Aopen MX36LE

[sulbert]

This is already the second MX36LE I am recapping (the other one has been working flawlwssly over a year now). All the caps 1000 uF or greater were bulging, the 1000uF have already been replaced on the photos, 1500 uF Lelons are waiting to be replaced (I guess I will use a smaller amount of 2200 uF caps for economical reasons).

[willawake]

replaced the 1000s with teapo?

[yanz]

oh my oh my... it's not a good idea to use those teapo.. but for a short time/periode maybe its good... look at the faq section on this forum there are a thread of good capacitor pics...

those tepo is the culprit of my abit kt7 and 8k3a problem...

[yanz]

by the way, in search of good caps, i have made some collection and comparison.. maybe you will make use of it...

[sulbert]

replaced the 1000s with teapo?

These were replaced before I started to read this forum - some time last autumn (found the board in my dead motherboard box yesterday). I guess they are still better than the old bulging caps, aren't they?

[yanz]

from the answer.com - wikipedia :

http://www.answers.com/topic/capacitor-plague

Commonly failed capacitor brands

• Tayeh (A brand that does not appear to exist, indicating the actual manufacturers were leary of putting their name on their product)
• Chhsi
• Teapo (Teapo has denied these claims, and evidence suggests their new capacitors are sound, however their older ones appear to suffer from the same problems other brands do)
• I.Q.
• Rulycon (A clone of "Rubycon", a well-known manufacturer of high-quality capacitors, right down to the exact style of the cases and the fonts used for lettering)
• JPCON
• Jackcon (The only capacitor manufacturer to own up to their mistake; they are also the only one to issue free replacement capacitors to people who had theirs fail. Their new products appear to be of greater quality.)
• JDEC
• CTC
• (G) Luxon
• Gloria
• Raycon
• Hermei
• Choyo
• GSC
• Nrsy

A few of these are from the list at BadCaps (https://www.badcaps.net/) forums, to fill in the ones the author has not personally seen.

If you have a motherboard with any of these capacitor brands, there is a good chance it may fail prematurely.

Typically, only the capacitors over 480uf fail, since the lower capacitance ones are usually made with a different electrolyte. When motherboards are recapped, only the ones over 480uf are replaced for this reason.

I guess they are still better than the old bulging caps, aren't they?

to answer your question, i will say yes..

[yanz]

[kc8adu]

if you know all in a group are in paralel you can do that.
but stuffing 2200's in where the 1500's were wont hurt.
in fact it may be more stable.

This is already the second MX36LE I am recapping (the other one has been working flawlwssly over a year now). All the caps 1000 uF or greater were bulging, the 1000uF have already been replaced on the photos, 1500 uF Lelons are waiting to be replaced (I guess I will use a smaller amount of 2200 uF caps for economical reasons).

[bushytails]

Why not use Wikipedia directly, rather than a site that copies the wikipedia article (or, in this case, a quite old version of the article; obviously they haven't stolen a recent version yet), removes the photos, adds a bunch of advertising, and makes money off other people's free work?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_Plague

While the GFDL does allow sites to do crap like that, it is a distinctly dishonest practice.


--Randy

[willawake]

hmm. i dont see violation of the GFDL.

only thing you can do is publish more up to date articles on your own site and put some ads. i was thinking of putting ads on my site but personally i dont like them and dont think they bring much revenue. i was considering setting up an online shop at some point though.

maybe we should have some copyright statement here to protect all the hard work people are putting into the forums. It is not only that but when information gets out it can not be controlled and good advice gets edited or read out of context and turns into bad advice. when people read badcaps they are in a good position cos there are good people here correcting and commenting on the advice given.

We should sort out a limitation of liability statement as well protecting not only badcaps but the people posting here. i was reading today in a UK newspaper how a guy built his neighbour's conservatory for 300 pounds and he did not attach one rafter properly and it fell hitting the neighbour in the eye and blinding him. the neighbour sued him and won compensation of 45000 pounds. of course the guy was not insured and now is selling his own house to pay the compensation.

its like when we fix peoples computers or do some minor work in friends offices. actually we have liability unless we do not limit it with a contract. just something that is in my mind today.........

[Chris1992]

@Willawake: TechmatiShop?! That'd be cool. Just make sure you sell logo hats.

@Sulbert: If those Teapos are new, according to the wikipedia article, they'll be okay. However, I'd put a known reputable brand like Chemi-con or Panasonic in because Teapo was bad and they've not had as many good experiences as the new Jackcons.

@bushytails: absolutely right.

[yanz]

i did something wrong, eh? (by quoting a part of the article).. or is it answer.com that copies wikipedia article? well, i found it on the top list of google search, instead of wikipedia itself... what a strange..

about the link, i hope a mod can edit my post, thanks..

[bushytails]

yanz: no, you did nothing wrong. answer.com, legally, did nothing wrong either, as the GFDL allows content to be used in that fashion. It does, however, piss me off. Wikipedia is the product of people working for free for the benefit of the community, and leeching off their efforts is a bit low.

Chris1992: I've heard the new teapos are better, but it might have been a teapo-sponsored press release, so I wouldn't put too much faith in that... if someone has proof of a failed (within the last year or so) teapo, let me know, and I'll fix the article asap... or fix it yourself, it's wikipedia.

--Randy

[yanz]

i see..
you've already contribute to the page (also those pics are nice)...

[Rainbow]

Re: Aopen MX36LE

I've recapped this board too. There is a lot of the small caps (1000uF? don't remember exactly) which were all bad.
But the work was worth it - I really liked the latest BIOS with the nice blue AOpen logo on the right and board designer names in the SETUP