Popping capacitors Who has post 2006 hardware with bad caps?

Hello,

I would doubd their quality too, however i will buy some to test. Thanks to everybody for the input.

Cheetah

But they don't have motherboard caps, only normal 10mm ones.

Cheetah

You're confusing size with application.

Graham

It aint the meat, it`s the motion :)

(or more ??)

electrolyte

substandard

computer

time.

buying full spec

selling, so

i just happened to find a bag of those buldging caps they were ? LUXON ?

i don't know about the usual quality of LUXON caps though

robb

I just recapped the power supply of a Cyberhome DVD recorder (manufactured 2005?). It's a pretty nice unit that I got for next to nothing ($25). Two 2200 mf caps were bulged. The unit was exhibiting lots of strange behaviors; display scrambled, erratic remote operation...and finally complete failure to function at all.

OTOH, I expected all of this based on web research of the unit. This particular unit (DVR 1600) has some pretty well-documented shortcomings. It also has some pretty neat features, reasonable performance, and can be had for a song.

In addition, I heatsinked the regulators on the board (one even had a silkscreened outline of a heatsink on the board, but none installed), and added a cooling fan. I think the fan might have been overkill--the real problem being the result of only *10v* rating on the original caps, but better safe.....

It's now working like a champ. I'd like to find a BIOS upgrade for it, but I haven't located the download. Cyberhome is defunct--no factory support--but reportedly there is a later version.

jak

mF ? You mean it has 2.2 FARADS of smoothing ?

Do please use the correct terms. I assume you mean 2200 uF.

m = milli = 1/1000

Graham

Wow! You figured it out. I wonder if anybody else did?

Thanks for the spelling flame....

jak

Fuhjyyu isn't fake Fujitsu. I may be wrong, but I believe Fujitsu makes only solid caps now.

Why does Fuhjyyu use the round Hitachi symbol?

In article , CheetahHugger writes

RS Components,

Farnell,

Both located in UK and will ship to mainland Europe. I have used both to obtain caps for motherboards (including hard-to-find 1200uF and

Thanks, that should solve my problem :)

Cheetah