Re: Antec advertises top quality Japanese capacitors in Signature Series PSUs
So in your particular PSU that particular series of YC are not sub par.
And?
So in your particular PSU that particular series of YC are not sub par.
And?
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Re: Antec advertises top quality Japanese capacitors in Signature Series PSUs
I pulled two Viva brand primary filter caps that looked good yet out of a Deer once and tried to use them to fix a TV set. Didn't work.Originally posted by sLowEndComment
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Re: Antec advertises top quality Japanese capacitors in Signature Series PSUs
primary caps fails rarely, even when they're from unreputable brands...
can it happen?
sure.
does it happen a lot?
surely not.
when you have a voltage spike they'll get theirs, though...
http://picasaweb.google.hr/i4004b3/V...ke_2008_12_30#
same event, same house, same damage(just the primary cap and the smps ic)...
so from the overall(small) number of primary caps damaged, those that were damaged by voltage spikes should be subtracted...Comment
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Re: Antec advertises top quality Japanese capacitors in Signature Series PSUs
rule of thumb: if a primary cap popped, and you can definately say that it couldn't be caused by a voltage spike, there's something else seriously wrong with that psu..
(even if it's just a dead fan in a PC PSU, but even then, the primary caps usually don't just pop open.. most of the time the primary and/or secondary switchers/diode packs fail first due to overheating..)
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Re: Antec advertises top quality Japanese capacitors in Signature Series PSUs
You don't get a lot of lightening storms there, do ya Scenic...
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Re: Antec advertises top quality Japanese capacitors in Signature Series PSUs
A bit OT, but......IIRC CapXon caps feature prominently in HEC PSUs.Originally posted by PCBONEZ
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Re: Antec advertises top quality Japanese capacitors in Signature Series PSUs
@ i4004: I suppose the primary caps in your pictures have burst due to a long period under overvoltage or they have been connected to a 220V plug instead of 110VOriginally posted by i4004
or they were bad/faulty.
What do you mean for "voltage spikes"?
For me is an overvoltage with very short period, usually it is not able to burst primary caps like those in your picture.
I ask because English is not my mother tongue and sometimes it is easy to misunderstood other people's post.
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Re: Antec advertises top quality Japanese capacitors in Signature Series PSUs
looks more like damage from loss of the neutral.Originally posted by i4004
several neighbors had this happen.usually just kills the filter cap and fuse.
will also kill control transformer for the hvac and the stby transformer in stereos.can you guess who got to fix all their stuff?Comment
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Re: Antec advertises top quality Japanese capacitors in Signature Series PSUs
last real lightening storm we had here was AFAIR about a year ago.Originally posted by PCBONEZ
last time it damaged electronics by the lightning hitting a power box .. uhm.,.. let's see... 2009 now.. so last time that happend *scratches head*.. over 4 years ago.. i think...Comment
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Re: Antec advertises top quality Japanese capacitors in Signature Series PSUs
We actually have a lightening SEASON here that's 3 or 4 months long.
Lightening storm every 2 or 3 days for months.
We call it "Monsoon Season".
Might not be right overhead every time but close enough to see.
Trust me, lightening can blow primary caps - no problem!
Two years ago lightening took out the huge quart jar size cap in my 220v roof AC unit. Took out two 70 amp BUS fuses in the main AC box too.
Lightening didn't actually -hit- anything close to me as far as I know.
Was just unusually low altitude that day.
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Hi Folks,
Just wanted to clear up a misunderstanding of mine (or what I expect is one). Isn't the 12V rail from the 24 pin, EPS and PCIE separated? IE if I put a power resistor on the ATX 12V pin that is not going to load, thus tell me if the EPS or PCIE rails are fine?
I was recently watching ArIs from Hardware Busters video on how to properly test ATX PSUs without using 5 figure Croma substations.
The PCB adapter he used breaks out the 12, 5 and 3.3V pins from the 24 pin and gives you banana plugs to connect to. That is a bit useless is it not? Aren't... -
While recaping Antec Earthwatts EA-380 I've broke one side of unknown smd element, it have no print, it's flatter and darker than smd capacitors on this board, shaped more like resistor but it's not resistor ofc. Unfortunetly the printed description was under it and element was glued to the board so I cant read/tell the letter before element number too. Have anyone any idea what it is? Maybe is there any diagram of this PSU?
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In my search for a proper 5v heavy ATX power supply, I selected an old Antec SU-380 that I've had in storage for a long time. Opening the power supply reveals a couple bulged capacitors. I removed all the caps and made a map for myself. I found the datasheet for the PCE TUR series in this thread:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=14159
It says these are general purpose, so I assume I can replace them with any general purpose capacitors, but I don't really know anything about power supply circuits or reading capacitor datasheets. Despite this, I've been shopping for replacements:... -
Hello,
I'm currentlly in the process of trying my first power supply repair (really my first soldering project) and have some questions with regard to which capacitors to replace the bad ones.
The power supply is an Antec Smart Power SL300S ATX12V 300 watt.
I have successfully desoldered every capacitor from the board without destroying anything (I think) and I am currently in the process of choosing which caps to order. This is where I'd like a little community wisdom.
Now the capacitors inside are mostly Fuhjyyus (a forum favorite) with 1... -
Hi all,
Got in these 2 nice PSUs, both died after power surge.
Both seems to be suffering from the same fault.
Blown main fuse
Shorted N mosfet 550v
VP-600P: 5R280CE short between GDS
NE550M: MDF18N50 short between GDS
In terns of board layout these seems pretty identical.
From past knowledge, once gate get shorted, most likely the for the driver to go bad as well.
I never tried to salvage blown fuse PSU with shorted Mosfet due to that.
Is it worth to try and replace the mosfets? is there a chance that the...
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