Possible issues with Epox 8RDA+

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Colombo

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I've had this board for about 2 1/2 years now. I had some initial issues with it, but after that it had pretty stable, and no problems.

I'm running an Athlon XP 2200+ processor & 2 Corsair CMX256A-3200 C2 ram. Nothing's overclocked.

Recently, a couple weeks ago, the computer froze up. When I reset it, it would not boot up, and give me random errors from the code display. If I let the computer turned off for a while, and tried it again, it'd boot up, and everything seemed fine. If I tried to reboot, the same problem occurred. Recently, it won't even make it into windows before it freezes.

I read on here about capacitor issues with these boards. Does this sound like the motherboard or possibly ram or processor? I've pulled one stick of ram, and tried to test to see if the ram was the problem, and it didn't seem to make a difference.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks
Josh
 
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ncage

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no bud it definitly sounds like your mb. I just had my 8rda+ do something very similar and lock up but i wouldn't post after it happened. I looked at the caps and most of them were either buldging or slightly leaking.
 
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Thanks!

I didn't think it was the processor or ram.

I did read in the official 8RDA+ thread that Epox is warrantying the capacitors, but that they're sticking the same crappy caps back on. So I guess I'll have to decide whether to try and replace the caps myself or see if they'll warranty the board.

What did you do with board?

Josh
 
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ncage

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Could you please link me to the thread your talking about. I sent the board to epox. Actually they recieved it 9/15..so i will see what happens. If i were you i would send yours in too especially if you see bad caps on the board. Just look at them and see if the tops are flat or convex. If they are convex or you can see anything on the top you know the caps are bad.

ncage
 
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Colombo

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Looked at the board. It's definitely the capacitors. One is corroded on top pretty bad, and there's a few others that are slightly corroded.
 
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The caps are not the same. Maybe same manufacturer, but the bad batch was years ago. Also, the max a cap is rated for is 10,000 hours. 2 1/2 years x 356 days x 24 hours a day = 21,900 hours. Now, if you had the system on half of that time, you are about on que, if you are overclocking, even better as caps are going to be much more stressed than a non OCed system. Now of course, most will go longer and of course there is no doubt that there were plenty of the bad caps around during that era, but the replacements Epox are using are surely not the same batch from several years ago. At least they are replacing them, so if the board last another 2 1/2 years, feel lucky. By then you should be upgrading anyway.
 
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This system has been on pretty much all the time. It has not been overclocked at any time though.

So I'll try contacting Epox, and see if they'll waranty the board.
 
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Colombo

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Epox's USA website has been down since last friday. Is it just me, or is everyone having the same issues?

edit: nevermind....just tried again, and it's up.
 
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Colombo

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Got the board back yesterday. Hooked everything back up and it works like a charm. They did give me a different board rather then repairing my board and sending it back. They probably did that due to time. They'll probably replace the caps and refurbish that board to send out.

On another note, some of the weird issues I had at startup when power was removed are gone. So maybe there was an issue with the old board I had anyway.

Josh
 
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