Re: A mobo with a tube?

I just finished recapping my AX4B-533 Tube motherboard today. All the electrolytics 1000uf and larger were bulging and most of them had leaked. I have been using this board for years now and recently it began to require two boots to be stable. From day one, if the room temperature was below 70F, the sound drivers would not initialize. It will be this fall before I discover whether or not recapping solved this particular problem. There have been a few other issues such as the chipset heatskink falling off after one of the (soldered in) U-shaped pieces of wire...

Re: Abit VT6X4 problems

My VTX64 failed recently. Even with bulged caps it had been reliable for years. Symptoms were a very long wait with constant resets before the system would POST. I replaced all the 1000uf 10V caps with Nichicons (DigiKey part 493-1747-ND). Soldering and desoldering were a chore due to tight lead-hold clearance and the thickness of the motherboard. Upon reassembly the system POSTed and booted immediately. Victory!

Dale.