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| 320050 | 2005-02-01 03:38:00 | Another bulging capacitor problem! This time on a Gigabyte GA-8IEX mobo just over two years old. I am told Gigabyte doesn't have a fix/replace policy - surprise. Wonder about the Consumer Guarantees Act?? Anyway, I have tacked a very ordinary 2,200UF 16V cap in place of the bad 3,300 6.3V low ESR one. It works - yea. But I want to get the right ones. Does anyone know if there is a NZ source of these specialised caps? Or an international site that posts to NZ? Even the right diameter is hard to find and when there are 7 closely packed in a row an extra couple of mm can be problematic. TIA. |
linw (53) | ||
| 320051 | 2005-02-01 04:05:00 | Have u looked or been to dick smith? They sell resistors / capacitors etc. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 320052 | 2005-02-01 04:07:00 | http://www1.jaycar.co.nz/ | godfather (25) | ||
| 320053 | 2005-02-01 04:08:00 | Jaycar have low ESR capacitors; DSE's are probably not. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 320054 | 2005-02-01 04:10:00 | Radiospares sell Rubycon low ESR capacitors up to 2200uF. For a 6.3v 2200uF, the RS stock number is 421-6546, and the part number is 6.3ZL2200M10X23. Try this page : radiospares (www.rsnewzealand.com @@@&BV_EngineID=cccfadddjmgjhkmcfngcfkmdgkldfih.0&cacheID=nznetscape&3284682868=3284682868&catoid=-77699476) and see if it works for you. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 320055 | 2005-02-01 06:13:00 | Thanks, all. The one I have in now is DSE and it isn't the right one by a mile. Jaycar have a 10V 2,200 lo esr and 12.5mm dia. The RS Comp offering is the right spec except it only goes to 2,200UF, as well. www.digi-key.com has the Panasonic 3,300UF components so may have to go there. NZ just seems to be too small for low demand products. But thanks again for your trouble folks. Cheers. |
linw (53) | ||
| 320056 | 2005-02-01 06:56:00 | I'll get the name of a local guy who got me some from Aussie a few months back What is the exact cap you want? |
bartsdadhomer (80) | ||
| 320057 | 2005-02-01 07:23:00 | watching with interest I've had similar probs at times and nope dse dont have those particular caps..... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 320058 | 2005-02-01 08:25:00 | If you can find your local computer recycler you will be able to get any number of older motherboards or whatever that will have perfectly good caps on them that you can solder suck off and use. In Christchurch it is Molten Media. Very cheap as well. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 320059 | 2005-02-01 09:55:00 | If you can find your local computer recycler you will be able to get any number of older motherboards or whatever that will have perfectly good caps on them that you can solder suck off and use. In Christchurch it is Molten Media. Very cheap as well. Not the smartest idea though. They are unlikely to be "perfectly good" unless the motherboard is reasonably recent (and does not suffer from the same malady) From: www.siliconchip.com.au "All electrolytic capacitors have a finite life, measured in thousands of hours. Unlike the exceptional cases discussed in this article, there are usually no external signs that a capacitor is nearing its end of life. However, it is possible to determine whether a capacitor is serviceable or not by measuring it's ESR (Equivalent Series Resistance). Fitting a component that could be on it's last legs anyway makes little sense. Capacitors on a motherboard actually work very hard and older ones are expected to fail, if they have done a lot of hours. |
godfather (25) | ||
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