Re: FSP AU-500 Aurum series

+1 for the Panasonic caps. I too have a PSU made by FSP (Hexa model) and it has these BS CrapXon / OST / Teapo capacitors - soon to be replaced with Panny / Nichicon.

In my PSU, no capacitors were bulged, but most test bad on capacity and / or ESR! Especially the small ones (1uf, 2.2uf, 10uf) , they are all out of spec. If you are replacing caps in your PSU, make sure to replace'em all .

Good luck with the recapping.

Re: Recapping of FSP Hexa 500

Thanks for the input, I'll go with them. Regarding this PSU model, would it be a keeper after the recapping (e.g. are they known to contain any flaws besides the poor choice in caps)?

Another thing I wanted to ask if you don't mind: In PSUs with active PFC iirc the voltage on the primary cap is pushed close to 400V. Judging by this, it would be a bad idea to use a 400-volt rated cap right? Cause those are an order of magnitude cheaper :P.

Hi,

I got this older Fortron Hexa 500 PSU pretty cheap, it seemed to be a good unit from a reputable manufacturer. My joy was quickly curbed after discovering that it is filled with CrapXon caps. Even the primary cap is a strange looking 270uf / 420v beast @ 85 deg. C. Everything looks OK, except for that primary cap which looks a tiny bit bulged.

I have decided to recap it completely since I hate the guts of Capxon and otherwise the unit looks pretty solid. The only thing is that here I could only find the following higher quality capacitors:

- Nichicon...

Re: IBM pc8394 tools

I think I found a good (unlocked) bin file for the T43, but it is on a chinese forum and there seems to be no way to register on it (invitation only). Maybe someone here can download it?

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I think I found a good (unlocked) bin file for the T43, but it is on a chinese forum and there seems to be no way to register on it (invitation only). Maybe someone

Re: IBM pc8394 tools

The attachments seem to have been restored. Thanks for the program. Would it be possible for someone to dump a clean file for the T43 laptop (from PC8394 chip) for me please? I dumped mine but the password cannot be revealed for some reason. Looks like it's somehow corrupted. If I manage to get a working dump i'll write it to the chip with wpc8394 and maybe it will work.

Thanks in advance!