Got a mobo with blown caps

[Rik]

Hi all,
Ive got a GigaByte GA-7VTXE mobo that has 4 blown capacitors, they are all 3300uf 6.3v.

It still works but i was wondering about replacing them, does anyone think that there will be any other damage?

As far as i know, its an agp x4 board and had an agp x8 graphics card in it for some time, could that be the cause?

Any help will be appreciated.

 

[Nodsu]

Capacitors die mostly because that's what they do. Electrolytic capacitors have a limited life and they just fail. Heat is a huge factor in this, so if you want your capacitors to last, keep your system cool.

You'd have to connect somthing very wrong to blow a capacitor, so it is unlikely that your graphics card made them die.

We had a thread about replacing capacitors DIY just recently. Look it up.

 

[Rik]

Thanx for your time Nodsu, did a bit of research on the mobo and found out that its a common fault caused by low quality capacitors. I have some better quality ones that im thinking of fitting to the mobo that should hopefully fix it.

I think you could be right about heat, the case that this mobo was in had very poor ventilation indeed. I intend to use the mobo as a server and storage pc, ive got an old but fairly big case to put it into so it should hopefully not overheat. I will however monitor things closely for a while to make sure, which is something im sure the previous owner of the mobo didnt do.

Thanx again for you time, Rik.