Re: ECS A780GM-A Black

Good point. For me, on my personal PC's, I find it hard to justify purchasing an expensive motherboard when i see those fail quite often as well. So, this is my experiment; if i can fix this one, then I may pony up the cash on the next board for something a bit more pricey.
Overall, I have had great luck with ECS, and I game frequently. They board (up until this one) have been good and the systems have turned over benchmarks that were consistant with, and it some cases better than, a system with a higher quality board. By far, the best board I have...

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Congratulation. Good pics.

Re: ECS A780GM-A Black

are poly caps worth it for this? Can anyone recomend a spec for the ones pictured?

Re: ECS A780GM-A Black

Before i get started ordering capacitors, I thought i might note a curious problem it has and see if anyone might have a clue if capacitor replacement is worth a shot.

Board will not power down while holding power button. This is true for both the front panel power button and the onboard power button.

Thanks in advance.

Re: ECS A780GM-A Black



Thank you, that explaination works for me.
Voltage: Higher is better to a degree.
Ripple: Higher value is better
Impedence: Lower is better

Thanks. I'll select from your suggestions, hey all seem to be capable of fitting....

Re: Does replacing bad cap give much of a performance boost?



Thats nice. I'm a plumber and I have an AA in IT. I have not been doing this very long at all, and yes, I am a "board swapper".

I dont think it takes nuclear science degrees and reactor experience to work on these things, but I do value yalls experience. If some one's journey in the computer industry (even 25 years worth) never takes them in this direction, it does not mean thier education and experience is worth less than another's as a whole (in my opinion).

Interesting...

Re: ECS A780GM-A Black

Thank you for your quick reply.
I notice the voltage rating for the capacitors you selected were all well above the 6.3v labeled on the bad capacitor. Is there a benefit to having a higher voltage rating? I understand lower impedance is better, but what is the significance of the higher voltage?

I'll have to measure those this evening before i can order them.

Also, thank you for posting a proper link to the larger image. attached is a slightly wider view of that area. Yes, there are 4 1000uf caps....

About a month ago, my son shut down his unstable (crashes during stressful apps, like games) PC with A780GM-A board. Two days ago, I tried to fire it up to go through a troubleshooting routine, but the PC failed to post....fast forward to today. I have identified one failed capacitor (1000uf 6.3v) next to the battery. Board was still under warranty but in the third year, so ECS says "pay us diagnostic fee and we send you new one". Thats probably not going to happen, to be honest, I have no intention in paying for an older chipset.

The question is... board does not post,...