Re: AOpen i915ga-plf: Capacitors ready to buy, need confirmation

Thanks for the quick response! I will go ahead and order the 820uF ones just to be safe. I totally forgot about the height! Thanks for saving me a bunch of trouble!

I think the caps went bad because of a thermal issue. The heatsink hadn't been cleaned out in years and the computer would shut off due to a thermal event. I've seen the CPU get up over 70C and then shut off. So I bought some Arctic Silver, cleaned the heatsink real good and now it doesn't go above about 50-55C. I guess that could have ruined...

Hi everyone,

I have the AOpen i915ga-plf. I have been experiencing spontaneous reboots and upon inspection of the motherboard, 3 capacitors near the CPU (under the heatsink) are bad. 1 has some discharge at the top while two are bulged on top. They are Rubycon 680uF at 4V. I have found these capacitors and would like to make sure they are compatible:

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