So much for "high quality" caps....

goobee · Post by **goobee** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:16 pm

I heard a pop in my 8-core Xeon box and much to my chagrin, found this:

The caps on the 7600GT blew out.

Not sure why, it was running at stock speed and voltage.

I pulled out one of my 8800GTS to replace it.

No 3 GPU cruncher rig for the time being. On a bright note, the Xeon box is now crunching with 2 SMP clients and a GPU client.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:50 pm

Wow, That's a huge melt down, Goobee. Caps usually start leaking before they fail.

goobee · Post by **goobee** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:16 pm

I got a RMA # off evga's automated RMA request and sent the card in today.

Maybe they'll replace it with something faster.

morbidpete · Post by **morbidpete** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:23 am

you could easily swap that out with a cap yourself in 3 mins. ive done a bunch for motherboards and video cards alike

goobee · Post by **goobee** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:07 am

morbidpete wrote:you could easily swap that out with a cap yourself in 3 mins. ive done a bunch for motherboards and video cards alike

You obviously over estimate my soldering skills.

goobee · Post by **goobee** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:34 pm

Got my replacement card in from evga today. Modest upgrade, they sent me a 7900GT. I guess I'll put it into my HTPC.