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dammit
Posted: 17 Dec 2008, 19:57
by Kuchcik
was cleaning my mobo today, and I've found out that one of capacitors near my processor has swelled. The electrolyte dried, and it turned from liquid into gas (hydrogen). This is bad, soon the electrolyte will come out and it might *love* up my motherboard.
My PC has a lot of trouble booting up, it gives a processor error and needs to be rebooted a few times. The funny thing is, it depends on the heat in the room - when it's hot, it boots up immediately, and if it's cold, it takes almost 10 minutes of constant re-booting.
It may happen in a minute, tomorrow, in a month or not at all. I've got most of my precious gigabytes backupped. I'm going to look for some 1300
Posted: 17 Dec 2008, 20:13
by IchoTolot
i had a motherboard with many defected capacitors and it worked over years ... so dont worry
Posted: 18 Dec 2008, 16:42
by Majestic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dammit
Anyway, that kinda shucks.
I may disappear for a long time.
NOES! WE KANNOT MIS U!
Re: dammit
Posted: 18 Dec 2008, 16:51
by ~][FGS][Nobody~
Kuchcik wrote:was cleaning my mobo today, and I've found out that one of capacitors near my processor has swelled. The electrolyte dried, and it turned from liquid into gas (hydrogen). This is bad, soon the electrolyte will come out and it might *beep* up my motherboard.
My PC has a lot of trouble booting up, it gives a processor error and needs to be rebooted a few times. The funny thing is, it depends on the heat in the room - when it's hot, it boots up immediately, and if it's cold, it takes almost 10 minutes of constant re-booting.
It may happen in a minute, tomorrow, in a month or not at all. I've got most of my precious gigabytes backupped. I'm going to look for some 1300 mF capacitors later, but I doubt there will be any in the local store, cause they need to be special 105+ degrees C and for SPMS impulse power suppliers.
Read more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
Conclusion:
I may disappear for a long time. I don't have to, but it all depends if the capacitor will fail or not.
Yes, you should replace the capacitor, however, I DOUBT that you need 1300mF because it would be as big as a garbage bin! :lol:
Perhaps it says 1300nF?
Posted: 18 Dec 2008, 17:48
by ShadowRunner
I thought this was a topic about GODZ/FGS Dammit...
I am speechless at the 1337ness of FGS...
Thanks for the warning and good luck, hope IchoTolot is right.
Posted: 18 Dec 2008, 18:50
by Kuchcik
Perhaps it says 1300nF?
m - micro, the symbol is
Posted: 18 Dec 2008, 19:09
by ~][FGS][Nobody~
Yes but mF means milli farad not micro.
1mF is 1000
Posted: 18 Dec 2008, 19:52
by Kuchcik
well yeah I meant
Posted: 18 Dec 2008, 20:58
by [FGS]Hawk
Get a new Mainboard for XMas
Posted: 18 Dec 2008, 21:23
by Kuchcik
[FGS]Hawk wrote:Get a new Mainboard for XMas
there is no way this is going to happen, we got the presents sorted out already
Posted: 18 Dec 2008, 21:51
by [FGS]Hawk
Which mainboard do you have? (Model + Manufacturer)