitz... My status as a CAP killer is still amateur... I came here to find out if I could go pro!
So far under my belt I've recapped well over 20 Dell SX280's and a few 270's. Also recapped a horrible All-In-One brand's motherboards called Cybernet. I've recently jumped into new space like 2 Dell 172FPb monitors and now, I'm thinking that the fun does not need to stop there.
So I've got this Antex SP-400 PSU and its a 100% no boot scenario. I was given this system when building a new computer for a customer of mine (I run a computer shop) and I thought it would be a horrible thing to waste. I replaced 9 x 6.3v 1000uf Teapo caps with some caps I scrapped off another motherboard that simply overheated a bit (I know... reusing caps, shame shame). I'm unclear what brand they were, they had a small "M" on them as a brand label. I want to say I read somewhere that these are possibly Panasonic?
The motherboard recap went great, I plugged in the old power supply assuming it was just the mobo that had cap issues. Low and behold it wouldn't start, so I tried another PSU and sure enough everything works great. So upon further investigation I notice that this Antec PSU ALSO uses these completely crap Teapo caps, all of which are blown.
So my question (finally) is... I've never recapped a power supply, and I'd like to be cautious. Is there anything specific I should know to avoid killing myself. I am aware that I am supposed to drain the larger caps off before working on the psu, but I'm not clear on how to make/buy that device and how to use it properly. Any insight one of you guys could provide would be excellent. Of course for this re-cap (since its a PSU) I plan on using new caps to avoid a
Thanks guys, looking forward to learning and contributing to these forums
But today, I’m making an exception here. Why? No idea. Perhaps only because the repair details are still “fresh” in my head… which is ironic, given this is a 16 year old monitor that hardly anyone will care about today. It is new to me, though. 
I picked it up last November from someone on my local Craigslist. It wasn’t very close to where I live, but was close to a family friend that I had to go visit anyways. So after watching the posting on Craigslist for a few weeks and seeing it getting...
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