just wondering... they used 6.3v caps to replace the old ones, were the original rated 6.3v or 10v? can this difference have some influence in endurance?...

bad nichicons

OMG, and I just recapped my Shuttle AK31 with similar Nichicon caps (1500uF, 10V, HE(M) model) :o

Hi!, I already reported this at the AMDMB forums, but a site devoted to the bad capacitor problem like this one bears the extra effort.

During a recent clean up of my computer I spotted on my trusty (2+ year old) Shuttle AK31 (v3.1) mainboard 4 capacitors that were bulged at their tops. Luckily none of them were leaking, and as of now they still aren't, but having witnessed the sudden death of some of my friends' motherboards due to failing capacitors and having read some other horror stories on the Internet, I knew those caps wouldn't last much longer, so I decided to replace them...