I have been given an HP mATX 1366 board and i7 920 chip with 3x 2GB from out of a Pavilion Elite e9180t. It boots to BIOS and HP diagnostics, but it has 2 of the 3x 560uF solid caps ripped off next to the furthest memory slot. The diagnostics shows no errors (apart from no bootable drive of course). Also what little info the BIOS gives regarding voltages they look OK. For a couple of pounds I can get a pair of replacement caps from mouser electronics to solder on.
What part of the board are these caps associated with? I'm pretty sure they are not part of the VRM circuitry as those are way over the other side of the board, between the socket and the I/O. I thought they might be memory power supply, but surely that would show as an error in diagnostics?
Is it worth trying to repair the board? Any thoughts please?
What part of the board are these caps associated with? I'm pretty sure they are not part of the VRM circuitry as those are way over the other side of the board, between the socket and the I/O. I thought they might be memory power supply, but surely that would show as an error in diagnostics?
Is it worth trying to repair the board? Any thoughts please?