Re: ECS mcp61pm-hm 6-bad 1800uf 63 Tk caps

Well, it ran StressCPU for two straight days without a glitch so it looks like it was a success. Thanks so much for all of the assistance with this guys. This forum is great.

Re: ECS mcp61pm-hm 6-bad 1800uf 63 Tk caps

Getting closer. Replaced all of the caps, put it back in the case, hooked everything up, and it not only booted into the bios, but into Windows Startup Repair. I still have a lot of tinkering to do to fix her Windows install, but at least it's getting a lot further than it has in the past.

Re: ECS mcp61pm-hm 6-bad 1800uf 63 Tk caps

Looking better. I replaced the two caps I had already removed and soldered the neg lead from cap with the damaged pad to the neg lead of the other cap after it was soldered to it's pad. I installed the cpu, heatsink, ram, psu, plugged it in and it not only powers up but goes into the bios screen which it didn't do when I got it. I'm going to continue with recapping the board later today, but things are definitely looking better now.

Thanks for all of the help ben. It is much appreciated.

Re: ECS mcp61pm-hm 6-bad 1800uf 63 Tk caps

Thanks for the advice. I was thinking it was connected to an inner ground plane as it looked like the solder pad area didn't connect to any of the visible external traces.

So I could solder it to the negative pad of the cap that sits next to it (an 1800uf 6.3v) if I understand what you are saying correctly? I can identify that fairly easily. The hole is surrounded by two positive traces from what I can tell, so that would be easier that trying to reach one of the ground traces itself from what I can see. I could insulate the...

Re: ECS mcp61pm-hm 6-bad 1800uf 63 Tk caps

I tried doing that, but I can't see the trace the pad connected to.

Re: ECS mcp61pm-hm 6-bad 1800uf 63 Tk caps

Well, things did not go as planned. While cleaning out one of the holes for the first cap (heated the solder and pushed a paper clip thru the hole to remove the residual solder) a small portion (about 1/8") of the bottom of the board popped off taking the solder pad with it. Needless to say, unless someone has some idea which trace I can now attach the leg of the cap to this board is now beyond repair and I'm sitting here with a bunch of new and unused caps I don't need..

For reference, it's the negative lead of the...

Re: ECS mcp61pm-hm 6-bad 1800uf 63 Tk caps

Caps ordered. I'll post back with the results when I finish the re-cap and testing.

Thanks for all of the help.

Re: ECS mcp61pm-hm 6-bad 1800uf 63 Tk caps

Okay, thanks. I'll order one of those shortly.

Re: ECS mcp61pm-hm 6-bad 1800uf 63 Tk caps

Thanks for that info c_hegge. I compared the caps listed in the kit for the Rev 1.0b board and ran into a slight problem. I can account for all of the 1800uF 16v, 1800uF 6.3v, and 1000uF 6.3v caps. I can only find two of the five of the 470hF 16v caps on the board. The board looks identical to the one you posted a pic of in post 12. One is next to the blue IDE connector and the other is between the two PCI-E slots (the one away from the speaker). Any idea where the other three are supposed to be located? Am I missing something here? I don't...

Re: ECS mcp61pm-hm 6-bad 1800uf 63 Tk caps

I know that it can be bad form to dredge up an old thread, but this was the latest on this motherboard that I could find and I have a couple of questions.

First, a friends computer with this board is having problems getting past the post stage and will neither start Windows nor enter the Bios. All 9 of the 1800uF 6.3V caps are bulging but not leaking. Does this behavior sound like it could be caused by the bulging caps?

Next, if that does appear to be a strong candidate should I go with Nichicon [URL="https://www.badcaps.net/store/product_info.php?cPath=30&products_id=152"]HN[/URL],...