Re: Geforce 8600 gs graphics card, failed repair

Is there any point in getting the exact same TK caps and trying again? Or is the result most likely to be the same based on how the card didn't work with new or old caps.

One thing to note, maybe pointless, is that when i initially removed the four old bulged caps only to resolder them back on, i didn't solder each back to its original spot as the four were mixed together, but they were the same specification, however could it be that some of the old caps were worse than others so rearranging them caused the worsening...

Re: Geforce 8600 gs graphics card, failed repair

Could be the GPU is dead, someone advised me to try and heat up the heatsink with a hairdryer to see if the screen comes on temporarily, tried it but still the same problem even after a CMOS clearing, red VGA_LED light and black screen.

The card is a fanless card with a big, somewhat cheap looking metal heatsink, wondering if the build up of heat over the years killed it as this model is usually sold with a fan attached and with a heatsink only, it ran very hot without a heavy load and the rare times i played games...

Re: Geforce 8600 gs graphics card, failed repair

I've found that the original TK caps have a ripple current of 1140ma and esr of 0.036ohms while the new Rubycon cap is 945ma ripple current and 0.056ohms ESR. Would this be too much of a difference between old and new? I bought them in a rush thinking voltage and uf rating is only required having watched some youtube vids.

Also, initially when it wasn't working I took off the new caps and soldered the old TK caps back on but the graphics card would not turn on where before it would turn on in VGA mode and work but now...

Re: Geforce 8600 gs graphics card, failed repair

I got it from eBay here: [url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300494581145[/url]

I've attached photos of the tops, from the left:
1: original cap looks okay
2: original cap, bulged
3: new cap with a K structure on the top instead of XRe: Geforce 8600 gs graphics card, f..., bulged<br />...

So I have a geforce 8600 gt (en8600gt) fanless graphics card that was giving me problems, it would cause artifacting in videos initially but then constantly freeze and lock up and sometimes go to blue screen. I uninstalled the nvidia drivers and the computer would start up in VGA mode and it worked but it was very sluggish. I noticed some capacitors looked bulged so I ordered some more and replaced the bulged capacitors but when I restarted the computer it would not turn on instead the red VGA LED would light up.

I tried again to turn it on and it only started up once but the screen...

Re: Dell ST2410 backlight LED replacement

Well, spent hours trying to do the LED upgrade mod and totally screwed everything up. LCD broken on the edge while trying to put everything back together which seemed next to impossible with all the layers sliding all over the place and not even fitting correctly and a pristine screen ended up with scratches for the first time.

Wasn't helped by watching a youtube video which advises to cut the new LED backlight wire (as they're both soldered on one end) and extend it to the other side to prevent voltage drop which made putting...

Re: Dell ST2410 backlight LED replacement

My monitor finally died completely today after some crazy flickering yesterday Now it's 1 second on and then totally black screen. Going to have to wait for a while for the LED conversion kit to arrive.

Are pins 1 and 2 on the power board definitely the on/off and DIMM? Are they the orange and white cable in that photo? If so is pin 1 on the on/off or DIMM?

Also, @sergeykoren, what did you use as your 12v source? Was it one of the cables or one of those thin metal tracks? Any chance you took any photos?...

Re: Dell ST2410 backlight LED replacement

Did anyone manage to successfully convert this monitor? If so does it look as good as normals and does the brightness control work? My monitor Dell ST2410, is on it's way out, it was initially when first turned on it would be slightly pink on the bottom half and then slowly become normal and white and then today it start flicking mildly and i'm guessing it will get worse.

Anyway, those who've had success, can you please share where you soldered the wires, positive and negative. As for the yellow cables and pins 1 and 2 on...

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