Blown Capacitors GeFORCE 8600GT

[Jazzmarazz]

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.

[Lee]

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.

[Kermit Da Frog]

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.

[Lee]

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.

[Kermit Da Frog]

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.

[Lee]

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.

[Panda Man]

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

[Kouen Hasuki]

Indeed.

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

Quite a handy video there, Fav'd it on my youtube

He's too busy shampooing his "fuzzies"

TMI

[Kermit Da Frog]

TMI

Not those fuzzies.

Got both my winter hat and my psp cover in the same shot.

Spoiler warning:

These "fuzzies". (New shampoo would do a few members good, I'm guessing.)

[Lee]

Indeed.

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

Very nice video, except for the last part, which is false.

Volts don't kill you, amps do.

[Kouen Hasuki]

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

[Lee]

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 .

[Kouen Hasuki]

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

[Kermit Da Frog]

point taken, but always worth trying... one day ya know maybe they will listen

He's too busy shampooing his "fuzzies"

[Sprung]

Of Note:

It's easier to shop for them when you spell them "capacitors"