Re: MSI MS-6340 Rev 1 - epic capacitor failure

Well, the MS-6340 is much more of a budget model. It has 2 memory sockets (meaning I could run 1 GB with the two 512 MB PC133 sticks I have), and no POST LEDs on the back. The unit had clearly been stood for some time - two dead spiders were inside, along with several cobwebs. With 3 machines as it is, plus a fully-functional motherboard sat in a box, I can't justify recapping this board - as pretty much all the caps are junk brands, even if they aren't yet bulging.

Re: MSI MS-6340 Rev 1 - epic capacitor failure

The caps around the CPU socket are Lelon 6.3V 4700uf 105 degrees units. The smaller green units are Tayeh 6.3V 1000uf 105 degrees, the largest black cap is a Tayeh 6.3V 2700uf 105 degrees, and the smallest black caps are also Tayehs. Those all seem like crappy brands to me, the metal cans being the aforementioned Nichicons are the only decent things on it.

Strangely, there seem to be abnormally small screws connecting it to the baseplate of the case, which I can't seem to fit any screwdrivers in to (see the picture, an...

Re: MSI MS-6340 Rev 1 - epic capacitor failure

It doesn't have a ATX12V connector, otherwise I'd have already tested it And it doesn't really surprise me that the caps are junk, they're the first bad caps on something I have owned, however.

Re: MSI MS-6340 Rev 1 - epic capacitor failure

Thanks! The caps did look good when I took it apart, so it'll probably be worth keeping as a spare in case I come across another pre-P4 machine. I'll work on the heatsink some time soon.

I recently picked up a bunch of computer parts, and computers (sadly I didn't have enough space and two of the machines there may well have since been scrapped... ) and in this motherboard, I found perhaps one of the worst sets of capacitors I've ever seen! I've stripped down the power supply and could see no obvious issues inside it, and it definitely powered on the machine, but having no other methods of testing it, I cannot determine if it is truly good or not.

Unfortunately I can neither justify the expense of recapping the board, nor replacing it, so it'll be scrapped and...