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On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:16:04 GMT, Rikard Bosnjakovic <bos@REMOVETHIShack.org> wrote:
There where a gadzillion motherboards made around '99-'00 that had defective
caps. You got one of them. If your time is worth more than a buck an hour
then you should just replace the board. Boards from that era can be had,
and without the defective caps, for under twenty dollars.
Forget the coil, look at those caps! They're blown.I have a motherboard with a slightly "roasted" coil that I'm interested in
knowing if it is possible to replace and make the board work again.
Have a look at these two images:
http://www.meradan.se/albums/album45/IMG_2210.sized.jpg (component side)
There where a gadzillion motherboards made around '99-'00 that had defective
caps. You got one of them. If your time is worth more than a buck an hour
then you should just replace the board. Boards from that era can be had,
and without the defective caps, for under twenty dollars.