something is wrong with these capacitor in Socket 370 motherboar...while using a multimeter:
top of two caps measure around +5.0 V
and one cap is measured at -9.0 V.
top of the cap with the red lead and the black lead is with common.
why?
Hmmm... where does the negative connection to this cap go? If ground and same manufacturer model/series as the other caps, then this part is either reverse biased (and probably been inserted backwards), or you are measuring an AC signal weighted with a strong negative component enough to fool your meter!
Model/Name of motherboard, detected fault and general area of the cap's location is useful to mention.
-- Adrian C
the top of a cap is always metal. the normal rating is around 0.5V. When I powered up the motherboard, only three of these caps have very strange measurement.
all other caps have normal rating.
wefixpcmotherboard wrote: > the top of a cap is always metal.
You KNOW you can get motherboards serviced by the manufacturer, or if cheap enough toss 'em.
-- Adrian C
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