Bad capacitors? (pic)

[Mem]

Capacitors: Not Just For Abit Owners"
Carey Holzman - 10/9/02


I have been running my own company for over 6 years. For six years prior to that I was repairing computers for major corporations like Intel and some government agencies locally here in Arizona.

Added up, that?s 12 years of fixing, repairing and upgrading PCs, and in that time I have never seen a leaking capacitor on a board. Ever.

Now, since January, customers are coming in with their machines, and about 10% of the time, the problem is . . . leaking capacitors. Not just Abit boards. Microstar, Asus, Gigabyte and PC Chips boards, too.

At first I thought it was just limited to my manufacturer. Then other customers started bringing in other systems. I thought it was just related to AMD boards.. Nope, I have seen it on an Intel P4, Intel P3, AMD Athlon Slot A, AMD Athlon Socket A? Everything recent. (Even got a socket 7 K6-2 board with one, but I think that's just an oddity.)

But never on a 286, 386, 486, Pentium I or Pentium II system. It seems to me when the processors hit 800 or 900MHz, this starts happening.

Link .

 

[raystorm]

My Epox 8K7a also has a bunch of bulging and leaking caps! I'm assuming that the bad caps are the reason why my Primary IDE doesnt work anymore. Other than my primary IDE not work I haven't had any other stability issues.

The motherboard (with its 1.4 ghz Athlon T-Bird) served me well for over 2 years.. but its time to save up for a new mobo/cpu/ram combo. Hopefully my Epox mobo will last until the end of January as I'll be picking up an Asus a7n8x deluxe and whichever cpu I can get with it (2500+ and up).

So I'm not the only 8k7a owner here with cap problems.. it was nice while it lasted 😀

 

[screw3d]

Holycripes.. I think mine's leaking too. Check this. Can anyone tell me if this is a case of leaky caps? This is on an 8RDA+ BTW.

 

[Mem]

Can anyone tell me if this is a case of leaky caps? This is on an 8RDA+ BTW.

Yes those are leaky caps,if the board is under warranty get Epox to repair or replace it ASAP.

 

[screw3d]

Originally posted by: Mem

Can anyone tell me if this is a case of leaky caps? This is on an 8RDA+ BTW.

Yes those are leaky caps,if the board is under warranty get Epox to repair or replace it ASAP.

Thanks. I have not encountered any stability problems yet though. I think newegg would easily replace the board, but I don't think this exact board is available anymore.. any ideas on what they'll do?

EDIT: I checked and only the caps in the pic are affected. This thread needs to go up.

 

[Slogun]

Originally posted by: screw3d
Holycripes.. I think mine's leaking too. Check this. Can anyone tell me if this is a case of leaky caps? This is on an 8RDA+ BTW.

Looks like leaks to me.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: screw3d
Holycripes.. I think mine's leaking too. Check this. Can anyone tell me if this is a case of leaky caps? This is on an 8RDA+ BTW.

I don't think ASUS ever got a batch of these fake Capacitors

I recently saw a board like what happened to Baronz over at JW Middleton's. He noticed the board was locking up for no reason, well found the reason when opened the case that's for sure.