Thanks again. I'm getting there slowly but surely. Luckily it's been cold in here so I haven't been crashing much at all, but I need to get this pc and the xbox done so I won't have to worry about it.
Any thoughts on the gluxons? Did I grab the wrong numbers off of them?
Ok, I took the motherboard out again a couple of weeks ago and got some more information but I'm lost on a couple. This is the revised list of what I have, and the proposed replacements:
I bought it a few months ago trying to track down this problem I'm having. Apparently, it wasn't the issue.
When buying different caps to replace the ones I have, should I always match the ripple at minimum? I feel like I'm looking at a million part numbers and values.
They appear to be the same size as the 1000uf I posted (8x20/3.5). I'm assuming the lead spacing is the same.
And nah, I don't want 800.
Is there a good way to quickly find compatible caps? Or am I just going to have to click and read for all results returned to me based off of voltage and uf?...
A little more information and request for help with correct replacements.
From my little diagram that I drew like a kindergartner I have:
15 TK 1800uf/6.3v/8x20/3.5 ATMB 837A (8 of these on the vcore)
7 Tk 1000uf/6.3v/8x11.5/3.5mm(the failed ones) ATWY 828A
5 TK 1000uf/16v/
1 470u/16v/8X11.5/3.5mm
8 very small TK 10uf?/16v caps by the rear line outs.
The rest are a couple of polymers, and G luxons. I originally only wanted to replace the bad ones. I don't want to do the whole...
So, after I pulled and reinstalled, I realized better pictures were needed once I followed that link in your last post...
I didn't see any other caps that were bad, but there are a LOT of those TK caps in there. I managed to get info off all the caps except for some very small ones. However, I didn't get diameter measurements off of any. Is that going to be a big deal?
The 3 bad ones are all the same: TK 6.3v 1000uF. I understand the preventative maintenance in replacing all the suspect caps on the board; I'm just...
I've never heard of the "walk" method but the funny thing is I've done that before when I was working on the guitar pedal. It worked beautifully.
When I took the console apart and saw the caps, I just kind of laughed. I'm looking at the failed components and notice they are directly IN the airflow and inch away from the cpu. How dumb do you have to be to design that? Could have at least put an air dam there if the caps had to be in that spot. I digress.
Good to know. I'm really up for suggestions on what to put in there if the LGs aren't the best. Like I said, I can splurge a little on caps if it will buy me more time with the console.
What would [I]you[/I] put in there?
And I have a heat gun that I could preheat with if necessary. Is flux used to desolder? Or just when soldering?Re: xbox 360
Good to know. I'm really up for suggestions on what to put in there if the LGs aren't the best. Like I said, I can splurge a little on caps if it will buy me more time with the console.
Browsing through those threads on here about the 360, I saw some people stating I should not put 4v caps in unless I'm sure they won't see more than that. I don't have a measurement capable of gauging that so wouldn't that be a risk?
The extent of my soldering experience with circuit boards is heavily modding a DS-1 guitar pedal. But I've probably got a junk mobo around here somewhere to play with.
Through some google searching, I ran upon this website thankfully. I have the dreaded rrod. I'm sure that's a surprise.
Anyway, I took it apart thinking I'd just reflow the gpu/cpu and be done with it. But, I immediately saw some other problems. 4 obviously failed caps.
From some browsing around here, people are saying that the nichicon HZ are suitable replacements for them(rubycon mfz 2700uF/6.3v). Referencing this thread: [url]https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=4931[/url] OR, upgrade to a poly such as [url]http://thecapking.com/plg0j182mdo1.html[/url]....
Some googling around for xbox360 fixes turned up some results from this forum which have been helpful. This post however is for my PC. I'll post the 360 thread shortly after this one, so if you're looking for something to do, post up in that one too! Thanks in advance.
So, to the point. My pc has been randomly crashing for a while now. I've reinstalled, updated OS, drivers, etc. Ran ram tests, swapped sticks, p/s. I've tried debugging error dumps but that is a bit over my head. I haven't come to the conclusion absolutely being bad caps. However,...
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