Comments on: Exploding Capacitors http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/02/09/exploding-capacitors/ We learn, share, and make things Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: hala http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/02/09/exploding-capacitors/comment-page-1/#comment-6203 hala Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:38:54 +0000 http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/02/09/exploding-capacitors/#comment-6203 just replace them and check if it works. it is a cheap try, take their height and footprint, and order them from digikey or somewhere like this. you save a few hundred bucks, plus you don't make this end up in the pile of trash like lots of other people do and don't even realize (after all, for just $100 or $200 you can get a better one, even if you don't really need). and please, don't throw them in the normal waste, you wouldn't want it back in the water you drink. just replace them and check if it works. it is a cheap try, take their height and footprint, and order them from digikey or somewhere like this. you save a few hundred bucks, plus you don't make this end up in the pile of trash like lots of other people do and don't even realize (after all, for just $100 or $200 you can get a better one, even if you don't really need). and please, don't throw them in the normal waste, you wouldn't want it back in the water you drink.

]]> By: Pat Farrell http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/02/09/exploding-capacitors/comment-page-1/#comment-6199 Pat Farrell Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:02:17 +0000 http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/02/09/exploding-capacitors/#comment-6199 plus, replacing them gives you practice at soldering plus, replacing them gives you practice at soldering

]]> By: Pat Farrell http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/02/09/exploding-capacitors/comment-page-1/#comment-6200 Pat Farrell Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:01:13 +0000 http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/02/09/exploding-capacitors/#comment-6200 Much cheaper to have the video card's caps blow up than the motherboard's.<br><br>Good video cards are amazingly cheap, $100 buys a ton of power. Much cheaper to have the video card's caps blow up than the motherboard's.

Good video cards are amazingly cheap, $100 buys a ton of power.

]]> By: phooky http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/02/09/exploding-capacitors/comment-page-1/#comment-6197 phooky Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:40:24 +0000 http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/02/09/exploding-capacitors/#comment-6197 YES. Do this. Savings aside, you will feel like such a badass when you're done. Or farm it out as a spare hackathon project!<br><br>Caps are the one component not to cheap out on. There was a period in the first half of the '00s when every computer electronics manufacturer was trying to shave pennies off their board cost and ended up using shady caps. A huge proportion of the mobos and graphics cards from that period have blown caps. Some power supplies too. We've had a few stepper drivers blow up in the field, and the first thing I'm checking when we get them back are the caps. YES. Do this. Savings aside, you will feel like such a badass when you're done. Or farm it out as a spare hackathon project!

Caps are the one component not to cheap out on. There was a period in the first half of the '00s when every computer electronics manufacturer was trying to shave pennies off their board cost and ended up using shady caps. A huge proportion of the mobos and graphics cards from that period have blown caps. Some power supplies too. We've had a few stepper drivers blow up in the field, and the first thing I'm checking when we get them back are the caps.

]]> By: Andy http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/02/09/exploding-capacitors/comment-page-1/#comment-6198 Andy Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:37:23 +0000 http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/02/09/exploding-capacitors/#comment-6198 In the spirit of maker culture - replace them. They are 1500uF 6.3 volt aluminum electrolytic capacitors. <a href="http://bit.ly/9hjapi" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/9hjapi</a> might work though I can't really tell their physical dimensions. In the spirit of maker culture – replace them. They are 1500uF 6.3 volt aluminum electrolytic capacitors. http://bit.ly/9hjapi might work though I can't really tell their physical dimensions.

]]> By: pete http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/02/09/exploding-capacitors/comment-page-1/#comment-6196 pete Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:15:39 +0000 http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/02/09/exploding-capacitors/#comment-6196 Why not try replacing the capacitors? Why not try replacing the capacitors?

]]> By: kellbot http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/02/09/exploding-capacitors/comment-page-1/#comment-6195 kellbot Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:54:05 +0000 http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/02/09/exploding-capacitors/#comment-6195 That presupposes I *have* $200. As it is I'm just going to revert to the onboard video (horrors!). That presupposes I *have* $200. As it is I'm just going to revert to the onboard video (horrors!).

]]> By: Stew http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/02/09/exploding-capacitors/comment-page-1/#comment-6194 Stew Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:50:11 +0000 http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/02/09/exploding-capacitors/#comment-6194 On the bright side you can get a 9600 GT for less than $200. On the bright side you can get a 9600 GT for less than $200.

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