Re: Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT (256MB), bad caps.



No, no, I made sure they were in the right way. The GPU has worked properly two times since the initial replacement of the first capacitor next to Q2. I wonder if the excess of charge of that 1500uF damaged any other component, I just can't tell which one, is there any known component that could get damaged due to a too big capacitor?...

Hello everyone, this is my first thread in here. I hope that I'm doing my question properly.

The thing is that my cousin sent me a couple of graphics cards he's used on his computer, he uses them around 6/8hs. a day so they get pretty stressed in a daily basis, that said, I found all the capacitors swollen, excepting the ones for lower voltages which I didn't even care about. I then decided to go ahead and replace the leaked aluminium lead capacitor next to [B]Q2[/B] by a low-ESR electrolytic capacitor of the same specifications. The card worked just fine, but I didn't notice that...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hello, it's Facundo Montero from Argentina, glad to be here!