I'm replacing capacitors on my Geforce

[watdahel]

I lost video to my monitor one day. I checked and two capacitors in my Geforce TI4200 have been compromised. What ever was in them has fully come out. I'm thinking of replacing them if it will bring the card to life. Their rate 470 uf 6.7 V, but I only have a 16 V. Would that be a fair substitute?

 

[Canai]

No I think for something like that you want the exact same spec caps. The higher voltage might blow other parts down the line.

Also it could be that something else on the card failed, causing too much current to go to the caps that blew, and when you replace them they might just blow again.

 

[*kjm]

Originally posted by: erwin1978
I lost video to my monitor one day. I checked and two capacitors in my Geforce TI4200 have been compromised. What ever was in them has fully come out. I'm thinking of replacing them if it will bring the card to life. Their rate 470 uf 6.7 V, but I only have a 16 V. Would that be a fair substitute?

They would work fine for you as long as they are 470uf. Caps a lot of time don't blow they just go bad over time no big deal.

 

[Googer]

Junk it. Go on ebay and you can upgrade to a 9600/9700 PRO or NVIDIA FX5600 for about $1. A TI4200 is not worth the effort, no less the expense of replacing capacitors.


Here you go:
http://cgi.ebay.com/VIDEO-CARD...VWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[JACKDRUID]

Originally posted by: erwin1978
I lost video to my monitor one day. I checked and two capacitors in my Geforce TI4200 have been compromised. What ever was in them has fully come out. I'm thinking of replacing them if it will bring the card to life. Their rate 470 uf 6.7 V, but I only have a 16 V. Would that be a fair substitute?

I believe capacitors store electrcity so 16v means its capable of controlling up to 16V (doesn't mean it'll be fed 16v)... i stand corrected but i thnk it should be okay..

might as well give it a try....since its already broken.. ;D

 

[watdahel]

Just replaced the two capacitors and still no video coming out. I'm disappointed. I don't see anything else damaged.

 

[*kjm]

"I believe capacitors store electrcity so 16v means its capable of controlling up to 16V (doesn't mean it'll be fed 16v)... i stand corrected but i thnk it should be okay.. "

Your right.

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: erwin1978
Just replaced the two capacitors and still no video coming out. I'm disappointed. I don't see anything else damaged.

You card was probably toast to begin with, but it was old and long over due for a replacement anyway. Plenty of fast cards available for cheap.

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: *kjm
"I believe capacitors store electrcity so 16v means its capable of controlling up to 16V (doesn't mean it'll be fed 16v)... i stand corrected but i thnk it should be okay.. "

You're right.

Yep.

 

[Replay]

Other, similar capacitors, may have failed, but not as obviously as the two you replaced. Look for a couple more caps with the same uF value and voltage as the ones you replaced. Those caps might be bad. Same or higher voltage rating is usually ok for a replacement cap.

Watch the polarity, and don't swap the positive and negative wires around when you replace caps.

GeForce 2-TI came back to life when four bad caps were replaced two years ago. Took the replacement caps from a dead motherboard. Switching power circuits often have special, high quality, low ESR caps (equivalent series resistance). For me, this is a hobby. It didn't cost anything but a little time to fix that card, but as others point out, don't spend too much money fixing such an old card.

 

[Soulkeeper]

the voltage rating on the cap is just the maximum
you could run them lower, just not higher

as long as the capacitance rating is right then there is no problem, i've replaced a few of these myself

just do it, you got nothing to lose, good luck
hopefully nothing else was compromised on the card.
let us know how it goes

 

[watdahel]

Originally posted by: Replay
Other, similar capacitors, may have failed, but not as obviously as the two you replaced. Look for a couple more caps with the same uF value and voltage as the ones you replaced. Those caps might be bad. Same or higher voltage rating is usually ok for a replacement cap.

Watch the polarity, and don't swap the positive and negative wires around when you replace caps.

GeForce 2-TI came back to life when four bad caps were replaced two years ago. Took the replacement caps from a dead motherboard. Switching power circuits often have special, high quality, low ESR caps (equivalent series resistance). For me, this is a hobby. It didn't cost anything but a little time to fix that card, but as others point out, don't spend too much money fixing such an old card.

How did your PC act when the Geforce was broken? I turn mine on and I hear the CD drive do its routine check up. Windows does not load. Nothing on screen. Harddrive is not clicking so it's not loading Windows. I can't shut down the PC with the power button. I have to unplug it.

 

[imported_wired247]

Did you try holding the power button for 6-7 seconds?

 

[Replay]

Originally posted by: erwin1978

Originally posted by: Replay
... GeForce 2-TI came back to life when four bad caps were replaced two years ago...

How did your PC act when the Geforce was broken? I turn mine on and I hear the CD drive do its routine check up. Windows does not load. Nothing on screen. Harddrive is not clicking so it's not loading Windows. I can't shut down the PC with the power button. I have to unplug it.

A friend gave me the dead GeForce 2-Ti when I put my old GeForce 3 into their system. I can't tell you what the bad video card was doing while it was in a pc. Try to borrow another card, agp or old-style pci, if you want to see if the rest of your system is ok.

 

[Lithan]

This is true. I've replaced 12.2v's on mobo's with 17v's before. Mobo came back to life and actually had better volts than before... though that's more likely because they were Much Better caps than due to the voltage rating (went from generic crap on an oooooold epox board to those japanese caps that everyone loves so much, starts with an 'R'. Name evades me tho.