Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 13:48:04 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Dale Woolridge <dale-list-freebsd-smp-3@woolridge.org> Cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Over heating of the ABit BP6 motherboard Message-ID: <200301302148.h0ULm4uF090129@apollo.backplane.com> References: <20030115141300.S45542-100000@x12.dk> <20030115164141.GG1524@woolridge.ca> <200301270812.h0R8Cl8g072290@apollo.backplane.com> <20030127143515.GA7467@woolridge.ca>
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:On 27-Jan-2003 00:12 Matthew Dillon wrote:
:| : as the reported EC10 cap problem. As far as I know, simply replacing
:| : the 1000uF/10v caps with non-Jackcon ones is sufficient. As per reports,
:| : I'll replace EC10 with a 1500uF/6.3v cap. I'll send out another note once
:|
:| Has anyone measured the voltage across those caps? If they are
:| electrolytic it's generally a good idea to put a significantly
:| higher voltage rating in verses the nominal voltage across the cap
:| (they'll last a lot longer). I am somewhat worried that the original
:| caps were 10v rated and you are replacing them with 6.3v rated.
:
: Sorry if I wasn't clear. I did two sets of cap replacements: the first
: was replacing the 1000uF/10v caps in EC{18..25} with identically rated,
: non-Jackcon caps; the second was replacing the single 100uF/10v cap in
: EC10 with a 1500uF/6.3v one. The first I did because one of my originals
: popped and the rest were looking suspiciously like problematic caps in
: my VP6. The second I did as recommended in several places, one of which
: quotes Abit UK thusly: "...all that is required is to replace the EC10
: capacitor with one, value 1500uF/6.3v." So, yes, EC10 is replaced with
: a 6.3v, but it's the recommended fix and the original cap is the wrong
: one anyway.
:--
:-Dale
Yes, but what is the voltage measured across the cap when the machine
is on? Measure both the AC and DC voltage if you can. If you have a
multi-meter, that is. If not then, oh well.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>
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