The remarkable thing is that evidently a stopped fan caused this board to quit. Not having any alternative (production machine), once I got the fan cleaned, lubed and spinning this 7600 GS pcie card works fine, even with the caps like this!
Those are solid electrolyte capacitors, so they won't leak....They will likely begin to leak soon...
We must not be looking at the same picture. Liquid electrolyte or no, somehow they still managed to leak. I took issue with the idea that the leaking was yet to come when they are already blown wide open with their contents partially ejected.Those are solid electrolyte capacitors, so they won't leak.
It's a bit subjective, but the word "leak" is usually used to mean the escape of a liquid, not a solid.We must not be looking at the same picture. Liquid electrolyte or no, somehow they still managed to leak. I took issue with the idea that the leaking was yet to come when they are already blown wide open with their contents partially ejected.
We must not be looking at the same picture. Liquid electrolyte or no, somehow they still managed to leak. I took issue with the idea that the leaking was yet to come when they are already blown wide open with their contents partially ejected.
FZ73
470
16V
FZ caps are just normal wet electrolytics without a sleeve, iirc.
They are made to look like solid caps, but they have vent cuts.
I remember that issue with the motherboards. This video card was made in China in the mid 2000s. Looks like the rumors about bad Chinese caps were true...That's what happened to many of the motherboards back in the early 2000s when they were unknowingly (what they claimed) bad caps from Chinese suppliers.
A sense of humor is a wonderful thing.Who cares how you define leak at this point, the caps are clearly bad and it was a pretty stupid question to ask.
I can see it now you've mentioned it. I should have looked closer before....they have vent cuts.
I wasn’t talking about the solid. I was talking about the gas and/or liquid that vented and propelled the solids. They definitely leaked!It's a bit subjective, but the word "leak" is usually used to mean the escape of a liquid, not a solid.