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Post by TRow on Mar 19, 2005 2:06:32 GMT -5
 The Orang-ish/Brown sh*t on top of the capacitor is Bad. The capacitors are only leaking out of the Tops. I suggest that everyone check the Capacitors for Leaks. Ive seen boards survive with these same symptoms, but its still alarming at the same time. T.RoW |
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Post by devnull on Mar 19, 2005 10:38:54 GMT -5
Do you think it may be a repercussion to higher-than-normal stresses due to overclocking? Thats really a tough problem to fix
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Post by crusier on Mar 20, 2005 14:21:28 GMT -5
Speed increases and heavy system loads generate an increase in power consumption while increases in cpu voltages generate an exponential increase in power consumption. Leaky capacitors on motherboards has been an issue for a number of years. You can google "leaky capacitors" and get up to speed on the subject.
The leaky capacitors can lead to shorted circuits, flakey system operation, and possible explosions of the capacitors with accompanied peripheral damages and consequences.
In short Trow....get them dudes replaced asap! As an option, the cost of getting them replaced may justify purchasing a newer and OC friendly motherboard. That generates further issues with getting one fitted into the XPS chassis. Your investment in water cooling would be better off applied to an OC friendly motherboard.
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Post by stevogabe on Mar 20, 2005 15:46:27 GMT -5
Speed increases and heavy system loads generate an increase in power consumption while increases in cpu voltages generate an exponential increase in power consumption. Leaky capacitors on motherboards has been an issue for a number of years. You can google "leaky capacitors" and get up to speed on the subject. The leaky capacitors can lead to shorted circuits, flakey system operation, and possible explosions of the capacitors with accompanied peripheral damages and consequences. In short Trow....get them dudes replaced asap! As an option, the cost of getting them replaced may justify purchasing a newer and OC friendly motherboard. That generates further issues with getting one fitted into the XPS chassis. Your investment in water cooling would be better off applied to an OC friendly motherboard. yeah, he can do that but isnt the PSU proprierity? so hed fry the new mobo if he hooked it up. |
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Post by crusier on Mar 20, 2005 20:45:38 GMT -5
Compare the pinouts (voltage and function) of the xps motherboard power connectors versus standard ATX motherboards to get the answer. The caps he pictured are in the voltage regulators for the CPU.
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Post by devnull on Mar 20, 2005 22:53:23 GMT -5
cruiser, how do you know all this. I was just wondering. You are quite a useful resource for these types of things =D
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Post by stevogabe on Mar 20, 2005 23:00:59 GMT -5
Compare the pinouts (voltage and function) of the xps motherboard power connectors versus standard ATX motherboards to get the answer. The caps he pictured are in the voltage regulators for the CPU. yeah thats true, but if something isnt right, u gotta splice the wires and that could get ugly.  |
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Post by avsforsberg21 on Mar 23, 2005 0:25:02 GMT -5
Eeeekk....one more thing we don't need to worry about! Time to pop the hood and take a look.
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Post by crusier on Mar 23, 2005 4:25:43 GMT -5
How...how...how.
Years spent in the computer customer service business (repaired them dudes when the customers broke them)from way back in the late 60's and a lot of reading of whatever I can find. For the nuts and bolts the manufacturer specs are the hardest but more usefull (example..the Intel P4 technical data dl's). As for the XPS it's alot to do with experiences with my gen1.
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Post by devnull on Mar 23, 2005 19:05:46 GMT -5
My first computer (family's) was an NEC with 4mb of video ram (a buttload for 1995). When I was taking the thing apart, next to my bed, I got up one morning just to step right on the mobo and bust of a capacitor. But, I just took out the ole soldering iron and eveything still seemed to work okay....that is, for a 166mhz with 64mb of ram and win95....
so cruiser, you read those really boring Intel whitepapers? Ugh, I had a hard time getting through ATI's on their new r4xx chips. Bleh, im not really a fan of the uber-technical jargon.
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