I don't have any spares, I hope that's not the case. They both work just fine as single CPU's though. When running dual they run stable at half speed.

/j...

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All components look ok visually. I redid all the soldering today just to make sure that everything was soldered in properly. How much heat can the caps take from soldering, is it easy to fry them when soldering?

regards,
joahnnes...

I ended up using Rubycon caps. I changed all 1000uF 16V, 1000uF 10V and 1500uF 10V. Had to tip over the two by the AGP.

regards,
johannes...

Hi,

I replaced all the 1000 and 1500 uF caps on my VP6 and now it won't post normally with 2 CPUs. It posts normally with 1 CPU (it doesn't matter which of the two CPUs or in which socket).

If I reset the BIOS settings it reluctantly starts with two cpu's (after a couple of resets) but as soon as I try to save the correct setting from BIOS and restarts it refuses to post.

I've had similar problems before recapping, always had to reset once after power up. But after that it ran normally (with the occasional system freeze once a week or soo). This was...

Ordered Rubycon caps from Farnell on friday and got them on monday. They don't have a minimum order like digikey + they ship from europe = a lot cheaper!

[url]http://www.farnell.com[/url]

The only "bad" thing about farnell (sweden) is that I had to call their office to get a customer ID to be able to order online.

Now I just have to plan for a couple of days of downtime to do the transplant...

regards,
Johanneshttps://Ordered Rubycon caps from Fa...r like digikey

Wow, that was fast

If you say so I'll take your advice. It was just that some guy on the forum succesfully recapped his MB with caps from ELFA and I guess he would have to use the same 1500uF's that I've found (I tried to contact him, but no reply yet).

But apart from the size it's ok to use higher voltage rated caps?

Can anyone recommend me a good european dealer?

best regards,
Johannes...

Hi,

My VP6 has been kind of flaky since day 1. Not many crasches, one or two in a month perhaps, but it almost never posts directly at powerup. (When I have crashes they're almost always complete system frezes.) I have to power up, wait for a minute and then reset and then it posts and starts as normal (if i reset to quickly it usually posts but then freezes during boot up). I've tried switching power supplies, took out/switched around memory modules and upped the voltage but to no positive effect. Then I found this site... And to little surprise I found that a lot of the caps had...