On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Brian Phillips <[email protected]>wrote:
> > I've never actually had blown caps on any computer component in all my > years, so this one's got me stumped. I imagine a more likely scenario is > something electrical (surge, voltage spike, etc.) > > The video card is an eVGA GeForce FX5200 low profile fanless model, AGP. > Sometimes cheap capacitors get into supply chains and builders are screwed over by their component supplier. How old is this card? I hadn't heard any issues lately, and I'd go for warranty replacement if at all possible. That said, I've been involved in cap replacement before. There are advantages to stripping caps off old outdated hardware before properly disposing of it. We even used basic circuits equations to put 2 off sized caps in parallel to get the original size cap that accidentally had been sheared off of a board. As for thermals? I would get get creative about clearing out space inside the case, and possibly punching your own ventilation holes. Giant slow fans are sometimes a necessary evil and then I'd look into conductively sending some of the video card heat out into the case. Scott
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