Re: Frequent Freezes GA-8N-SLI Pro

@c hegge
I had literally no idea what you meant when you said to apply solder to the board before desoldering until I read the how to on the site. Here I was thinking watching youtube videos would be enough to get the job done. I'll check the codes on the Nichicon caps to make sure they aren't defective the next chance I get.

@PCBONEZ
I know what you mean. All of the drivers on the product page don't have workable drivers for Vista/Win7 (using x64). In place of this, the OS downloads and installs the appropriate drivers...

Re: Frequent Freezes GA-8N-SLI Pro

Happy fourth. Sorry for the late reply; I've been a little occupied.

Motherboard Release Date: 06/10/05

I checked all of my Caps; here's the list:
Rubycom 6.3v 1000uF (the ones near the ram)
"KZJ" 16v 1000uf caps near the CPU (one of them is bulged)
Sanyo 6.3v 1500uF (there are two by the CPU)
Nichicon 16v 470uF (there are only two and they're by the IEEE and PCIe x1 slot)

I don't have the equipment to trace circuits as this is my first experience with capping. ...

Re: Frequent Freezes GA-8N-SLI Pro

@Scenic

I doubt it. Before I was using Kingston Value RAM 2GB (512MB x 4). Those were meant to run at stock speeds only and are slightly warm to the touch. My new RAM are PQI Turbo 4GB (2GB x 2). They were installed late last month.

Edit to Post #9: I said the RAM were PC6400 but really they're PC5400.

Re: Frequent Freezes GA-8N-SLI Pro

It took a little searching on how to remove the heatsinks. They're fine both north and southbridges. Some time this week the replacement caps will arrive (Nichicon HZ 16v 1000uF). I'll post my verdict within a month or two on my stability issues.

Note: I've addressed the short term 5-6 hour freezes by underclocking my ram. They're PC6400 rated at 400MHz; I'm running them at 333.3MHz now. This has not happened in the past with my configuration. The ram does run quite hot though and it has been a little warm these past few days. My...

Re: Frequent Freezes GA-8N-SLI Pro

Before it was a Coolmax 550w CX series PSU. It's as generic as they come but I didn't know any better at the time. Before I tossed it I opened it and I saw a cluster of like capacitors; all them were popped.

Re: Frequent Freezes GA-8N-SLI Pro



It's a C19-MCP04 from 2006 so I don't think it applies from what I've read....

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The location of the bad cap: all the way to the right, 2nd down near the 2 solid capacitors.

The PSU (new) is a Corsair TX650.

Ever since installing Windows Vista I've been having problems with my computer. I figured it might have been an OS problem so I hopped the Windows 7 bandwagon when it was released. Unfortunately the problem persisted. I've swapped out many components; video card, ram, and as of recent a PSU once it failed. Removing the PSU I saw a 16v 1000uf capacitor bulged out with very slight (imperceptible without being really close to it) gray discharge. I was wondering if a single capacitor could cause so much problems. I checked all of my capacitors and this was the only one that's perceptibly defective....

Re: Dell Optiplex SX280 Weird problem!!!!

This may be late but I had the same problem with a near dieing PSU. My system would boot up and the indicator light would blink nonstop endlessly until I pressed the reset button and do a power off by holding the power switch. When it eventually died (burning smell coming from the PSU) I bought a Corsair PSU and I never had that problem again. Get a power meter first just to make sure as I didn't know it was the PSU until I had no choice but to replace it.