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Message 74046 - Posted: 8 Aug 2022, 23:50:48 UTC

I didn't know solid caps could break. This one shorted the 12V line, unfortunately I have a 2.5kW supply, so the tracks got damaged somewhat, it melted the solder, and ejected itself from the board. Smelt of TCP (a disinfectant), presumably from the evaporated paint?

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Message 74047 - Posted: 9 Aug 2022, 0:31:57 UTC
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Are you shure that 5KT44 is a solid `dry` capitulator ?
not just an ordinary `wet` electrolytic in a metal can .
Well this is milkyway@home , you just made the next universe big bang . . . .
Good photo .
TCP = Tom Cats Piss :-)
What make and motherboard waz it
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Message 74048 - Posted: 9 Aug 2022, 1:41:31 UTC

I thought those silver cans were always solid ones. The wet ones have coloured sides and the end has an X shape to allow it to burst.

I'm going to buy a new cap for it and see if I can get it working again.

The photo was taken with my phone. Samsung A10. It's not a particularly good camera.

Used TCP all the time as a kid, I was given it for mosquito bites. They didn't have itch relief cream (E45, Fenistil, etc) back then. I used to scratch them like mad until they bled, then they stopped itching, maybe it bled out the poison?

It's a graphics card. Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 280X. I keep blowing them up doing Einstein, Milkyway, Folding 24/7. They are old cards, about 10 years old I think. I was buying them for £70 then selling busted ones for £30, but I think I'll start keeping them and swap parts around.
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Message 74050 - Posted: 9 Aug 2022, 15:33:14 UTC

Bah! A mere flesh wound...
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Message 74051 - Posted: 9 Aug 2022, 20:30:10 UTC

Indeed. Nothing is beyond repair.
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