Re: Do I Have Bad Caps?

Big Pope: Yep, we've got the same caps. Our boards look very similar as well--the d865 series.

Topcat: I appreciate the offer. I will definitely take you up on it if Intel shafts me, as I don't trust my soldering experience to something so important.

I'm trying to get through to Intel by email and will give them a few more days for a non-automated response.

Re: Do I Have Bad Caps?

Thanks for the advice.

I was a little wary of continuing any troubleshooting as I've seen some of the terrifying images from exploded caps here, ie [URL=https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=211]This is Why You NEVER Ignore Bad Capacitors! [/URL]

I'll see what Intel can do and post a follow-up.Re: Do I Have Bad Caps?

Thanks for the advice.

I was a little wary of continuing any troubleshooting as I've seen some of the terrifying images from exploded caps here, ie [URL=https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=211]This

Re: Best power supply you've had

Although the system it was in just died today (which I believe to be caused by something else) after a 3 year lifetime, my 430watt Antec has been very reliable. My system had probably 95% uptime, so it's gotten a lot of use and has never given me grief.

Though I don't usually, going with a name brand product has been a good decision in this case.

Hello, I'm new to this site and have found much of the material to be very informative. I came across two threads which were particularly interesting: [URL=https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1100]'Only old boards have badcaps....Right?'[/URL] and [URL=https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=430]'Intel D865GBF has bad caps'[/URL]. The reason for my search is because my primary computer (I'm on my wife's now) has given up working.

Here's the story:

(apologies for the large images--I'd specify a max-size if I knew how)


Initially,...