Re: Epox 8K3A

Ohhhh so that's what the oval logo says!!! I couldn't make out the letters no matter what. Anyways, I'm checking them once a month now

Re: Epox 8K3A

There was only one kind of replacement capacitors I could get, so they'll have to do. There still are smaller capacitors on the motherboard which will eventually swell and need replacement, but I can't find 6.3V or even 10V capacitors in stock at three major electronic component importers in Romania, so they'll have to wait.

Epox and other manufacturers will never acknowledge it was their fault. That would have negative consequence over their business and probably force them to replace all the motherboards with similar components. The fault is at the...

Hello everyone,

I've had problems with swollen capacitors on my old Epox 8K3A motherboard twice. I have replaced the capacitors myself and detailed the problem and the procedure on my blog: [URL=http://www.randomsynapses.org/2005-05-02/lucky-discovery-saved-my-pc/]Lucky discovery saved my PC[/URL] and [URL=http://www.randomsynapses.org/2006-02-28/odd-problems-again/]Odd problems, again[/URL] .

The original capacitors are green with gold markings, GSC brand, which appear to be a common problem for many motherboard models that use them. The replacements are black with...