OT: Motherboard capacitor problem (solved).

craftech wrote on 12/23/2003, 4:17 AM

Tor,

I think the "caught fire or exploded" statement is a bit of an exaggeration, but in answer to your question I would suggest replacing anything over 1000 uf, but you could get away with replacing the caps located along the slot 1.
Still that's typically around 15 caps. They are 1500uf. Keep in mind that the values will be lower for the others....1200uf and 1000uf.

You can send it out to have it done. Typical prices are around $45-$50. If time is an issue that might be your best alternative. There is a guy that has been doing this for a few years now. Let me see if I can find his website and I'll post back.

Regards,
John

craftech wrote on 12/23/2003, 4:24 AM

Tor,
His name is Gary Headlee. He used to post DIY repairs for a long time, then started doing it for people which ended up a sideline for him.

He gets $50 and says his turnaround time is 1-2 days. He warranties the repair for 1 year. He is located in Utah.
I know there is another place in California which does it which I can look up for if you would like. Here is Gary's website:

http://www.motherboardrepair.com/index.php?sec=services

John

TorS wrote on 12/23/2003, 4:45 AM

Typically, two companies that used to sell electronic parts have just gone out of business in my city (I am in Stavanger, Norway). this morning I spoke to someone at a company that does not sell parts, but they still might have what I needed and he sounded like they might be able to help. I'll get back to him with a list of the large capacitors and their values.
However - short term, I will break a habit and combine my multimedia and internet functions in one PC. That means taking out the DVD and DC burners from the one that has gone down and put them in the other one. That should keep me going until this business is sorted - some way or another.
John, I thank you very much for the help you are providing. I also thank anyone else who has provided help or suggestions.
Tor

BTW
You have dissuaded me from buying that other board I mentioned. So I'm left with only two options: repair or upgrade..

craftech wrote on 12/23/2003, 5:33 AM

I don't know what the shipping charges would be, but you could e-mail Gary Headlee and ask him.
As far as suppliers in Europe try these:

http://www.demostenes.no/2.0/
http://demostenes.vestdata.no/
http://www.elfa.se/
http://www.schuricht.de/
http://www.conrad-electronic.com/
http://www.sowter.co.uk/
http://www.mclink.it/com/digitex/listino

You may want to e-mail this engineer who frequently posts on the tube radio forums:

Stein-Olav Lund, LA9QV
Electronics Engineer
Sor Trondelag College,
Dept. of Engineering,
Inst. of Electronics
TRONDHEIM, NORWAY
Email:stein@iet.hist.no

or:

Rob Janssen pe1chl@amsat.org | WWWhome: http://www.pe1chl.demon.nl/ |
| AMPRnet: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org | AX.25 BBS: PE1CHL@PI8WNO.#UTR.NLD.EU |

or:

SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics,
1000 Aztec West,
Bristol, UK Email : davef@bristol.st.com
+44 1454 616616 X508

or:

Jens Brungot jbrungot@online.no
JB Electrics, Norway

John

RexA wrote on 12/23/2003, 12:45 PM

> I think the "caught fire or exploded" statement is a bit of an exaggeration <

It may not be very common but it can happen. Here's a link to a page which describes the problem. It has a couple pictures of bad failures.

As for the comments about places that will do the work for you... Those prices sound great. Seems like a good way to go if you can get it done that cheaply.

TorS wrote on 12/23/2003, 2:06 PM

craftech,
Some of those addresses are even Norwegian. I'm amazed!
But Stein-Olav - his address being a college one - will certainly be home for his pinnekjott (or ribbe) now. I'll look into it over new Year. Thanks again John, and merry Christmas to all Vegas forum participants.
Tor

TorS wrote on 1/1/2004, 5:13 AM

Here's an update:
The man Gary Headlee repairs motherboards, like craftec said. But he also sell repair kits with the capacitors you need to replace, depending on what board you have. They go for $ 25 pluss shipping. I have ordered a set for the BE6-II and I hope it won't take ages to get here (Norway). My father-in-law has a professional soldering tool i can borrow, so I guess I'm all right (fingers crossed).
Tor

craftech wrote on 1/1/2004, 5:31 AM

Here's an update:
The man Gary Headlee repairs motherboards, like craftec said. But he also sell repair kits with the capacitors you need to replace, depending on what board you have. They go for $ 25 pluss shipping. I have ordered a set for the BE6-II and I hope it won't take ages to get here (Norway). My father-in-law has a professional soldering tool i can borrow, so I guess I'm all right (fingers crossed).
Tor
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You do need the other stuff I mentioned above as well. At least solder wick to remove the old solder.

Glad to hear you are giving it a shot. Post here if you run into any problems.
Regards,
John

TorS wrote on 1/1/2004, 6:14 AM

Absolutely,
The kit includes:

Solder wick
Silver based solder
Kester 44 solder
Basic instructions

Plus my father-in-law said he has the works - also for removing old solder.
Thanks again.
Tor

addison-b wrote on 5/19/2022, 12:48 PM

The PC does not boot up far enough for me to access bios.
The monitor does not start.
Tried with another video card - same thing.
The drives does not start, but the light indicating drive activity goes on and stays on.
The fans start.
There is power for the drives.
I have set the bios back to default.

So I assume the memory and the power supply are OK. Which leaves the processor OR the motherboard. How can I tell which?
Tor Motherboard For RTX 3080

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Please recommend to me what should I buy and how would I do after I install it? thanks