Geforce 7600gs recapping

[Dammon]

After about two and a half years of service, the 1000uf FZ caps on my board went out with a loud bang.



I've already replaced those ones with Panasonic FM caps. They were bigger than the original ones, but fit with a little bending of the leads.





I'm gonna have to order the other sizes, so what's a good replacement for the 470uf caps? It looks like it's from a different series than the rest.



The stock fan seized up as well so I'll probably replace it with a Zalman cooler.

[c_hegge]

Re: Geforce 7600gs recapping

https://www.badcaps.net/store/produc...products_id=51 for the 470uF
https://www.badcaps.net/store/produc...products_id=40 fot the 1000uF

[yyonline]

Re: Geforce 7600gs recapping

For the 16V 470uF FZ:
16V 470uF MBZ is not good enough - too high ESR and too low ripple - MBZ is a smaller size (8x11.5) than the FZ (10x12.5). Its hard to find a replacement for the 10mm 470uF FZ. When I encounter it, I usually replace it with a polymer capacitor.

Your replacement needs at least 1800mA ripple, at most 22 mOhms ESR.

The other sizes are easy to find replacements for, and c_hegge has already provided a link to the 1500uF capacitors which will make excellent replacements.

[Dammon]

Re: Geforce 7600gs recapping

The 470uf caps have CZ rather than FZ on them, though. Are they the same?

[yyonline]

Re: Geforce 7600gs recapping

The 470uf caps have CZ rather than FZ on them, though. Are they the same?

No. That was my mistake for not looking at the photo closely enough. The CZ are indeed 8mm caps, and the MBZ is almost certainly good enough to use as a replacement. So ignore my previous advice, as it is incorrect for this situation.