Re: Sapphire ATI HD3850 AGP

So, probably it's a case of "too good for this one" I guess you're right, video cards' output frequency is very important and any replaced component might change the equilibrium.
Thank you for your support guys.

Hi guys,
Back in 2010 I've recapped my motherboard ASRock 4coreDual-SATA2 R2.0 from United Chemi-Con TMZ (general) and Panasonic FJ (CPU voltage) to all Rubycon MCZ. ([url]https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=12273[/url])
Over 50 caps to replace; everything went fine, but no serious performance improvement. It was just recap for fun.
The caps were ordered from CapKing, a reliable source (sorry for mentioning, it's your competitor, but I live in Romania and shipping costs were important for me). Last MCZ stock, just after then Rubycon decided to stop producing MCZ...

Re: Recap for fun

Job done. Great success.
I've recapped all capacitors, except Panasonics. Nippon/United Chemi-Con were replaced with Rubycon MCZ, Teapo replaced with Panasonic FM. I'm talking about ~50 capacitors.
Everything went smoothly, except for a catch - my new flush cutter proved to be a piece of shit - it died after just one cap. I had to use the scissor and I was nearly to detach one connection hole, right at the DDR voltage. Crap chinese cutter.
So everything went well, yea, with some thrills, but it's more fun that way. As a matter of fact, it...

Re: Recap for fun

Thanks guys, that will be a fun job.

Re: Recap for fun

Thank you bigbeark, that really came in handy! I'm not the biggest fan of lead-free solder, thanks for the tip. I'll be carefull and I won't hurry up a bit.
Actually I'm not so afraid of a failure as I have 20 years of electronics hobby behind, worked with SMD and multilayer boards, my big concern is your opinion regarding what should I do next. I mean, what would you do if...
Should I replace NCC and Teapo caps or just leave it as it is as won't see any improvement?
I did not made massive recap before and I don't know if there is a point...

Hi guys,
I'm new on this great forum, but pretty familiar with electronic service. It's just a hobby, not my everyday job, but I like it and it's a good way of spending my spare times.
I have an ASROCK 4CoreDual-SATA2 R2 motherboard, 1.5 years old and I've decided to recap it completely. It works flawless, recap just for fun and checking its overclocking margins.
The motherboard came with:
30 x 1000μF/6.3V Nippon Chemi-Con TMZ = 0.02 - 0.03 Ω ESR
3 x 1000μF/16V Nippon Chemi-Con KZG = 0.01 Ω ESR (CPU)
1 x 1000μF/16V Nippon...