Update to loss of 4p WARNING UGLY HiRes PHOTOS

rascal65

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Sad photo update :

Appears 12v hit the 24pin ATX lines where it should not be as heat damage is showing.
Returning PSU to OCX for replacement. When I have some more time will attempt to see if board is fried using a 750w spare psu will check CPUs also. This sucks.

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I feel your pain. Just lost a mobo (maybe CPU too) when the OCZ PSU packed it in a couple weeks ago. Good luck
 
Is JPW4 ok?

BTW, few pins in JPW3 are weirdly split... how did that happen? Any ideas?
 
Not good, I have those same psu's.....

If the board posts I might be interested in purchasing it from you for a deeply discounted rate.
 
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Wow that's pretty bad, I'd be surprised if the board survived. That's really crappy.
 
Is JPW4 ok?

BTW, few pins in JPW3 are weirdly split... how did that happen? Any ideas?

Took a ton of effort getting them unplugged, sort of welded in the socket and plastic gumming up the works.
JPW4 appears OK, dark area is just shadow.



@sc0tty8
"If the board posts I might be interested in purchasing it from you for a deeply discounted rate".

If it posts I will have it fixed. if not then will be a wall ornament :rolleyes:
 
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you might be surprised, I had the ATX 20 pin go like that in a palomino6 based 462 system when the fuhijhu caps let the +5 line ripple out on an old Antec supply. Cleaned it up really good and replaced some caps in the VRM section and that board runs to this day in the CNC shop.

You might get lucky
 
Yup. Examine bottom of the board. If there's no visible damage, then...

1. Taking care of the PSU (replacement)
2. Cleaning ATX pins
3. Fixing up JPW3 pins
4. Populating (primarily) JPW3 and JPW4
5. Cleaning JPW2 up and populating it (secondarily)

may actually get you going.

No splitters this time around though :)

And btw, I hope your board does have some clearance underneath...
 
Other than the obvious damage to JPW2 and cleaning the ATX pins I see nothing else. no signs of overheating, blown caps or vrms anywhere. Board is on 2" standoff screws.
no splitters. have pci to eps cables now.

JPW2 is going to be a pain, have to find a very small scraper to get in there to clean it up.
 
Other than the obvious damage to JPW2 and cleaning the ATX pins I see nothing else. no signs of overheating, blown caps or vrms anywhere. Board is on 2" standoff screws.
no splitters. have pci to eps cables now.

JPW2 is going to be a pain, have to find a very small scraper to get in there to clean it up.

Are you cooling the board with any fans?
 
If the board is still salvageable, I will send you one of the 1200w PSU I have. Need to get all the 4P online we have.
 
I'm pretty sure you can replace the 8pin connectors as well as the 24pin if you've got some dead mobos and decent soldering skills. Personally I don't, and I haven't even been able to remove the 8pin from my mobo. Got a tip that I haven't tried yet, though: using a hairdryer as well, to heat up the pcb area around the connector you want to remove. I was told that the heat from the iron would only heat up the copper traces connected to the 8pin, so it would take alot of time - which makes sense.

I guess a second option could be to make sure there are no shorts, just cutting the burned stuff with a dremel or something and attach the new 8/24pin connectors to the back of the mobo. Probably a bit trickier, especially the 24pin.
 
Due to decreased memory capacity I hadn't thought about replacing the EPS socket on the MB. It has been quite a few years since I have done that type of work. If the board posts and will still works I might do that. I do have the desoldering tools just have to locate them.. couple of older atx boards to play with in my junk box.:D
 
you need to be VERY careful when doing board level work on a mobo, they have a lot of layers and its really easy to rip a trace in an inner layer... if you do that then their is no repairing it at all

my advice is to take an 8 pin "extension" cut off the male end and solder the wires to the pins after cleaning them with a file and some de-ox-id or other contact cleaner
 
especially newer boards with lead free solder...I recap a fair number of boards...it is a bitch
 
if it does end up needing work and you want I would be willing to fix the board for you if you send it to me with said extensions... just send me some $ for return shipping and a 6 pack ;)
 
My advice would be to remove the connectors and solder some thick wires to the pins on the mobo then solder the new connectors onto the other end of the wires.

If you are soldering onto the mobo use a low watt iron so you don't melt the board.

And good luck.
 
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I'd hold the soldering off for now, honestly... he's got two EPS that look healthy. If they can be made to
work -- they will provide enough power for OC'd 6180s... (could be verified/double checked with current
clamp).

IIRC musky uses 2x EPS w/his 6180 setups and uses same PSU model.

EDIT -- FWIW, I'm using 2x EPS (no adapters) from an AX1200 and pulling ~800 and ~900W from the wall on my high-output systems.
 
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I'd hold the soldering off for now, honestly... he's got two EPS that look healthy. If they can be made to
work -- they will provide enough power for OC'd 6180s... (could be verified/double checked with current
clamp).

IIRC musky uses 2x EPS w/his 6180 setups and uses same PSU model.

EDIT -- FWIW, I'm using 2x EPS (no adapters) from an AX1200 and pulling ~800 and ~900W from the wall on my high-output systems.

I have all of my EPS connectors populated, but I don't remember which boards have two and which have three EPS connectors, and which PSU is plugged into which board. I do know that I am using at least 1 molex to EPS connector, but I'll have to look at the systems once I get home tonight.
 
UPDATE

Just had a little time to start testing.
JPW3 and JPW4 are being used right now
Had a couple scary power-up's board finally decided to boot.
Boots on CPU1 able to go online view this site and others.
Loads FAH and runs still using CPU1 loaded WU and running

More updates later
 
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UPDATE

Just had a little time to start testing.
JPW3 and JPW4 are being used right now
Had a couple scary power-up's board finally decided to boot.
Boots on CPU1 able to go online view this site and others.
Loads FAH and runs still using CPU1 loaded WU and running

More updates later

Glad to hear it lives...
 
Well she is just sitting there, I'm in process of moving to new house and haven't had time to deal with it.
She will be back in action soon I hope.
Thanks for inquiry.
 
Well she is just sitting there, I'm in process of moving to new house and haven't had time to deal with it.
She will be back in action soon I hope.
Thanks for inquiry.

Ah so she hasn't been running the whole time? Was she only taken down for the move or something else? Goodluck on the move. I hate moving. :eek:
 
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