All is well with the new 8k3a. 23 caps changed to mcz. Old ones were GSC and Teapo. It overclocks decently, but heat is now my issue, 140 degrees is not cool. I'd love to get a peltier on it, but that's for another time
thanks for all the help guys 
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Re: Help on epox 8k3a recap, no post
All is well with the new 8k3a. 23 caps changed to mcz. Old ones were GSC and Teapo. It overclocks decently, but heat is now my issue, 140 degrees is not cool. I'd love to get a peltier on it, but that's for another time thanks for all the help guys
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Re: Resoldering a BGA
Sounds risky. A normal gun would probably damage components or melt the solder in more places than you'd like. If you had something that could push hot air through a nozzle the size of a needle, then I would think it's worth a shot. Otherwise, it seems like guaranteed destruction. Fun way to destroy some dead boards though
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Re: Too many Video Cards
a little late but i think this is a good add-on about acpi and performance. with acpi everything ends up sharing irqs when windows enumerates and configures hardware. if theres a less than awesome driver installed, which is just about every driver, irq steering is gonna lag from either little to really bad and making your machine unusable. if you install windows xp with acpi you cant configure device resources manually without any third party utilities (if anyone knows of one please let me know where to get it) as its all in software. you have two choices,...Leave a comment:
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Re: Help on epox 8k3a recap, no post
got a new old 8k3a board. its got a pooped 1500 cap but no biggie. posted right out of the box. got 5 caps changed so far, half a million to go. i think this board is better than my last one though. it overclocks fsb really well compared to the last one, though the cpu vrm teapos are still in good condition unlike the last one had (maybe last was a bad egg/damaged?). i dont see much point in waiting for them to blow, so out they go.Leave a comment:
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Re: Help on epox 8k3a recap, no post
well i broke down and bought a new board. the exact same one thanks for your help guys
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Re: Help on epox 8k3a recap, no post
can i get a clear picture of an mcz in case i got ripped off? thanksLeave a comment:
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Re: Help on epox 8k3a recap, no post
I got MCZ's in and its a no go either. It's got me stumped and bummed a bit. This is the third try at getting this thing to work. I've looked the board over and couldn't spot anything wrong except one square lifted at the corner but most of it was still intact and I got it soldered down. Any ideas? All the components are known to be working. Tried 2 cpus, 2 vid cards, and 2 psus. It's a great board and don't want to have to part with it
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Re: Help on epox 8k3a recap, no post
i just put an order for the new rubys. theyre comin overseas, so it could take a while to get them. ill let you guys know how things turn out. thanks a lot for your help guys.
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Re: Help on epox 8k3a recap, no post
ok, found some rubycon mcz's. problem is i cant find a 6.3V @ 1500uF, only 1200uF or 1800uF. Which do you think I should choose? I'm guessing the bigger one as I have a little overclocking in mind. I bought the mobile version of my processor so its unlocked from AMD and doesn't consume as much power.Leave a comment:
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Re: Help on epox 8k3a recap, no post
When I have to time to do some digging on some caps, I'll check with you guys when I find one I think will work before I make the order. Thanks for the help
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Re: Help on epox 8k3a recap, no post
Edit for above: I think I see my issue, the Mallory caps are SK series which are labaled general purpose caps. I would still like to know, however, the esr rating I'm looking for to get this board working. It's the most stable board I've ever had even after tweaking every freakin setting in CMOS. I'd hate to see this board get the axe. I had an Asus A7S333 previously, yuck. The reset button was my only friend on that piece of crap.Leave a comment:
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Re: Help on epox 8k3a recap, no post
what esr rating should i be looking for, for said value caps? when i bought the caps that i did, i picked the lowest esr ones in the list which was 0.14Ohm.Leave a comment:
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Help on epox 8k3a recap, no post
hey everybody. i just recapped my epox 8k3a board and now its not posting. does anyone have any experience as to what i can do to fix it? its my second recap of this board, first time i recapped i scavenged gsc's (had nothing else on hand and a thin wallet) off an older epox and it rocked for about a year. they bulged and started having spontaneous power down issues under heavy load (WoW). this second time around i replaced all the 10v 2200uf caps with mallory's and its a no go. board posted just fine before i pulled the gsc's out. tried the wonderful reset trick and cleared cmos. sorry i have...
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