P5K premium blown caps

I voltmodded my P5K premium with Vcore and Vdimm.

1st go around Vdimm mod and measure worked flawlessly.

Vcore mod did not work at all, and did not perform Vcore measure.

Redid Vcore mod and added Vcore measure at circled area under mobo at 1 leg of the R68 inductor around the socket.

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Turned mobo on, no POST. Shut off.....checked cables/etc.....all looked ok....Turned on again.

Vcore measure point showed 1.06. The VR was set to 50K Ohm (max) at the time as this was first startup after performing mod.

All of a sudden I hear *BOOM* *BOOM* and see sparks!! Immediately shutdown system and here is the aftermath.....2 blown caps and one WICKED urnt smell. Also some of my paper towel from the insulation appears to have been stock on some of the caps and inductors around the socket. The MOSFET heatsink over top of the Vcore measure point was SERIOUSLY hot, as well as all of the caps and inductors around the socket were very hot too.

:down: :shrug:

I tested the CPU (Q6600) in another mobo and its working fine. Havnt tested the other components yet but I assume they will be fine as well.

What are the odds of this mobo being repair-able? Can I just replace those caps? If so, with what replacement caps?

EDIT: Full System Specs are: Q6600 G0, P5K Premium, EVGA 8800GTX, Corsair HX620W, 160gb PATA Seagate Barracuda, 2 X 1 gb PC8500 Crucial Ballistix Tracers.

Thanks for any info or advice!

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Looks to me like you soldered onto the incorrect leg of the choke for vcore measurement.

I can only guess at your vmods without pics...

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Originally Posted by T_M

Looks to me like you soldered onto the incorrect leg of the choke for vcore measurement.

I can only guess at your vmods without pics...

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Vcore measurement was placed at the red circled leg of the R68 inductor.

How do you know which side is the proper side?

I thought it was either leg for Vcore but its entirely possible im wrong. Perhaps even likely hehe.

The other mods....well....ive tried taking pictures of them for a LONG time, and my camera just doesnt have a good enough macro to get a closeup :(

Any chance of this mobo being repaired by replacing the damaged caps ya think? Or is it toasted no doubt?

Oh my......

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Originally Posted by super dank

Oh my......

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Well thats helpful LOL.....

Trying to get your post count up or something?

Any addl info appreciated if someone is willing to contribute.

Thanks :)

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Originally Posted by Dawgdoc

Well thats helpful LOL.....

Trying to get your post count up or something?

Any addl info appreciated if someone is willing to contribute.

Thanks :)

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Please Post Detailed pics of all your modifications.

well if your lucky you only need to replace the caps...
but id remove your mods since it seems you did something wrong...

Cant post pics of the mods. They have allready been removed. I did try to take pics of my mods, but the camera is a piece of garbage when it comes to closeup/macro. I didnt get anything substantial.

There were 2 voltmods on the board (Vcore/Vdimm) and measure points for each. The Vdimm mod and measure point had previously worked flawlessly, so I do not think that they were related IMHO.

The Vcore mod didnt work at all the 1st attempt, and I dismantled it and started over. I did not perform the Vcore mod the first time and only attempted it the 2nd time.

Im assuming it was indeed the Vcore mod that was wrong/bad? I say so, because the Vcore that was shown on my DMM was WAY off. Read 1.06 when I saw it just before the explosions. Is that plausible?

Can anyone confirm if the red point I circled is indeed the INcorrect or Correct spot for Vcore measure on a P5K premium? I find no definitive info in ANY of the guides, and conflicting information from several well known and respected OCers. Some say other leg of the R68 inductor. Others say no...never on inductors only on the caps. Others say hell yes on the inductor!! Nothing 100% definitive that I can find on the Vcore measure unfortunately. :down:

Not sure how much all of that helps without pics though hehehe...

I know it comes down to trying and seeing what happens, but since the processor and every other piece of equipment that was attached is working 100% fine (tested everything allready) it seems as if there is some chance that it might work again??

On a side note, I was able to successfully voltmod my P5K vanilla last night with Vdroop (pencil) as well as Vcore/Vdimm/Vpll/Vmch and the 4 measure points associated with them and its working flawlessly..... Did a quick Q6600 dice run after I finished last night but tonight is the real bench session :clap:

So, IMO, it's done wrong and you broke it...

Fix the Cap, See if it works.. If it's still busted, get a new MOBO and Soldier On..

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Originally Posted by Brian MP5T

So, IMO, it's done wrong and you broke it...

Fix the Cap, See if it works.. If it's still busted, get a new MOBO and Soldier On..

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Yup its done. Yup I broke it. Yup Im gonna fix the caps. Allready said all of that.

Im just trying to gather more information to learn what I can.

If the mosfets and inductors got very hot, like you said, there most likely was high current flowing through them which leads me to believe that you somehow created a short circuit somewhere, which then made the 12V input filter caps go kaboom. ;)