- Dec 18, 2004
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About a year ago I upgraded to new board, CPU, everything. I also upgraded the GFX card to a 9800Pro so I did not need my Ti4200. About 3 months ago I sold my Ti4200 on eBay. The buyer said the card was blown and he noticed that 3 of the capcitors were buldging. After he gave me pictures, I offered him a return.
Sure enough, the card has 3 buldging capcitors and what looks like a little bit of heat damage on the board. I am typing this message as week speak on the Ti4200 which does not seem to be acting up. I am going to uninstall ATI drivers and install some nvidia ones and then give HL2 a shot.
Anyway, my question is, should I leave the capcitors as they are or should I cut them off if things start freezing? Where is a good place to buy capcitors, or could I just bridge the wires?
I will do some Hl2 and report back. In the mean time, if anyone would like to buy a PNY Ti4200 64MB DDR2 with buldging capcitors, let me know.
Sure enough, the card has 3 buldging capcitors and what looks like a little bit of heat damage on the board. I am typing this message as week speak on the Ti4200 which does not seem to be acting up. I am going to uninstall ATI drivers and install some nvidia ones and then give HL2 a shot.
Anyway, my question is, should I leave the capcitors as they are or should I cut them off if things start freezing? Where is a good place to buy capcitors, or could I just bridge the wires?
I will do some Hl2 and report back. In the mean time, if anyone would like to buy a PNY Ti4200 64MB DDR2 with buldging capcitors, let me know.