Motherboard capacitor is fried.

[Akimotoz]

As the title says, one of my motherboard's capacitors are fried.

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What do I do?

[Van-man]

Easy solution: buy a new motherboard
Tough solution: unsolder the fried capacitor(s), read their specifications, and buy appropriate replacement one's and solder them into the place of the fried one(s)

[Xybjj]

[QUOTE=Van-man;24614162]Easy solution: buy a new motherboard
Tough solution: unsolder the fried capacitor(s), read their specifications, and buy appropriate replacement one's and solder them into the place of the fried one(s)[/QUOTE]

I'm curious, does the tough solution really work? Does the manufacturer support it?

[Tezz1235]

Yes it does work, It WILL void your warranty... assuming they can tell, If your soldering is good enough I doubt anyone would notice.

[url=http://www.badcaps.net/pages.php?vid=21]There are places that sell recap-kits[/url]

[Akimotoz]

Any recommendations for a new motherboard?

I'm currently using the Intel DG35EC.

GPU: Nvidia Geforce 8800 Ultra
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
4 gigs DDR2 RAM

[Lapsus]

[QUOTE=Xybjj;24614187]I'm curious, does the tough solution really work? Does the manufacturer support it?[/QUOTE]

Yes, it does work, and no, the manufacturer doesn't support it. Why the heck would they support users replacing a 10 cent part instead of buying a whole new motherboard for upwards of $50?

If you're somehow still under warranty, use it to get a free replacement, otherwise, try replacing the capacitor, as mentioned before. Just be sure to use one that's the same capacitance, and equal or higher voltage. Oh, and don't put it in backwards either, it can be like a tiny grenade of you do.

Jump to 3:30 for an electrolytic without a vent to see what I mean.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jDsNe_bmtE[/media]

[cloud_strife]

Honestly you probably fried more than just 1 capacitor, you probably cooked an IC or two which you have no way of testing without getting the schematics for the motherboard (which you can't, because they keep those secret, duh).

[gerbile5]

[QUOTE=Lapsus;24614252]Yes, it does work, and no, the manufacturer doesn't support it. Why the heck would they support users replacing a 10 cent part instead of buying a whole new motherboard for upwards of $50?
[/QUOTE]

50 dollars?
My motherboard wasn't even that cheap.
Mine was 60 and I'm on the low, low end of it.

[Ericsson]

Find out how big capacitor is, and go buy one from any radiokit stores, then solder it. Easier than it sounds actually

[Lapsus]

[QUOTE=gerbile5;24614280]50 dollars?
My motherboard wasn't even that cheap.
Mine was 60 and I'm on the low, low end of it.[/QUOTE]

Thus upwards of $50. Old motherboards aren't too expensive anyways.

Also, added a video to my previous post about exploding capacitors.

[Makuuta]

I actually replaced a busted Capacitor in an old MoBo, it popped due to overheating from the video card (or something :v:)

Turns out it worked fine after that.

[B1N4RY!]

[QUOTE=Ericsson;24614321]Find out how [b]big[/b] capacitor is, and go buy one from any radiokit stores, then solder it. Easier than it sounds actually[/QUOTE]

>Big :downs:

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But really, you'll save A LOT of money just by desoldering that capacitor with another electrolytic capacitor that have the same capacity and max voltage value