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    Default Blown Capacitors GeFORCE 8600GT

    My story begins with the girlfriend using the computer. Go figure.
    Normal use of the internet, facebook, email, youtube, computer freezes. I tell her to hit the num lock key and take note of the light on her keyboard to see if its solid, yeah. She cuts the power, and boots back up to find flashy colors and random characters with just a little of what is actually displayed.
    The boot locks on the Windows logo several times, and so I pulled out the video card to find that it has 5 blown caps!

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    Apparently XFX, chose to use the cheapest caps available. From what is still legible on each cap, the most common numbers and letters helped me find more bad news. After a brief search on google, the only results for "FZ77 470 16v" yields cases of failure after failure. If I want it to function properly again, I need to replace these caps, and also if I want the longevity to be something reasonable, I should replace the remaining few as well.

    The very same source linked me to some replacement capacitors coming out to 50 and 67 cents each. As is shown in the picture, there are two different caps, one 16v and another 6.3v. Both kinds have in some cases blown.

    My plans are to purchase the two kinds, and swap them for the old ones. Hopefully this will be a permanent fix, if not at least to give me some time to play games more demanding than solitaire.

    Updates to follow, just like with my Gameboy thread.

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    Caps aren't rated in volts, they are rated in Farads.

    The 470 in "FZ77 470 16v" leads me to beleive they are 470 micro farad capacitors, matches the size and the price. (not that this changes anything, just sayin cause i wanted to.)

    Also, that's a nice piece of mahogany there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee View Post
    Caps aren't rated in volts, they are rated in Farads.

    The 470 in "FZ77 470 16v" leads me to beleive they are 470 micro farad capacitors, matches the size and the price. (not that this changes anything, just sayin cause i wanted to.)

    Also, that's a nice piece of mahogany there.
    Bit scratched and dinged though. Perhaps sand it and give it a new stain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kermit Da Frog View Post
    Bit scratched and dinged though. Perhaps sand it and give it a new stain.
    It's probably a kitchen table.

    Dings mean you're using it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee View Post
    It's probably a kitchen table.

    Dings mean you're using it.
    Yes. But I like things looking nice. Especially since that's part of my job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kermit Da Frog View Post
    Yes. But I like things looking nice. Especially since that's part of my job.
    I think we've stopped talking about graphics cards, and then we stopped talking about his table.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee View Post
    I think we've stopped talking about graphics cards, and then we stopped talking about his table.
    Well we know what happened and what he's doing to fix it, why not talk about the table? I'm interested to see it and see if it was one of my works or if it's just a generic piece.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kermit Da Frog View Post
    Well we know what happened and what he's doing to fix it, why not talk about the table? I'm interested to see it and see if it was one of my works or if it's just a generic piece.
    If i didn't own a giant guitar made entirely of mahogany, i would say it's not even real.

    It looks like middle of the road quality really.

    It's still nice though

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jazzmarazz View Post
    My story begins with the girlfriend using the computer. Go figure.
    Normal use of the internet, facebook, email, youtube, computer freezes. I tell her to hit the num lock key and take note of the light on her keyboard to see if its solid, yeah. She cuts the power, and boots back up to find flashy colors and random characters with just a little of what is actually displayed.
    The boot locks on the Windows logo several times, and so I pulled out the video card to find that it has 5 blown caps!

    Spoiler warning:


    Apparently XFX, chose to use the cheapest caps available. From what is still legible on each cap, the most common numbers and letters helped me find more bad news. After a brief search on google, the only results for "FZ77 470 16v" yields cases of failure after failure. If I want it to function properly again, I need to replace these caps, and also if I want the longevity to be something reasonable, I should replace the remaining few as well.

    The very same source linked me to some replacement capacitors coming out to 50 and 67 cents each. As is shown in the picture, there are two different caps, one 16v and another 6.3v. Both kinds have in some cases blown.

    My plans are to purchase the two kinds, and swap them for the old ones. Hopefully this will be a permanent fix, if not at least to give me some time to play games more demanding than solitaire.

    Updates to follow, just like with my Gameboy thread.
    or you could look on ebay for a cheap 8800 or 9600, hell a HD5770 wouldn't be too bad

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kouen View Post
    or you could look on ebay for a cheap 8800 or 9600, hell a HD5770 wouldn't be too bad
    We're talking about Jazz.

    Not some sane person who cuts their losses .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee View Post
    We're talking about Jazz.

    Not some sane person who cuts their losses .
    point taken, but always worth trying... one day ya know maybe they will listen

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kouen View Post
    point taken, but always worth trying... one day ya know maybe they will listen
    He's too busy shampooing his "fuzzies"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee View Post
    Caps aren't rated in volts, they are rated in Farads.

    The 470 in "FZ77 470 16v" leads me to beleive they are 470 micro farad capacitors, matches the size and the price. (not that this changes anything, just sayin cause i wanted to.)

    Also, that's a nice piece of mahogany there.
    Indeed.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCSNWi3UHf4

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    Quote Originally Posted by Panda Man View Post
    Quite a handy video there, Fav'd it on my youtube

    Quote Originally Posted by Kermit Da Frog View Post
    He's too busy shampooing his "fuzzies"
    TMI

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    Quote Originally Posted by Panda Man View Post
    Very nice video, except for the last part, which is false.

    Volts don't kill you, amps do.

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