Could someone help me reinstall 5 capacitors to my motherboard?

[Miguel2013]

I bought the brand new 5 capacitors already and my motherboard is out of the case, I am wondering if someone out here in the forum can have this caps reinstalled on the board it will bring back to life a ubuntu 10.04 installation I have waiting to be used again. I will pay shipping both ways.

http://i1144.photobucket.com/albums/o494/ubuntusaurio/IMG_7562_zpsow0btmut.jpg
http://i1144.photobucket.com/albums/o494/ubuntusaurio/IMG_7561_zpslfylqf8y.jpg

 

[silent one]

I bought the brand new 5 capacitors already and my motherboard is out of the case, I am wondering if someone out here in the forum can have this caps reinstalled on the board it will bring back to life a ubuntu 10.04 installation I have waiting to be used again. I will pay shipping both ways.

http://i1144.photobucket.com/albums/o494/ubuntusaurio/IMG_7562_zpsow0btmut.jpg
http://i1144.photobucket.com/albums/o494/ubuntusaurio/IMG_7561_zpslfylqf8y.jpg

i see you wanting someone do it for you why not change self as from picture i see near power in plug 2 caps there with swollen caps thay more then likely be the ones thats gone

 

[Miguel2013]

i see you wanting someone do it for you why not change self as from picture i see near power in plug 2 caps there with swollen caps thay more then likely be the ones thats gone

because that requires a special soldering iron that I don't have

 

[Solaris17]

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/members/trodas.34467/ might be able to help you if you message him he hasent been on in awhile though

 

[MrGenius]

UT huh? Too bad you don't live closer to me, in OR. Shipping both ways? An irreplaceable motherboard? Scares the shit out of me. The shipping part, not the soldering. That's a 30 min. job. And isn't as hard as it sounds. Only real trick is working with that high melt point solder they use on mobos these days. Better use the hottest iron you can afford.

 

[Miguel2013]

UT huh? Too bad you don't live closer to me, in OR. Shipping both ways? An irreplaceable motherboard? Scares the shit out of me. The shipping part, not the soldering. That's a 30 min. job. And isn't as hard as it sounds. Only real trick is working with that high melt point solder they use on mobos these days. Better use the hottest iron you can afford.

well yea, where can I find a DFI ultra b now days they cost like new motherboards for a working one.

 

[OneMoar]

well yea, where can I find a DFI ultra b now days they cost like new motherboards for a working one.

to be blunt its not even worth the effort to repair it
id just find a cheap LGA775 or AM2+ combo to throw in there its not like you need to reinstall the os tho I would anyway because Ubuntu 10 is older then dirt
those caps don't look great but they don't look completely shot either if the board won't post then odds are something else let go being a DFI nforce board its very likely the board is just DEAD DFI boards where known to be very fast and very short lived

 

[eidairaman1]

I have a Dfi nf2 ultra b, im not selling though, I will be putting w732 on it and try to get thegart to run on it lol

 

[OneMoar]

there are a number of places he could send it or take it to have it re-capped
pretty much any reputable electronics repair place will do it
you don't really need a "special" solding iron either any cheap-o iron will do the trick all you really need is a de-solder wick or vacuum tool the solder on those old boards melts fairly easy so long as its not your first time wielding a iron you will do fine
heres how you do it you will need the following
1 iron with a fine bullet-type tip in the 15 to 30w range
2. a Solder Sucker also called a desoldering vac
3.flux
4. good quality fine electronics solder
optionally a heat-gun or hair-dryer
-
apply a generous amount of flux to the area
preheat the area with a hair-dryer on high or a heat gun on the lowest setting be very careful with the heatgun as it will melt the pcb right quick if you aren't on the ball work in a circular motion about 2 inchs from the pcb, you will know when, its hot enough with the flux starts to bubble
get your iron warmed up and apply the tip to one of the leads when the solder lquifys use the solder sucker and pull the lquid solder out you may need todo this several times before you get the technique down
once you have it desolder it should pull right out with minimal effort
apply a little bit of flux to the legs and the PCB re-install the new cap in the hole making sure you get the polarity right and re-heat using the heat-gun/hair dryer then just solder it in and make sure you get enough solder down into the joint
-rinse and repeat

 

[Miguel2013]

there are a number of places he could send it or take it to have it re-capped
pretty much any reputable electronics repair place will do it
you don't really need a "special" solding iron either any cheap-o iron will do the trick all you really need is a de-solder wick or vacuum tool the solder on those old boards melts fairly easy so long as its not your first time wielding a iron you will do fine

I can't do it cause I don't have the tool and won't buy just any kit I like to buy good products and since I won't be doing this again for who knows how long I want someone else to do it, I don't have money to pay for more then the shipping amounts. I will ask bestbuy if they can do it for free or for a minimal amount

 

[OneMoar]

I can't do it cause I don't have the tool and won't buy just any kit I like to buy good products and since I won't be doing this again for who knows how long I want someone else to do it, I don't have money to pay for more then the shipping amounts. I will ask bestbuy if they can do it for free.

lol bestbuy ..,, freee
HAAHAHahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahaha ahhaha ahahaha
thats hilarious...
you don't need a expensive iron as I said in my post that I edited any old cheap iron will do the job
the solder sucker is like 5 bucks on amazon
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002KRAAG/?tag=tec06d-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009ZD2AG/?tag=tec06d-20

 

[OneMoar]

it is gonna cost you more to futz around having that old board repaired then it will to simply replace it you can throw ANY Socket A board in that machine and it will be fine

 

[Miguel2013]

it is gonna cost you more to futz around having that old board repaired then it will to simply replace it you can throw ANY Socket A board in that machine and it will be fine

I can't I have ubuntu 10 installed on those HDs :'(

 

[OneMoar]

I can't I have ubuntu 10 installed on those HDs :'(

swap the board and go ... thats all you need todo
linux doesn't care what hardware you are running,which is why I said replace it with something faster, also its not like re-installing the os is a major crisis
swap the board with some cheappo socket A it doesn't even need to be a nforce chipset and it will run
you could literally throw those drives in my system and it would boot
the worst-case is that x may not start so you just run
"sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" or
"sudo X -configure"
from a terminal prompt

 

[Miguel2013]

swap the board and go ... thats all you need todo
linux doesn't care what hardware you are running,which is why I said replace it with something faster, also its not like re-installing the os is a major crisis
swap the board with some cheappo socket A it doesn't even need to be a nforce chipset and it will run
you could literally throw those drives in my system and it would boot
the worst-case is that x may not start so you just run
"sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" or
"sudo X -configure"
from a terminal prompt

it won't have all the pci slots I think :/ I like my dfi, but thanks for the hints I didn't know linux is strong at handleing diff hardware configs

 

[OneMoar]

it won't have all the pci slots I think :/ I like my dfi, but thanks for the hints I didn't know linux is strong at handleing diff hardware configs

nothing uses PCI slot anyway, and you are wrong anyway ...
old system is old son its boarder line useless now,its not like you can't transfer the data to a fresh HDD which I would HIGHLY recommend doing ASAP if there is critical data on it preferably with a usb drive dock
to re-iterate I would't spend more then 30 bucks fixing it its simply not worth it

 

[Miguel2013]

there are a number of places he could send it or take it to have it re-capped
pretty much any reputable electronics repair place will do it
you don't really need a "special" solding iron either any cheap-o iron will do the trick all you really need is a de-solder wick or vacuum tool the solder on those old boards melts fairly easy so long as its not your first time wielding a iron you will do fine
heres how you do it you will need the following
1 iron with a fine bullet-type tip in the 15 to 30w range
2. a Solder Sucker also called a desoldering vac
3.flux
4. good quality fine electronics solder
optionally a heat-gun or hair-dryer
-
apply a generous amount of flux to the area
preheat the area with a hair-dryer on high or a heat gun on the lowest setting be very careful with the heatgun as it will melt the pcb right quick if you aren't on the ball work in a circular motion about 2 inchs from the pcb, you will know when, its hot enough with the flux starts to bubble
get your iron warmed up and apply the tip to one of the leads when the solder lquifys use the solder sucker and pull the lquid solder out you may need todo this several times before you get the technique down
once you have it desolder it should pull right out with minimal effort
apply a little bit of flux to the legs and the PCB re-install the new cap in the hole making sure you get the polarity right and re-heat using the heat-gun/hair dryer then just solder it in and make sure you get enough solder down into the joint
-rinse and repeat

preheat the area with a hair dryer? doesn't it fills it with statica

 

[OneMoar]

preheat the area with a hair dryer? doesn't it fills it with statica

unless you are working on carpet or live in a desert no ...
the pre-heating is entirely optional it makes removal easier is all
btw here is a replacement board
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00100W75K/?tag=tec06d-20

 

[trodas]

Only real trick is working with that high melt point solder they use on mobos these days. Better use the hottest iron you can afford.

On the part about "hottest iron you can afford" I strongly disagree. Getting too hot melt the glue that stick the cooper traces on the PCB that they go off... usually breaking in the process. Good luck repairing that.

to be blunt its not even worth the effort to repair it

Usually is fun to repair mainboards. The companies make clever ways to be sure their stuff dies... so... bad caps are only one of their tricks.

DFI boards where known to be very fast and very short lived

Not true, if you did not handle them harshly. Of course caps have to be replaced. Usually all electrolyte caps, because these Ost caps are known bad caps too... But with good cooling and in not extreme loads they can last w/o problem.

I don't have money to pay for more then the shipping amounts

Ah! That's bad :-( I would like to get some caps for my efforts. Oh, well...

it is gonna cost you more to futz around having that old board repaired then it will to simply replace it

That is a good point. Usually the cheapest solders did not heat-up well the caps where are big traces (and that are the caps he want to replace) and this end up with damaging the PCB. That is what happen for me, when - years and year ago - I did it for the first time. Never since I learned how...

I didn't know linux is strong at handleing diff hardware configs

It usually works. Not always, but reinstalling Ubuntu is not any big hassle like Windows. Especially good things are on Intel chipset / IGP - when we are talking about old mainboards.

preheat the area with a hair dryer? doesn't it fills it with statica

Please don't do it. The static electricity is not the only problem - another is that you can create a cold joint on the small caps from the bottom side.

pre-heating is entirely optional it makes removal easier is all

Pre-heating is never need, if you use enought powerfull soldering iron. 75W one do the job well, 100W is luxury and you did not need to raise the soldering temperature more that to 330°C anyway.

 

[ShiBDiB]

Buy a new board.. as you've been told like 5 times already

 

[Steve-007UK]

I have been messing with this sort of thing the last few days and its a lot easyer than people think, You do not need some expensive soldering iron.

I have a cheap ass iron with a small chisel type tip and i got myself some solder wick.

I let the iron heat up and put the solder wick over the joint i want to remove the solder from and apply heat, solder wick sucks up the old crap and leaves a nice clean finish ready for the new part to be added or replaced.

Its still best to clean the area up some more after de soldering the part.

I should add that i was replacing a usb type b connector on a external drive and its the first time i have tried this sort of thing, was 10000 times easyer than i expected and i managed to sort out the external drive caddy and its now working like new again.

Caps are just as easy to do just gotta make sure you remeber where + n - is on the board as you dont want to put caps in the wrong way.

 

[Cybrnook2002]

If you pay the shipping both ways I would do it for you free of charge, that's an easy 10 minutes job to swap some caps. (I am in Michigan)

 

[Miguel2013]

I tried hooking everything together but motherboard will not post, it could be the video card too I'm not sure.
I connected the 2 power cables to the mainboard, a video card with its corresponding powercable, 2 1gb memory modules and 1 HD both power and data cables but it still won't post, it makes beeping sounds

 

[commando55555]

It's old pieces crap just get a new one already never understood why people try to fix things that just not worth fixing.

 

[Miguel2013]

It's old pieces crap just get a new one already never understood why people try to fix things that just not worth fixing.

I got a lot of love and I don't want to let go