AOpen AX4BS Pro with bad Lelon caps

[pfrcom]

Nicely built P4 board which uses SDRAM - worth preserving

Spoiled by Lelon RXA caps - 2 of 2200uf 16v and 1 of 1500uf 6.3v

Other caps are Panasonic FJ 2200uf 6.3v and Chemicon (?) TMZ 1000uf 6.3v

Talk about spoiling a nice board by scrimping a few cents

[pfrcom]

Re: AOpen AX4BS Pro with bad Lelon caps

Lelon replaced by same spec Sanyo (tested on ESR meter) from donor boards - all working well

One of the big Lelon propped upside down in the pic to show its split bung

[momaka]

Re: AOpen AX4BS Pro with bad Lelon caps

I got sent here from your GA-8I915P Duo motherboard thread.
Yes, epic thread revival, I know.

Anyways, this seems like a decent old board. Are those Sanyo caps next to the 4-pic CPU connector legit, though? Their vent suggests fake Sanyo. Also, there is a free spot next to them. Should have inserted another cap there for extra filtering.

[Wester547]

Re: AOpen AX4BS Pro with bad Lelon caps

^ 12.5mm and larger diameter Sanyo (Suncon) capacitors have always used the overlapping X in lieu of the typical K vent stamp. Now, if it was a regular + vent stamp, they'd be fake. The replacements look to be the WX series, which is certainly worlds better than the very horrible Lelon RXA series.

[momaka]

Re: AOpen AX4BS Pro with bad Lelon caps

Got it. Thanks for the info, Wester.

[ChaosLegionnaire]

Re: AOpen AX4BS Pro with bad Lelon caps

Talk about spoiling a nice board by scrimping a few cents

that manufacturer seems to have absolutely no clue where exactly the right places are to scrimp on caps...