Busted a Cap

[Neuromancer]

Okay just finished putting my rig together. And the Cap up in the corner of the motherboard felt a little loose, its an ASUS a8n-sli deluxe and at first I worried about it but moved it a little and it semed to firm up. I figured it was just the caps that asus uses, cuz on both boards the 2 caps down around the sata connectors are "loose" too.

I think what happened is one of the leads snapped... but up inside the cap.

So machine doesnt power up now.

So.. I was thinking about stealing a cap off of my vanilla board... but.. dont want to risk trashing that board too and being stuck with no mobo. (well I have another 939 board, a cheap Jetway that I experimented on spray painting, not something I want to actually try powering up LOL)

So I was wondering, what is the best place to order caps from? Aslo should I look at getting some of them.. uh.. fuhjitsu? caps that are supposed to be very good? If I do that should I replace all the caps on the board? What about getting these new solid caps?

Thanks

EDIT: Asking about the solid caps thinking that maybe I wouldnt break another tower cap that sits all alone out in the corner of the motherboard...

[moho]

http://www.mouser.com
http://www.digikey.com
try both of those places, you should surely find any and all kind of caps that you are looking for. Make sure that they are identical in rating(s).

[Neuromancer]

Thanks. Cant sleep even though I got class in 5 and half hours so tearing it apart now :)

Thanks for the linkys :)

EDIT: sweet... Just got it outta the case and looks the lead is fine its the solder joint that broke.. .going to try closing it up with my nappy soldering iron :P

[jivetrky]

I'm tired, but my first thought when seeing this thread title was that you shot someone ("Busted a cap") :shrug: :)


BTW, Jameco.com is a great place for electronic stuffs too!

[Albaholic]

hahhaha, thats what i thought too, I hope u get it working

[Neuromancer]

heh heh yah I liked the title :)

Yup its working again. Still going to look at changing out the caps on the board :)

Actually thinking about it.. I will check out those sites when I get home tonight. Might want to try completely remodding one of my boards :)

I had the idea to try changing the toroidal cores before... now I am thinking of replacing everything :)

Will definitly need to get a better soldering iron though.

EDIT: Oh btw.. .can now run windows at 3GHz on my 4600 :)

[Nebulous]

I'm tired, but my first thought when seeing this thread title was that you shot someone ("Busted a cap") :shrug: :)

Ditto! lol :D

[Super Nade]

I would highly recommend Nippon/United Chemicon, Sanyo or the Panasonic FM series. ;)