Re: Do I have to change the caps?

"I am afraid that I damaged the board when tryed to reinstall windows...?!" = I wish to say that the board was ON for 2 days and it is possible to overheat it considering that the capacitors were bulged. Ohh, I hope you understand...
I don't know if the 4 caps unreplaced are causing the problem or is there somthing else damaged on the board... What do you think?

Re: Do I have to change the caps?

Let me ask you about another board of mine. The board is a K7VZA. It had bad caps. The image was [b]always[/b] freezing at the point when the operating sistem started to load. Initially I didn't knew what the problem is and I tryed to reinstall Windows again and again and again... After three days I observed the bulged caps and replaced them with new ones. I've replaced 8 caps of 3300uF and 4 caps of 2200uF. The board still has four 1000uF caps witch are not bulged and I didn't replaced them.
Now, the board is functional but still has a...

Re: Do I have to change the caps?

Ok, thank you all. I'll test it again.

Re: Do I have to change the caps?

The caps are QST (is that a cap brand?) I looked at the board for 40 minutes but I haven't seen any damaged cap. Please note that I have seen bulged caps before and I olso replaced bulged caps in the past.
I know that the motherboard is causing the problems because I've asked a friend of mine to test it for me (the board only) and he encountered the same problem.

Please excuse my poor English.

I have a K7SEM motherboard. I've used it for 3 years with no problem at all. Two weeks ago, the board started to cause problems. The image was freezing after 10 or 15 minutes of using the computer. The only solution was to restart the computer. I opened the box and I looked at the capacitors, but they are not bulged, all seem to be OK. [B]I know for sure that the board is causing the problem[/B], but I don't know if I must try to buy new capacitors for replacing the old ones or just buy a new mainboard?
Do you think that the problem is caused by bad caps?I have a K7SEM motherboard. I've