Re: Bad Tantalum Cap on PoV 260 GTX

The new cap arrived today.. After soldering the cap the 3D mode works again good as new! Still needs some cleanup though..

Greetz squisher...

Hi all!

I've got a problem with my graphics card Point of View 260 GTX EXO. On the desktop it runs fine but as soon as I run some 3D stuff the screen turns black after a few seconds and it smells. But no smoke though.. So I turn off the PC very quick by holding the power button. After some tries I found the smell comes from my graphics card.

On the cards backside I found one tantalum cap turned brown. The other components on the backside and under the heatsink look ok I think. Could he be the bad guy?

I did some research on the web and found that it...