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Just last week, December 23, 2004, my K7S5A V1.x died. Upon further investigation I discovered the following:

!! BAD CAPS !!




Bad caps are characterized by a bulging top where the X is or if they are leaking any material. Mine were not leaking.

I received an ECS K7SEM with the same "GLUXON" capacitors in the power section of the mainboard. So far the GLUXON brand capacitors have proven themselves to be hit or miss in quality. Hind sight is 20/20, I should have checked my K7S5A...so my loss is now your gain in knowledge.


As a result the power section of the board destroyed itself, the FET's are destroyed, pieces have literally exploded off of their packages. Catastrophic failure.





This is just a heads up to fellow K7S5A owners. If you mainboard has the GLUXON brand capacitors try to have them replaced by a competent technician.

Links in USA:

http://www.badcaps.net/
http://www.motherboardrepair.com/
MD
ECS K7S5A REV 1.0, Honey-X Bios OC021209b.
AXP 2200+ (13.5x147Mhz ~ 2500+ Rating)
512 MB DDR PC2100-MICRON.
10GB Maxtor HDD.
GeForce4 MX-440.
Antec Truepower 250W.
Liteon 52-24-52 CDRW.
WIN XP Pro OS.