Re: Any Suggestions for a Socket 478 Motherboard?

Also what I did at the time to clear the holes was clip the new caps by about half and used the excess pin and needle nose pliers to heat the backside and slip it through the top..I'll look into some less temporary tools this weekend.

Re: Any Suggestions for a Socket 478 Motherboard?



Newnan, GA. I won't say my last attempt was unsucessful, but I believe the board was fried before I recapped so I ended up with same result I had before recapping (Powering on then instantly off) and more or less it was discouraging and left questions..like if it hadn't been fried would it have worked...I am gonna order some caps for the board, and in the mean time I'll practice removal and such on the fried board.....

Re: Any Suggestions for a Socket 478 Motherboard?

I'm mostly uncomfortable with the cleaning of the old capacitor holes. My friend and I used his station and it seemed like the only way to get the old caps out was to add new solder first. I "felt" like we were ripping the leads or frying the board... I am going to get my own station so maybe it will be better next go round. If you think the board is worth keeping I'll just give it another go with better equiptment. His station is a Elenco Electronics SL-5. He loaned it to others and it got abused (left on without tinning)....

A friend of mine gave me his old P4 Machine and it runs perfectly fine for now, the motherboard is a MSI 875p Neo ...I did notice about 6 swollen KGZ caps and the board has ~ 13 KGZs. I could recap yes (I have done it once but wasn't perfectly comfortable with it) but if I can find something decent enough in price I'd rather just replace it. The Abit IC7-G was suggested but I'm not going to spend $100 for a P4 board. Anyone know any decent replacements? Hell I'd even consider trading the MSI board for one that works and doesnt have any bad caps..

Re: Dell XPS 410, KZG 6.3v Caps

Thanks for the advice..now just waiting for new caps to show up in mail. Quick question though.. Should I check my psu or get a new one? I read Dell went the cheap route on most components. If I do check it I was told they can hold tons of power for weeks, is there a was to discharge it? Thanks in advance.

Re: Dell XPS 410, KZG 6.3v Caps

Thanks, would it be logical to switch to polys for this repair? The 2 side by side are busted next to the aux power on the mobo, and the 3rd is to the right of the cpu. Sorry for lack of pic, I left the mobo mounted until I get some caps in. If polys wouldn't be ideal I'll go ahead and order those.

Recently my computer stopped powering up, and after the typical trouble shooting I've come to the conclusion (by visually inspecting) that its 3 bad caps. I read it's ok to replace them with ones rated higher, but from experience can anyone offer some suggestions on brand any maybe places to purchase them? I wanted to just replace the 3 busted ones without buying a whole kit. The original capacitors are KZG 6.3v 3300uf. I am willing to pay more for caps, I just cant seem to find a tested and proven high quality replacement. Would radio shack have decent replacements (to avoid waiting for shipping)...