Tom Biasi said:
Unlikely that the caps failed due to overheating.
I don't know for sure, the caps are right next to the cpu heatsink, the bad
fan is ducted to
move air past these caps. The HP computer is about 5 years old.
The old caps were Rubycon brand, replaced with same.
Replacing componentents on a MB is very risky. There are several layers
between top and bottom, and its easy to screw up an internal layer.
Tom
Maybe risky, but I had nothing to lose.
I could have sent it to a pro and had caps replaced for about $75.00 or buy
a new
(different brand) board for about $60.00. I would have had to get drivers
if I
bought a new board. Sooo, If the board didn't work after I replaced the caps
I would
have bought a new mobo. The cap seller sent me 7 caps at no charge ( I don't
know why)
but I did send him $10.00 just cause he was so nice!
It has been running 4 days continuously without a glitch, I think it's
repaired.
A little history about the computer, I bought it used at 2 yrs old. Within
3 months I noticed
a burning smell, I shut it down and opened it up. I found the power supply
had a burned up
power thermistor (
http://www.amwei.com/views.asp?hw_id=64 ) and carbonized
area on the pcb.
I cleaned up the board and installed a new thermistor. At the same time I
found the power supply fan
had a dead spot, if stopped on that spot it wouldn't restart. The
manufacturer sent me a pulled fan,
and I installed that. Now a couple years later I have the leaky caps causing
lockup problems.
Don't know if this is common for HP computers, but I don't have a good
feeling about them now.
Ya, I know, a 5 year old computer is ancient.
Hmm, I still have a
10yr old Abit KT7A 700Mhz
PC running 24/7 without any problems. I just realized I still have a Compaq
100Mhz computer that is
about 15yrs old, I think it's trash now, cause I stole the fan out of the
Compaq for the HP. Maybe
now I can part with it.
Mike