Hi,
I have an Acer Aspire RC950 desktop which has suffered a hdd failure, it looks like the hdd control board as it isn't recognised even on another pc.
I see 4 bulged capacitors which I think are Nichicon HN(M) 10v 1000uf which obviously need replacing and there are also 5 KZE 16v 1200uf capacitors which I suspect would also need replacing.
All the rest of the capacitors are 85 degree types apart from 9 Sepc 4v 560uf around the cpu and a single 4v 560uf (not Sepc) next to the pcie slot.
Would I be okay to replace only the bulged caps and the KZE's or should I replace all of them? Any suggestions what replacements to use?
I assume that the hdd failure was caused by ripple/over voltage due to the bulged caps so I am not going to try a new hdd without repairing the mobo first. The psu has been taken out so I will need to obtain a new one which at least rules out further problems on the power supply side.
The chipset is an Intel 915 of some sort but I haven't found anymore information about the mobo.
Stu
I have an Acer Aspire RC950 desktop which has suffered a hdd failure, it looks like the hdd control board as it isn't recognised even on another pc.
I see 4 bulged capacitors which I think are Nichicon HN(M) 10v 1000uf which obviously need replacing and there are also 5 KZE 16v 1200uf capacitors which I suspect would also need replacing.
All the rest of the capacitors are 85 degree types apart from 9 Sepc 4v 560uf around the cpu and a single 4v 560uf (not Sepc) next to the pcie slot.
Would I be okay to replace only the bulged caps and the KZE's or should I replace all of them? Any suggestions what replacements to use?
I assume that the hdd failure was caused by ripple/over voltage due to the bulged caps so I am not going to try a new hdd without repairing the mobo first. The psu has been taken out so I will need to obtain a new one which at least rules out further problems on the power supply side.
The chipset is an Intel 915 of some sort but I haven't found anymore information about the mobo.
Stu
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