My HTPC mainboard died from bad caps

[Iron Woode]

It started to become unstable about 2 months ago and it finally began randomly shutting down yesterday. I figured it might be bad caps so I looked and found 3 near the CPU.

I know its not the best pic.

I ordered a Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AM2+ to replace it since the 5200+ and OCZ ram are fine.

 

[Vette73]

Contact MSI. Some board makers will fix it if its bad caps even if its out of warranty.

But its not a real hard fix.

 

[notposting]

Replace them! Fixed 2 different sets of caps on my HTPC motherboard now (by the main ATX power input originally when I got it off ebay, and then by the CPU last time). I replaced the cpu caps this time with solid ones for that matter. Done about 4 boards now, pretty simple and you feel like an electronics stud when done. 😛

Pretty minimal cost even if you are starting from scratch regarding tools/supplies.

 

[coolVariable]

no wonder it burned out considering all that dust!

 

[Iron Woode]

Contact MSI. Some board makers will fix it if its bad caps even if its out of warranty.

But its not a real hard fix.

I did that with my old Epox 8RDA+ 3 years ago. Considering the age of my K9N I am not sure if its worth the shipping costs.

Replace them! Fixed 2 different sets of caps on my HTPC motherboard now (by the main ATX power input originally when I got it off ebay, and then by the CPU last time). I replaced the cpu caps this time with solid ones for that matter. Done about 4 boards now, pretty simple and you feel like an electronics stud when done. 😛

Pretty minimal cost even if you are starting from scratch regarding tools/supplies.

I have no soldering skills and no soldering station.