Re: Dead PSU - Help a beginner, please

The fan has already been replaced once to a Zalman since the last one started to imitate a chainsaw. So it's a keeper .

Guess I'll go with the Sanyo's MV-WX then. Or do you Per know another place to get better caps from, since you are located in Sweden too?...

Re: Dead PSU - Help a beginner, please

Haven't really had the time to update since last post .

No, the Compaq is an ATX and I checked it with a voltmeter that it's normally wired. Connected it to the mobo and the PSU fan just gave a short flick. So the mobo is dead at the moment but that's ok since I've got a better one anyway now. Haven't bother myself trying to fix it, yet.
At the moment I'm actually running my system on that 145W Compaq . And it runs fine too. The only problem is that the placement of the ATX-connector on the Asus mobo is really...

Re: Dead PSU - Help a beginner, please



Just to clarify, in case some one has misunderstood, the discolored mobo looked like that [B]prior[/B] any soldering took place. I tried to be as gentle as possible with the 100W iron, knowing it was a bit over sized for the job. But of course, I can't be sure if there's been any damage due to the heat.

I haven't tried the Antec with the mobo yet, still a bit scared that it would bring damage some how to the PSU . Come to think about it, I could try with my brothers old PSU he has in his Compaq Win98. I think...

Re: Dead PSU - Help a beginner, please

Bought a used ASUS A7N8X-XE mobo (from Tradera, a Swedish E-Bay copy) that I got today. In case I don't get my Gigabyte up and running its still should be a better mobo. Haven't tried it yet since my Zalman CPU-cooler would interfere with the PSU when everything is mounted inside the case. Waiting to get another cooler in the next couple of days (also from Tradera). I won't put the original heatsink from AMD to just rip it out a day or two later. It sounds terrible and doesn't do a good job, as one would expect from a boxed cooler.
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Re: Dead PSU - Help a beginner, please


I'm a bit afraid that maybe the board would damage the Antec PSU too. That would be a shame being all new and everything.
I find it quite strange if the mobo didn't have anything to do with the death of the PSU since it did function before the recap, and now after recap it wont fire up at all. But hey, thats why I'm asking for guidance


It could be a mixture between tough solder on the mobo, an iron not hot enough and bad technique of me.


What typ of caps from Sanyo should I use...

My system:
M/B: Gigabyte GA-7VRXP Rev 2.0 (VIA KT333)
CPU: AMD Athlon XP Palomino 2000+
RAM: 2 x 512MB DDR333
HDD: Seagate 120GB/Western Digital 80GB
PSU: Codegen 350W (running at 230V)
Graphics Card: Asus GeForce4 V8460 Ultra Deluxe

Hi everybody! I hope I can get some help from someone that knows things better than I do at the moment.



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