Hi,
Currently trying to sort out a non posting N780i motherboard. Found one leaking cap ( Samxon 100uf 25v) and have replaced that but no joy. as the board has a lot of this particular cap fitted and knowing the difficulty of removing and testing each one I tried the crude test of measuring the voltage on each cap outer case in situ with the board fired up in the hope I might find a dead cap or one differing greatly from the others. I have found one of these 100uf caps showing 9 volts on its outer casing whereas every other cap on the board showed something in the region of 0.1 - 0.3v or less.
Am i missing something here or is that a weird reading for a cap to give from the case to earth?
Happy to take that cap out even though it is very innaccessible but dont want to do it if I am simply wasting my time because such a measurement is normal in some circumstances
John
Currently trying to sort out a non posting N780i motherboard. Found one leaking cap ( Samxon 100uf 25v) and have replaced that but no joy. as the board has a lot of this particular cap fitted and knowing the difficulty of removing and testing each one I tried the crude test of measuring the voltage on each cap outer case in situ with the board fired up in the hope I might find a dead cap or one differing greatly from the others. I have found one of these 100uf caps showing 9 volts on its outer casing whereas every other cap on the board showed something in the region of 0.1 - 0.3v or less.
Am i missing something here or is that a weird reading for a cap to give from the case to earth?
Happy to take that cap out even though it is very innaccessible but dont want to do it if I am simply wasting my time because such a measurement is normal in some circumstances
John
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