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WOW didnt it go snap-cracle-pop....
strange that it didnt short the board out :?

realy would like to get this board back on the road

the componeant that had poped a hole in its self is a Voltage Regulator
it can be found right next to the ram_ov .sw
the coding on the chip is c5001 .the rest is burnt.

@topcat i have posted the pic to admin ....is it possible for me to save this board ... ......thanx ...x...

lol

dont worry guys this monster has been dissposed of.so do most time, tiny,dell,ect:most drives and cd roms live to fight a new day .sometimes the case if able to do so.ect:
that is if the customer has the money. if not ill custom there case ie:add a desent air flow.i try to build vaule for £
i should have posted this in the sticky badcaps :oops: but its allready in there .i just looked :oops:
the scarry thing is there must be millons of them turkys running around :roll:

ms6168 ver:2 pulsar 500
bad cap.......chhsi -40 +105 1500uf 10v ....green with gold strip

this one whent bang wile it was being worked on ......not very funny :x

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GA-7DXR
i cant read whats on the chip or what ever it is .......as i said it looks as if it had pop with a hole in it whatever was on there is gone now lol
i have a small jpeg of the mobo i have outlined the bad chip and put lines throw the 10 bad caps
i can email if its any help

ok guys this little guy seems like a nice board to save ...or not ?

powers up but no post.after a close look i noticed a hole set of 6.3v 1200uf 105c caps were blowted one or two were starting to split at the top of the caps
ok so i huntted around and found replacemeants no problem........
removed all bad caps and was getting ready to put in the new ones

new problem. and im not sure what the component is called .if you have a link to my manuall ....its a black chip three pin r3oo i think it could be a north brige or south brige ....sorry about this...