I have a MS-6156 mobo from about mid 1999, and the whole board is covered in them, but they all look fine. Should I replace them or leave them be? The reason why I ask is I'm replacing a load of chhsi caps on a few later msi mobos from a 2000-01 which are bulging and was wondering if it is worthwhile changing the ones of this board or not.

Re: Recapped BP6 and HPT366 issue

The original usb programmer I used didn't give you the option. You plugged it in, it identified it, and then you pressed write to program it. I've just got a Tl866ii+ and that does allow me to choose the exact chip. But although it's flashed correctly. The win bond chip doesn't post still. I do have another chip on order just in case the chip is faulty.

Re: Recapped BP6 and HPT366 issue

OK. I've tried different bios's with different hpt366 embedded bios's to no avail.

Re: Recapped BP6 and HPT366 issue




Nope, only replaced the capacitors....

Re: Recapped BP6 and HPT366 issue

It wouldnt surprise me. Unfortunately my USB programmer didnt support the winbond chip, so I took a punt on the SST chips, as I've used SST before. I'll probably need to buy a TL866 programmer then.

Re: Recapped BP6 and HPT366 issue

Sorry, forgot to mention I've tried a few different bios's and hard drives. same happens on all of them.

So I'm an owner of a BP6 and it was in fantastic condition, with none of the original capacitors showing any signs of failure. But one day a year or so back, it failed to Post, after working fine just a few hours earlier.

So I did the usual, swapped all the components etc. etc. to no avail. So I boxed it up and thought I'd deal with it another day.

About a month back i recapped the board with Rubycon caps all of the ratings as per this site, but still to no avail. No post.

So I bought some SST BIOS chips that were of similar spec to the winbond one...