Re: Abit KT7 Questions / Woes

Sorry for the late reply.

I am in the process of cleaning my components in prepartion for my new CPU and video card and I have not noticed anything out of the ordinary. There is no odd smell, there are no leaking caps, but there are two swollen caps by the DIMM slots which is only noticable when viewing them from a side profile.

I think it would be advantageous for me to recap the board if for nothing more than ease of mind and longevity. I have a diagram of the capacitors to replace, but I'm not too experienced with an...

Hello all,

I'm posting because I have a question about my KT7. I have had this board since the spring of 2000 and it has been the core of my main machine ever since it's original purchase. Needless to say, this board has seen a lot of usage. I'm really surprised to read that the KT7 was notorious for having capacitor problems because until recently, I have never had any issues from this gem.

The issue I've encountered began earlier this week; USB devices stopped being detected. The problem is intermittent, but pronounced enough for me to be alarmed. Could this indeed...