Re: Repaired bad caps on mobo, but won't boot


I probably broke some traces. My soldering is pretty bad......

Re: Repaired bad caps on mobo, but won't boot

Hilarious.... I changed out the PSU and the board wouldn't start at all. I switched the PSU back and it still wouldn't start. Also, the polarity is all good on the caps I replaced. Something in the board was slowly failing, and now it has completely failed. I don't think the PSU had anything to do with it. Thanks for the suggestions.

Hey All,

I have an old EP-8rda that had bad caps on it. Replaced all the caps with Rubycons (of the same type as were replaced- 1500uF 6.3v and 2200uF 10v). The motherboard posts ok, and then goes to boot. It will begin the boot process, but then hang after it starts the boot process. For example, the OS gets stuck on the loading screen, or the CD spins up and then slows down and stops. I am wondering if anyone might have ideas or suggestions as to what might be wrong with the board or how to troubleshoot from here. I switched out RAM and CPUs to make sure that wasn't the issue,...

Re: Bad capacitor on Westinghouse L1916hw

Does it have to be the same size, or can it be a bit bigger?

Re: Bad capacitor on Westinghouse L1916hw

ok, will see what i can find. I have some old junk PSUs and video cards etc.. maybe they have some in there. Thanks.

Hi all,

I got a broken LCD monitor from work- figured I would try to fix it b/c it was going to be thrown away. The issue is that it produced a fully white screen when powered on. It also had a burning smell. So, I took the monitor apart etc. I found a burned spot on the inverter around a small capacitor. I have no idea what the rating is for this capacitor. Also, I was wondering if I replaced the capacitor if it would fix the issue b/c perhaps the circuits had been damaged..?

I tried to google for a schematic for the inverter to get the rating on the cap, but I...