Re: Need assistance purchasing replacement caps



Yeah I've heard a lot about defective radeons in the past few days, I would not be surprised if this one was used in a mining rig either. This is also a 'press sample' version of the card. People are saying these ran faster than the ones you can buy on the market. AMD has an explanation for it, I don't remember what it was.

Before I removed the cooler, reflowing it is what I had in mind but after seeing the white residue around some of the caps I thought I'd look into it some more.

I've...

Re: Need assistance purchasing replacement caps

I see.

No idea what could've caused that white residue around some of these caps?

On the 3rd picture you can see it kinda behaved like a liquid, spreading down and out. Because of the weight of the card, it sags down in that direction.

Hey guys,

I've recently purchased a graphics card which does not work. I've received a refund for it and I get to keep it. I've opened it up to find out that it seems the caps have leaked. I'm not too sure though because I thought solid caps did not leak but these look like they have rings of stuff around them on the PCB.

I have uploaded some pics in an imgur album. The pics are pretty bad. My camera is messed up and will not focus properly on the things in the middle of the image.

Anyway, here is the album: [url]http://imgur.com/a/Ainfd[/url]
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Hello, computer technician here looking for some good cap knowledge!