Are those two caps bad?
Hi guys, I need some advice.
Months ago, while my desktop PC was powered on, I heard a sudden "BANG" but paid no attention to it since the PC remained on.
Since that day, a pop-up window appeared at every startup informing me that the graphics card could not receive sufficient power.
I continued using that PC until one week ago, when I decided to open it up and check what was the problem with the card.
I took it from its AGP slot and... tada! Found a broken capacitor, and FORTUNATELY nothing else appears burnt or damaged.
I decided to try to repair the card by myself, but before buying any cap I decided to have a look at the PSU too.
I found what you see in attachments: there're two huge caps with a strange, solid, brown "thing" at their bottom, but (forgive my ignorance) I can't decide if it's some sort of "glue" the designers put there for any purpose, or if it's the electrolyte the two caps had inside since the dawn of time!
That brownish thing is only there on the PSU's PCB, not on other points where there's a glue which is obviously a glue.
My questions are:
1. do you think that those two caps are gone as well?
2. should I try to replace them, or leave them where they're?
-- in other words, would YOU replace them?
3. the PSU is 12 years old, would you suggest me to replace only those caps, all other caps, or the entire PSU?
4. how is it possible that, assuming those two caps are blown up, all peripherals were working good?
-- (from the motherboard to the HDDs and DVD players)
-- I don't know if it's relevant, but those two orange wires near the caps are connected to a voltage selector switch, 230V or 110V.
5. should the caps be burnt, how to get rid of that brownish substance below them? Can I use simply some alcohol?
6. can I eventually let it where it is, or it's conductive and/or corrosive and thus should be removed?
I have no other questions for now
Thanks for reading and, hopefully, for replying.
Keep helping guys!, bye bye.
Months ago, while my desktop PC was powered on, I heard a sudden "BANG" but paid no attention to it since the PC remained on.
Since that day, a pop-up window appeared at every startup informing me that the graphics card could not receive sufficient power.
I continued using that PC until one week ago, when I decided to open it up and check what was the problem with the card.
I took it from its AGP slot and... tada! Found a broken capacitor, and FORTUNATELY nothing else appears burnt or damaged.
I decided to try to repair the card by myself, but before buying any cap I decided to have a look at the PSU too.
I found what you see in attachments: there're two huge caps with a strange, solid, brown "thing" at their bottom, but (forgive my ignorance) I can't decide if it's some sort of "glue" the designers put there for any purpose, or if it's the electrolyte the two caps had inside since the dawn of time!
That brownish thing is only there on the PSU's PCB, not on other points where there's a glue which is obviously a glue.
My questions are:
1. do you think that those two caps are gone as well?
2. should I try to replace them, or leave them where they're?
-- in other words, would YOU replace them?
3. the PSU is 12 years old, would you suggest me to replace only those caps, all other caps, or the entire PSU?
4. how is it possible that, assuming those two caps are blown up, all peripherals were working good?
-- (from the motherboard to the HDDs and DVD players)
-- I don't know if it's relevant, but those two orange wires near the caps are connected to a voltage selector switch, 230V or 110V.
5. should the caps be burnt, how to get rid of that brownish substance below them? Can I use simply some alcohol?
6. can I eventually let it where it is, or it's conductive and/or corrosive and thus should be removed?
I have no other questions for now
Thanks for reading and, hopefully, for replying.
Keep helping guys!, bye bye.
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