A good, general overview of bad caps
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Cnet Article 2005 Nov 10
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Re: Articles in computer and electronic magazines about bad capacitors
Yesterday I got a call from someone who identified himself as a "reporter for Cnet" and asked some questions regarding the Intel mobo w/ bad caps that I posted. He said they would be running a story about it last night but I haven't see anything yet. Anyone else get a call? -
I just received my replacement board from Intel. It's the same board/chipset but I'm guessing a newer revision b/c the capacitor arrangement is different (I can't seem to find a rev #).
The exact same nichicon caps are on the board except there are only 5 instead of 7 and they are in different positions. There are some aluminum caps (blue/silver) near the cpu that replaced some other caps that didn't have any problems on the old board.
So the types of caps that had problems are still there. And the caps that didn't have a problem were replaced by aluminum ones. I'll...Leave a comment:
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weird - my nichicons only leaked from around the edges of the top but these leaked only fromm the middle of the top.Leave a comment:
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I set up a site with some pics:
[url]http://www.poccs.com/caps[/url]
I build/fix computers for a living. This motherboard was from my main computer which receives a lot of tlc. The hardware/software monitors never triggered an alarm. I've had the Intel board for about 6 months - mostly in the fall/winter, so temps were good. The power supply is an Antec True 430. Supposed to be pretty solid. Everything is plugged into an APC Surge Arrest Professional. The only thing I don't have is a battery backup.
preview:I set up a site with some pics:
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I called Intel and the $25 charge is refunded if they decide the board was defective so I should be getting that back. I demanded a replacement board, as you suggested, and they said they would send me one as soon as they receive mine, no cross-shipment. Oh well, I have other computers I can use. This is from their e-mail:
Replacement Products from Intel*:
Line Item# Product Name Part# Qty Status
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100240476-1 BD, MB, D865GBFL, C25843-404 1 In Process
SKU2,...Leave a comment:
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I'll have a camera later tonight so I'll post some pics then. They are all NICHICON ones, 7 total. I did a search in the forums and it looks like you guys like them - you even ranked them #3 in your top 5 good capacitor list.
They are copper colored with:
O O
820uf6.3v
HN(M)
nichicon
105 C
A0323
Three are bulging on the top, 3 are bulging with visible brown stuff, and one is bulging and the entire top is covered in brown.Leave a comment:
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Intel D865GBF has bad caps
About 7 bad caps, half of which are leaking brown goo from the top. Only problem is with the X ones, all the K ones seem ok. $25 to call Intel motherboard support, deciding what to do.
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