I have a Gigabyte 7I-XEH motherboard that had some distinctively bad capacitors; it had 8 and a half years of service before it finally died (and before I learned about this problem!). Anyway, I removed it after a catastrophic failure that fried my severely overheated video card. I've spent $260 already in replacement parts, and not interested in spending too much more.
In any case, considering the incident, is it possible that the old MB fried my PSU, by either a feedback or a short, or did I just get a really bad MB replacement? The replacement is also showing very minor signs of bad caps, which were NOT present before I powered it. The tops are still flat, but the caps are not flush with the board, and are pointed slightly every which way.
I inspected the PSU as much as I could without opening it (by looking in the air vent). Everything seemed fine, except for one capacitor which SEEMED to be leaning to the side (but I really could not tell), but there was a suspicious brown spot on top of one of the capacitors. There were no signs of any broken vents, but again, I couldn't tell. I am not opening the PSU for fear that it may still be under warranty.
PSU: Logisys PS480D-BK
Old MB: Gigabyte 7I-XEH
New MB: ECS w/ SIS 761GX/965L chipset (I can't find any actual model number)
New MB symptoms:
Worked fine for 4 minutes, then suddenly "died", no display signal and power light on the case went out. After second attempt, only stayed up for 10 seconds. All fans were connected and running.
No signs of overheating; all heatsinks felt quite below normal operating temperature, and considering operating time, normal.
In any case, considering the incident, is it possible that the old MB fried my PSU, by either a feedback or a short, or did I just get a really bad MB replacement? The replacement is also showing very minor signs of bad caps, which were NOT present before I powered it. The tops are still flat, but the caps are not flush with the board, and are pointed slightly every which way.
I inspected the PSU as much as I could without opening it (by looking in the air vent). Everything seemed fine, except for one capacitor which SEEMED to be leaning to the side (but I really could not tell), but there was a suspicious brown spot on top of one of the capacitors. There were no signs of any broken vents, but again, I couldn't tell. I am not opening the PSU for fear that it may still be under warranty.
PSU: Logisys PS480D-BK
Old MB: Gigabyte 7I-XEH
New MB: ECS w/ SIS 761GX/965L chipset (I can't find any actual model number)
New MB symptoms:
Worked fine for 4 minutes, then suddenly "died", no display signal and power light on the case went out. After second attempt, only stayed up for 10 seconds. All fans were connected and running.
No signs of overheating; all heatsinks felt quite below normal operating temperature, and considering operating time, normal.
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