PSU problems(More inside)

[oke139]

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Alright, il try to take better pictures later & get a multimeter, but what i can tell they should be parallel. Do PSU's caps got some kind of bleed resistor that empties the caps or should i be on the lookout for leftover power in the caps? LOL i hope i dont hit the jackpot with connecting + with -, gota get my dad with this Once i was replacing an display in a digital camera and the freakin cap was hidden behind the board, i was extra cautious but then bam, i got shocked, turns out i found the soldier points for the cap on the motherboard... Was quite a shock too...

[PeteS in CA]

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There should be bleeder resistors across the input electrolytics. Unless you already have the case taken apart, the resistors should have the caps bled off by the time you can open the case and get your hands inside. Of course, if you are already looking at the bottom of the PCB, measuring the voltage across the input electrolytics won't take long and might save you an unpleasant surprise.

[oke139]

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Alright, today my replacement PSU(some cheap 300w, no graphics card installed) started to malfunction too and a PSU before that was malfunctioning also. So im starting to think maybe PC's motherboard can have something to do with this, gonna try graphics card + psu on friends system laterz. Anyway i added some pics of my PSUs motherboard. My dad said they run on seperate circles but hes been known to be wrong sometimes. Also i was looking at a modecom PSU today, are they any good? It was premium i think.

[oke139]

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I'm getting a new PSU instead. I was wondering what you guys think of Matsushita caps (Japanese made)?

Moral of the story: It's very hard to get quality 8mm caps and its not worth the trouble if you don't live in UK or US, now 10mm that is easy

[dmill89]

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I'm getting a new PSU instead. I was wondering what you guys think of Matsushita caps (Japanese made)?

Matsushita is the parent company of Panasonic and their caps are some of the best out there.

[PeteS in CA]

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Matsushita = Panasonic = Goodness.

[oke139]

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Alright i already paied for it. This time im getting something real nice instead of a cheap one. A Gigabyte Odin GT 550W. It has all the cool monitoring & calibrating stuff like manually raising the voltage on rails(I know, i wont go even near that slider lol). It was stated that it uses those caps and with your feedback im pretty sure this will last me sometime and even if the caps fail sometime i hope they use 10mm ones .

THANKS A LOT EVERYONE

E: Oh and i was wondering if there were any other stuff that failed frequently on PSU's other than capacitors?