Ok. So I'm upgrading my friends computer. . .

[jamautosound]

...and it stops posting. WTH (I think to myself.) Now, I don't claim to know everything, but I know enough to know that I did nothing wrong. It just stopped working. I tried different memory, another processor, bare posting (the computer, not me) with no peripherals plugged in. Nada.

So I'm thinkin, OK the motherboard crapped out, it's a old BH6. Being a good friend of mine I decide to get my old Abit KT7-Raid comp out of storage, put all of his upgrades into it and return the processor for credit. I plug in the Abit and fire it up and something goes *SNAP*! WTF!?! No smoke, just a loud pop. So I look around for the culprit and it's one of the capacitors, the friggin' top blew off of it!

*Moment of silence* for my trusty KT7 and his BH6.🙁

Sooooo, I think to myself, "Self, if you're going to salvage one of these boards it's got to be the KT7". Not cuz it's mine, but because I know what's wrong with it.

Long story short, (is it too late for that?) I pull one of the capacitors off of his BH6 and replace the burnt one on my KT7. Worked like a charm! It had the same voltage and Uf readings and was the same size and color.

BTW. I purchased him another BH6 from a member here to complete the job I had started.

 

[Anubis]

what caused teh cap to blow?

 

[notfred]

I'd have probabaly run w/o the capacitor.

 

[jamautosound]

Not sure why the capacitor popped.

Notfred, I tried that. It posted, but I kept getting blue screens.
After the replacement I've got no problems. . . so far.

 

[Peacekeeper100]

I would think that cap was there for a reason, if nothing else but as a signal filter. I wouldn't think it would be stable without it. As long as it is the same rating you should be fine, as long as when it was put in the heat didn't kill it. You might have a rare problem here and there if the quality isn't as good, but as you said it looks the exact same. Just hope it doesn't blow again. Maybe it was just a power surge or something. Good work.