Hi there badcaps!
I've been reading the forums for a while, and done several motherboard/PSU recaps with success. This is my first time posting though, as I've run into a problem.
I've got Be Quiet BQT E5-500W, which is filled with CapXon KF series. When plugged into a motherboard the motherboard led turns on, but when trying to power the board on, fans will turn a little and then nothing. Measured around 5.2V on the purple cable though. I opened the unit, and most of the caps are actually fine, but there was a couple of bulging 2200uF 6.3V CapXon caps, sized 8x25. First one can be seen in second attachment picture, and another in third and fourth pictures. I used flash on my camera to see the surroundings better. What's also interesting in the second cap is, that it was covered with a rubber "sock", best seen in the last picture.
The problem here is the size of those failed caps. Now, the cap in the second picture can be rather easily replaced with 10x20 / 10x25 sized cap (witch I already have). The place near the heatsink though is so crammed, that there is practically no change of placing anything of larger diameter than 8mm.
I've read from the forums (here and here) that there's some choices for the same size (three as far as I know): Panasonic FJ or FK, and Nichicon HM. Unfortunately none on my local shops (in Finland) have them in this size, and ordering internationally is often pricy. Ebay sure can find fake caps from china with appropriate size, but that's another thing.
So then I was wondering if this 2200uF cap could be replaced with a 1800uF one? These would be much easier to get. I'm not good at reading the board layout, so I can't tell if the lower capacitance would have some effect on the behavior of the circuit. I hope you could help me with that.
Then again, I'm going to recap some 380W Antecs with a load of Fuhjyyus inside, so maybe ordering internationally isn't that bad. We'll see.
I've been reading the forums for a while, and done several motherboard/PSU recaps with success. This is my first time posting though, as I've run into a problem.
I've got Be Quiet BQT E5-500W, which is filled with CapXon KF series. When plugged into a motherboard the motherboard led turns on, but when trying to power the board on, fans will turn a little and then nothing. Measured around 5.2V on the purple cable though. I opened the unit, and most of the caps are actually fine, but there was a couple of bulging 2200uF 6.3V CapXon caps, sized 8x25. First one can be seen in second attachment picture, and another in third and fourth pictures. I used flash on my camera to see the surroundings better. What's also interesting in the second cap is, that it was covered with a rubber "sock", best seen in the last picture.
The problem here is the size of those failed caps. Now, the cap in the second picture can be rather easily replaced with 10x20 / 10x25 sized cap (witch I already have). The place near the heatsink though is so crammed, that there is practically no change of placing anything of larger diameter than 8mm.
I've read from the forums (here and here) that there's some choices for the same size (three as far as I know): Panasonic FJ or FK, and Nichicon HM. Unfortunately none on my local shops (in Finland) have them in this size, and ordering internationally is often pricy. Ebay sure can find fake caps from china with appropriate size, but that's another thing.
So then I was wondering if this 2200uF cap could be replaced with a 1800uF one? These would be much easier to get. I'm not good at reading the board layout, so I can't tell if the lower capacitance would have some effect on the behavior of the circuit. I hope you could help me with that.
Then again, I'm going to recap some 380W Antecs with a load of Fuhjyyus inside, so maybe ordering internationally isn't that bad. We'll see.
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