Re: Troubleshooting ASUS A8N-VM CSM

I took this board out of service over a year ago. My new one has been running on the same power supply since then, so I'm sure it's fine. I've checked the voltages too, because it makes a high pitched whine. I had the first one replaced under warranty because of this, but the second one has been doing it for 5 years. It's a common problem in the Antec 300.

I want to use this old board for a low budget HTPC build since I have the memory and CPU.

OK, I won't change the 100s. I like to build electronics projects so I'll...

Re: Troubleshooting ASUS A8N-VM CSM

I just ordered all 42 caps, but I'll test the board before changing the 100μF ones. These things don't like to come out of the board.

Dante

Re: Troubleshooting ASUS A8N-VM CSM

I just started desoldering. I took out the two next to the processor near the edge of the board, they both tested 0.01

How many should I remove before concluding that the caps might still be good?

Re: Troubleshooting ASUS A8N-VM CSM

This image looks better than I could take myself. I was thinking I have to change all the 8mm caps on this board and that it would probably be OK to leave the nine 6mm 100μF caps alone. Is that correct? I really appreciate the help.



Dante

My A8N-VM CSM ran almost 24/7 for four years and was the most stable computer I've ever had. Then it started freezing up all the time and shutting down programs. I ran memory tests and processor tests multiple times which showed no errors. I also swapped memory to be sure it wasn't that. I reinstalled Windows which didn't help. I thought for sure it would be bad caps, but I just built the Blue ESR meter and all the caps tested good. Visually everything looks fine on the board, nothing burnt or swollen. What should I do next?

Thanks
Dante
Rhode Island