leaking capacitor on mobo? (pics inside)

[vexingv]

my main pc has been offline for weeks with a problem i havent yet figured out. its an athlonxp on an epox 8rda+. power is fine, but i get nothing on startup (no display, no beeps) except for a C1 display error on the mobo led. c1 is supposed to be a memory error, however i've tried different dimms with no luck. i took the system apart completely and found the weird crap seen in the pics in the capacitor.

here it is

i'm no engineer...so what exactly happened here? is this probably why the system isnt booting?

thanks

 

[dighn]

looks like they blew due to over/reverse voltage or something

 

[Anubis]

blown caps = bad

thats what killed my Epox 8KHA+, happens when they get over volted cause they dont discharge properly

 

[Swanny]

What a coincidence! I just sent my 8RDA+ in on warranty today for the same problem!

Leaking caps = dead mobo.

 

[TitanDiddly]

RMA

 

[vexingv]

Originally posted by: Swanny
What a coincidence! I just sent my 8RDA+ in on warranty today for the same problem!

Leaking caps = dead mobo.

will epox fix this problem? i can't remember how long the warranty is: is it 1 or 3 yrs? i think mine is a little over a yr old.

 

[Phoenix86]

Leaky caps common with that mobo... RMA if it's still in WARR.

 

[arcain]

I had the same problem with an Epox Athlon motherboard 8KHAL+ or something I think. Definitely the reason why your machine isn't booting.

Nothing was overclocked or running out of spec.

I just assumed it was due to:

http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/resource/feb03/ncap.html

Replaced it with another motherboard, didn't bother with Epox.

 

[Ranger X]

I had a motherboard go bad the same way. Mine was out of warranty so i was SOL.

 

[ISAslot]

holy sh!t!!!!!!

I have the same mobo and just checked mine to see if it was okay, well what do you know, all but one of mine are leaking too
My computer is working though, never had any problems with it, and I leave it on all the time. It's been the most stable computer I've ever owned. Wonder how long that's gonna last now.

 

[Shooters]

Unfortunately that's a pretty common problem with the 8RDA(+) boards. About a month ago I was getting random blue screens and after checking a bunch of other stuff, I remembered the leaky capacitor thing and opened up my case. Sure enough that was the problem.

 

[simms]

I've got an ePox 8KHA+ and I didn't know about this until I read it in GH. Mine are also busting, I used to have it on 24h/day but now I only use it when I need it.

--Simon

 

[dighn]

whoa this cap problem sounds bad :Q

 

It's fried.
Buy a new board.

 

[PottedMeat]

heh they are probably caps made from a stolen/partial electrolyte formula in taiwan.

the dumbass the copied the formula diddnt know that a partial formula would release hydrogen gas when in use pop the top making them useless

those caps look like what would have happened to my motherboard (ECS K7VZA) if i hadn't replaced them with some long life nichicons - only costed me ~10 bucks total from digikey
they even look like the same brand that were in my mobo - LUXON brand caps


Here's the story from IEEE Spectrum

 

[element]

I replaced my 8RDA+ with a shuttle board recently from the same problem, leaky caps.

 

[abaez]

I've got a 4bda2+ and I have them.. I didn't know you could rma.. will do

 

[Orsorum]

I had an 8k7a that had the same problem, just bought an Asus A7N8X, haven't had any problems with it yet.

 

[Shawn]

If no longer under warrantee, couldn't you replace them by soldering new ones on?

 

[gistech1978]

Originally posted by: Swanny
What a coincidence! I just sent my 8RDA+ in on warranty today for the same problem!

Leaking caps = dead mobo.

YAEBCT

yet another epox blown caps thread.

my 8rda did the same thing.

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[Viperoni]

ECS K7VMA's did this a LOT as well.

 

[gunblade]

My 8rda+ did it two month ago. I thought I was the isolated case, but it seemed to be pretty common here.

 

[PowerEngineer]

If the board's out of warranty, I'd take a shot at replaceing those capacitors before buying anew one...