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KT-7 and Capacitor Problem
Been using this KT-7 for some time and just the other day started
acting badly. Registry corruption on shutdown, booting issues, random crashes in windows. Also noticing my CPU has been running hot (42C in a 30C system environment, they claim this is a symptom of capacitor issues) I've checked the HD , Memory and the rest of it and they all check out ok. Examining the caps shows that at least 3 of them are exhibiting that bulge on the top. Anyone care to share an opinion of success story of getting Abit to replace these?. I know there is a class action pending , but strangly the KT7 is not on the list, but the KT7A is. Wonder why. |
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:33:04 -0400, Tom Snoiker
wrote: Been using this KT-7 for some time and just the other day started acting badly. Registry corruption on shutdown, booting issues, random crashes in windows. Also noticing my CPU has been running hot (42C in a 30C system environment, they claim this is a symptom of capacitor issues) I've checked the HD , Memory and the rest of it and they all check out ok. Examining the caps shows that at least 3 of them are exhibiting that bulge on the top. Anyone care to share an opinion of success story of getting Abit to replace these?. I know there is a class action pending , but strangly the KT7 is not on the list, but the KT7A is. Wonder why. I read there is a class action lawsuit right now to address this issue. see: http://www.abitsettlement.com/ Good luck getting a response from Abit. I had just bought it used from someone on Ebay. As soon as I got the board, I plugged everything up on the bench (before installing into a case) to make sure it was ok. I ran for about 30 seconds- I heard a pop (it sounded like a lady finger fire cracker). Sure enough a cap blew. I sent Abit an email after reading about the lawsuit, and never got a response. After a week, I decide to fix it myself. I did not want to return the mobo to the ebay seller, as these are hard to come across. I did some research, and found a replacement cap at Debco electronics: http://www.debcoelectronics.com/ If they don't have the one you need, try: http://www.partsexpress.com/ I went ahead and bought 4 of them (3 in a pack, so I got 6) and replaced all 4 caps that were in the area of the bad one (same type and manufacturer- they even looked cheap, as they looked like a lower quality than the other caps on the mobo). I figured this was a ticking time bomb. It cost me $2.00 for the replacement caps (plus shipping of course- which was more than the caps) and about an hour to change them out.... Getting the old ones out was the hardest part as they are in there pretty tight.... If you can do it yourself, it's really not that bad provided you are handy with a soldering gun. Good luck ! Roeking, MCSE |
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KT-7 and Capacitor Problem
So I actually get Abit to sent me a replacement KT7A, and guess
what, comes dead as a doornail and a dead battery to boot. No post, no beep, but the power is on and the fans work. Same chips and cpu still work in the old mb so I know its not the PS or any other part. Nice of them to waste my time. On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:20:58 -0400, ROEKing wrote: On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:33:04 -0400, Tom Snoiker wrote: Been using this KT-7 for some time and just the other day started acting badly. Registry corruption on shutdown, booting issues, random crashes in windows. Also noticing my CPU has been running hot (42C in a 30C system environment, they claim this is a symptom of capacitor issues) I've checked the HD , Memory and the rest of it and they all check out ok. Examining the caps shows that at least 3 of them are exhibiting that bulge on the top. Anyone care to share an opinion of success story of getting Abit to replace these?. I know there is a class action pending , but strangly the KT7 is not on the list, but the KT7A is. Wonder why. I read there is a class action lawsuit right now to address this issue. see: http://www.abitsettlement.com/ Good luck getting a response from Abit. I had just bought it used from someone on Ebay. As soon as I got the board, I plugged everything up on the bench (before installing into a case) to make sure it was ok. I ran for about 30 seconds- I heard a pop (it sounded like a lady finger fire cracker). Sure enough a cap blew. I sent Abit an email after reading about the lawsuit, and never got a response. After a week, I decide to fix it myself. I did not want to return the mobo to the ebay seller, as these are hard to come across. I did some research, and found a replacement cap at Debco electronics: http://www.debcoelectronics.com/ If they don't have the one you need, try: http://www.partsexpress.com/ I went ahead and bought 4 of them (3 in a pack, so I got 6) and replaced all 4 caps that were in the area of the bad one (same type and manufacturer- they even looked cheap, as they looked like a lower quality than the other caps on the mobo). I figured this was a ticking time bomb. It cost me $2.00 for the replacement caps (plus shipping of course- which was more than the caps) and about an hour to change them out.... Getting the old ones out was the hardest part as they are in there pretty tight.... If you can do it yourself, it's really not that bad provided you are handy with a soldering gun. Good luck ! Roeking, MCSE |
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KT-7 and Capacitor Problem
TS- [Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:29:27 -0400]:
So I actually get Abit to sent me a replacement KT7A, and guess what, comes dead as a doornail and a dead battery to boot. This is outside the abitsettlement.com route? I've not heard word one after sending my paperS (two dead in O-hi-o) in several months ago. If this is what Abit is planning on doing -- sending duds -- what's the point. -- 40th Floor - Software @ http://40th.com/ iPlay : the ultimate audio player for mobiles parametric eq, xfeed, reverb; all on a mobile |
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KT-7 and Capacitor Problem
Kind of gald I went MSI for my 64 bit platform.
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KT-7 and Capacitor Problem
Sorry to hear that. Thanks for the feedback on Abit returns though.
Other than myself, I have a few friends with older Abit boards. I'll make sure to tell them to steer clear of the settlement, and fix it themselves. Thanks ! Roeking, MCSE On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:29:27 -0400, Tom Snoiker wrote: So I actually get Abit to sent me a replacement KT7A, and guess what, comes dead as a doornail and a dead battery to boot. No post, no beep, but the power is on and the fans work. Same chips and cpu still work in the old mb so I know its not the PS or any other part. Nice of them to waste my time. On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:20:58 -0400, ROEKing wrote: On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:33:04 -0400, Tom Snoiker wrote: Been using this KT-7 for some time and just the other day started acting badly. Registry corruption on shutdown, booting issues, random crashes in windows. Also noticing my CPU has been running hot (42C in a 30C system environment, they claim this is a symptom of capacitor issues) I've checked the HD , Memory and the rest of it and they all check out ok. Examining the caps shows that at least 3 of them are exhibiting that bulge on the top. Anyone care to share an opinion of success story of getting Abit to replace these?. I know there is a class action pending , but strangly the KT7 is not on the list, but the KT7A is. Wonder why. I read there is a class action lawsuit right now to address this issue. see: http://www.abitsettlement.com/ Good luck getting a response from Abit. I had just bought it used from someone on Ebay. As soon as I got the board, I plugged everything up on the bench (before installing into a case) to make sure it was ok. I ran for about 30 seconds- I heard a pop (it sounded like a lady finger fire cracker). Sure enough a cap blew. I sent Abit an email after reading about the lawsuit, and never got a response. After a week, I decide to fix it myself. I did not want to return the mobo to the ebay seller, as these are hard to come across. I did some research, and found a replacement cap at Debco electronics: http://www.debcoelectronics.com/ If they don't have the one you need, try: http://www.partsexpress.com/ I went ahead and bought 4 of them (3 in a pack, so I got 6) and replaced all 4 caps that were in the area of the bad one (same type and manufacturer- they even looked cheap, as they looked like a lower quality than the other caps on the mobo). I figured this was a ticking time bomb. It cost me $2.00 for the replacement caps (plus shipping of course- which was more than the caps) and about an hour to change them out.... Getting the old ones out was the hardest part as they are in there pretty tight.... If you can do it yourself, it's really not that bad provided you are handy with a soldering gun. Good luck ! Roeking, MCSE |
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KT-7 and Capacitor Problem
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:55:25 -0400, ROEKing
wrote: Sorry to hear that. Thanks for the feedback on Abit returns though. Other than myself, I have a few friends with older Abit boards. I'll make sure to tell them to steer clear of the settlement, and fix it themselves. Thanks ! Roeking, MCSE On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:29:27 -0400, Tom Snoiker wrote: So I actually get Abit to sent me a replacement KT7A, and guess what, comes dead as a doornail and a dead battery to boot. No post, no beep, but the power is on and the fans work. Same chips and cpu still work in the old mb so I know its not the PS or any other part. Nice of them to waste my time. On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:20:58 -0400, ROEKing wrote: On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:33:04 -0400, Tom Snoiker wrote: Been using this KT-7 for some time and just the other day started acting badly. Registry corruption on shutdown, booting issues, random crashes in windows. Also noticing my CPU has been running hot (42C in a 30C system environment, they claim this is a symptom of capacitor issues) I've checked the HD , Memory and the rest of it and they all check out ok. Examining the caps shows that at least 3 of them are exhibiting that bulge on the top. Anyone care to share an opinion of success story of getting Abit to replace these?. I know there is a class action pending , but strangly the KT7 is not on the list, but the KT7A is. Wonder why. I read there is a class action lawsuit right now to address this issue. see: http://www.abitsettlement.com/ Good luck getting a response from Abit. I had just bought it used from someone on Ebay. As soon as I got the board, I plugged everything up on the bench (before installing into a case) to make sure it was ok. I ran for about 30 seconds- I heard a pop (it sounded like a lady finger fire cracker). Sure enough a cap blew. I sent Abit an email after reading about the lawsuit, and never got a response. After a week, I decide to fix it myself. I did not want to return the mobo to the ebay seller, as these are hard to come across. I did some research, and found a replacement cap at Debco electronics: http://www.debcoelectronics.com/ If they don't have the one you need, try: http://www.partsexpress.com/ I went ahead and bought 4 of them (3 in a pack, so I got 6) and replaced all 4 caps that were in the area of the bad one (same type and manufacturer- they even looked cheap, as they looked like a lower quality than the other caps on the mobo). I figured this was a ticking time bomb. It cost me $2.00 for the replacement caps (plus shipping of course- which was more than the caps) and about an hour to change them out.... Getting the old ones out was the hardest part as they are in there pretty tight.... If you can do it yourself, it's really not that bad provided you are handy with a soldering gun. Good luck ! Roeking, MCSE In case any one is interested, I stumbled across a repair service the other day- http://badcaps.net Roeking, MCSE |
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