Adoi....

MOBO has bloated capacitors, about a dozen capacitors need replacing.

My mobo is MSI 815EP Pro 6337 ver. 3 (socket 370)

Does anyone know how and where I can get my mobo repaired?

buy a new one, only RM150~RM200.

Or get a second hand one for less than RM100

yeah, better buy a new one

Adoi....

MOBO has bloated capacitors, about a dozen capacitors need replacing.

My mobo is MSI 815EP Pro 6337 ver. 3 (socket 370)

Does anyone know how and where I can get my mobo repaired?

if u got bloated capacitors, even if u repaired also no use ...

check your Power Supply ...

... u want to repair or not ?

creative
why u say no use if repair leh?
please explain, me blur-blur

bloated capacitors meant lousy quality components...earlier this year there was an outbreak of such cases..it affected a lot of mobo makers such as MSI, Asus, Abit and other unknown brands..

it's best buy a new one..as leaked capacitors can actually explode and cause more damage

when capacitors explode ... it is very very loud wor ... will scare the shit and urine out of u wan ... i had bad experience ..... never again ...

nolah..for mobo case..it just sounds like a small firecracker

creative
why u say no use if repair leh?
please explain, me blur-blur

hi solomon

reason why not to repair very simple,
...

capacitors got power to run thru' it all the time ...

if they all suddenly become bloated ... it could only be due to the PSU ur using ...

so even if replaced all the capacitors at one shot, if the PSU is the cause of the damage ... do u think problem can be solve by just replacing the board without the PSU ?

I think quite a bad idea isn't it ?

change the board and the power supply ...

a good PSU should not even cause the board to go bloated and the PSU will take all the overload and burnt without harming other components and also the user ...

Cre8tif, what did laytiong said is right, early b4 this someone had raised this as an issue, its just because manufacturers using lousy capasitors.

teh peng, just claim ur board if it still under warranty, btw how is kopi peng doing recently? hehe

Cre8tif, what did laytiong said is right, early b4 this someone had raised this as an issue, its just because manufacturers using lousy capasitors.

teh peng, just claim ur board if it still under warranty, btw how is kopi peng doing recently? hehe

yup....moneyface was rite....my PSU was not the cause... all my capacitors that were bloated were the same size (and i guess the same rating)......the bigger capacitors in my mobo didnt bulge or bloat like its smaller "cousins"

So I still would like to repair it....cos' it is only the capacitors that need replacing....

changing capacitors is not an easy task due to the layout of the mobo......u might want to try but i do suggest changing mobo..safer

My 2 cents input on this issue -

This has been a well-known problem for the past 1 or 2 years due to Taiwanese capacitor producing companies buying cheap but unstable electrolyte from a new player on the market. The new player copied the formula from another company but missed out on a vital component which would have provided the stability over the operating life of the caps. The electrolytic capacitor (e-caps) problem affect quite a few of the top-tier Mobo makers.

The PSU may or may not need to be replaced. Finding the right e-caps may take a bit of digging around. The difficulty is getting the right capacitance, voltage rating as well as the size that will fit onto the Mobo without affecting the placement of you cards/components. You can use a slightly higher voltage rating and capacitance value - most of the e-caps are for noise isolation issues.

For those in KL, try Pasar Road's electronic parts shop for the e-caps - bring along the mobo if possible so that you can compare the ratings and size of the caps. As for here, I searched the whole Penang and Butterworth area before I got some. Another note - you will need a pretty powerful soldering iron to unsolder the old caps and some patience. Good luck.

gosh..
like dat oso can
i mean use cheap-sket stuff

yup....moneyface was rite....my PSU was not the cause... all my capacitors that were bloated were the same size (and i guess the same rating)......the bigger capacitors in my mobo didnt bulge or bloat like its smaller "cousins"

So I still would like to repair it....cos' it is only the capacitors that need replacing....

eh but i thought u said all the capacitors become bloated ?

there is a vast difference ... if all become *gemuk* then check your PSU ...

eh but i thought u said all the capacitors become bloated ?

there is a vast difference ... if all become *gemuk* then check your PSU ...

hehe... sori for misleading word "all"......only 12 caps were bloated.... the remaininig big caps were fine...

eh but i thought u said all the capacitors become bloated ?

there is a vast difference ... if all become *gemuk* then check your PSU ...

if suddenly become gemuk should have to restrict daily meal first :D

if suddenly become gemuk should have to restrict daily meal first :D


hahha... drink too much teh peng.....never kurang the gula.....

hehe... sori for misleading word "all"......only 12 caps were bloated.... the remaininig big caps were fine...

then u should make your mobo go for "marie france" slimming sessions...

eat too much already...

yup....moneyface was rite....my PSU was not the cause... all my capacitors that were bloated were the same size (and i guess the same rating)......the bigger capacitors in my mobo didnt bulge or bloat like its smaller "cousins"

So I still would like to repair it....cos' it is only the capacitors that need replacing....


my area here(subang ss14) does soldering/repairing..its an electronic store...try ur luck there...

Bloated capacitors is very common.

Jln Pasar, plenty of shops with all the capacitors you need, no problem with stock.

I have replaced plenty, just 3 seconds to unsolder one 3 seconds to plug in one new one and 10 seconds to solder new one on, usually less than 1 minute per capacitor.

Of course we tell customer it is very complicated one, motherboard got seven layer u know better u buy new board, just give the old board to me so that I can sell it to lelong for 99.99% profit just cost of capacitors only.


If you notice carefully, capacitors are cut with a cross on the top, so that there is a weak point for it to bulge and/or explode.


Pls repair, after repair my experience is that it can be used for years, possibly ten years or more depend how much u pay for the capacitors.

I got one mobo also got bloated capacitor, it looks funny... it become fat and shiny like pregnant.. hehehe weird.

it's going to go them. better find a new backup then.

thanx all... i finally decided to fix it at a shop near SS 2....

12 caps to replace... + service charge = RM 80

I think reasonable lah... summore so near my place.. sommore no need to go low yat to get it repaired...

Thanx to all who helped chip in their two sen... appreciate the responses

I am just curious here. How did you discover that you have bloated capacitors? Is there any indications during normal use??

All my CPUs sits under the table and I don't even look at them. The maintainance is yearly dusting them inside out. How would I or any normal user know if the capacitors are bloated ??

henrytb...you can see clearly the capasitor become gemuk than normal size if you open your casing.
B TW I would like to ask techie here... my bloated motherboard now always hang before even enter the windows, when I touch the bloated capasitor they are so hot... but I think the hot come from one component I dont know the name... but it is like a ring of ceramic with copper wire around it... like coil. I cannot even touch more than one second.. so hot like fire.

So what do you thing guys the problem, if I change the capacitor will it become ok again??

This is an old PIII slot1 mobo, so I dont whether worth or not to change capacitor

henrytb...you can see clearly the capasitor become gemuk than normal size if you open your casing.
B TW I would like to ask techie here... my bloated motherboard now always hang before even enter the windows, when I touch the bloated capasitor they are so hot... but I think the hot come from one component I dont know the name... but it is like a ring of ceramic with copper wire around it... like coil. I cannot even touch more than one second.. so hot like fire.

So what do you thing guys the problem, if I change the capacitor will it become ok again??

This is an old PIII slot1 mobo, so I dont whether worth or not to change capacitor

capacitors are not supposed to run hot...the ring thingy..it's called the inductor

henrytb...you can see clearly the capasitor become gemuk than normal size if you open your casing.
B TW I would like to ask techie here... my bloated motherboard now always hang before even enter the windows, when I touch the bloated capasitor they are so hot... but I think the hot come from one component I dont know the name... but it is like a ring of ceramic with copper wire around it... like coil. I cannot even touch more than one second.. so hot like fire.

So what do you thing guys the problem, if I change the capacitor will it become ok again??

This is an old PIII slot1 mobo, so I dont whether worth or not to change capacitor
So there will be no indications until it starts to hang or maybe even just BOOM!!!! right??

So there will be no indications until it starts to hang or maybe even just BOOM!!!! right??

ur rite ///

but of course if ur using any el-cheapo PSU the chance of getting such *pregnated* boards is much likely ...