ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Problem

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If they are on the power supply 100nF will do.

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Your best bet is to remove an identical cap from elsewhere on the card and measure it with a cap meter. If they are just power supply bypass caps, their value isn't that critical. Losing a few bypass caps probably won't noticeably affect the video card, but it's worth a try. You certainly won't hurt it by trying some ceramic caps around .01-.1 uF. They don't need to be surface mount as long as you can make them fit. Andy Cuffe

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Hello, Braveheart! You wrote on Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:49:09 +1000:

B> I have a crook Video card, Ceramic capacitors C580 and C583 (Back to B> back on each side of board) appear to be faulty, 1 has actually come off B> the board, anyway of finding out the value ? ....... and can I replace B> the things with something else ?

B> Video card works, display just has vertical lines, like a bar code, and B> I'd like the fix the thing.

B> Card has previously "burnt" out a couple of fans, not sure if this is B> causing or caused the problem.

B> Thanks People

The fans are likely to have just worn out, the tiny fans on these cards have crap bearings, I think if the card has gone through a couple of fans and it's still here, then It's worth fitting a decent fan. I secnd the previous comments concerning the caps.

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