Please note the capacitor explosion of P5K-E

[ineedaname]

man that really sucks. I can't believe they used lower rated caps on new beetle's board.

[celemine1Gig]

man that really sucks. I can't believe they used lower rated caps on new beetle's board.

And who proved that? Where are the datasheets to back up this claim?

[hipro5]

Ohhhh........Bad explosion.....

I have to say that even IF companies use Class A components, there are ALWAYS posibilities some of them to get damaged.......Maybe one at 100000, BUT it is happening.....You can't be sure EVEN if you use the top out of the top components......

You can't even trust your own a(r)ss...
He will doublecross you too sometimes coz you will think that is a ppprrrrrrr and it will be liquid shi(f)t......

[[XC] serlv]

Ohhhh........Bad explosion.....


You can't even trust your own a(r)ss...
He will doublecross you too sometimes coz you will think that is a ppprrrrrrr and it will be liquid shi(f)t......

HaHa. LOL, with George. Getting older can be such a biatch...

[GripS]

Ohhhh........Bad explosion.....

I have to say that even IF companies use Class A components, there are ALWAYS posibilities some of them to get damaged.......Maybe one at 100000, BUT it is happening.....You can't be sure EVEN if you use the top out of the top components......

You can't even trust your own a(r)ss...
He will doublecross you too sometimes coz you will think that is a ppprrrrrrr and it will be liquid shi(f)t......

I've seen a lot of people here laugh at some pretty stupid stuff but that is funny. Mod's are ok with the bypassing of the curse words eh?

what caught my eye on this was i *accidentally* dented one of the caps right next to my CPU socket(damn scythe infintiy). Hoping the slight dent doesn't turn into something like this down the road.

[ineedaname]

And who proved that? Where are the datasheets to back up this claim?

Man if you just bothered to look up you would see KITT's picture urself....

Kitt's P5K-E


Newbeetle's P5K-E



560uf 6v vs 561uf 6.3v

I can't really make out the numbers on the equivalent blown cap on kitt's board but its obviously a different colour.
Looks like 271uf 16v vs 370uf 16v?

Do I still need data sheets?

RE:YoupY

Hmmm that's the same cap as newbeetle's blown cap and judging by my board its the same rated cap that blew too. I also noticed that my board has slightly different caps as YoupY. The ones surrounding the socket are the same as kitt's while the blown cap is the same as newbeetle's. I was a bit scared while trying 2 read it might've blown up in my eye.

After a second look I noticed that the blown cap is actually different than the one in my board. The top number is 744 on newbeetle's while mine is 724. Not quite sure what that number stands for. I wonder what the cap is on YoupY's board.

[Vienna]

Man if you just bothered to look up you would see KITT's picture urself....

Kitt's P5K-E


Newbeetle's P5K-E



560uf 6v vs 561uf 6.3v

I can't really make out the numbers on the equivalent blown cap on kitt's board but its obviously a different colour.
Looks like 271uf 16v vs 370uf 16v?

Do I still need data sheets?

RE:YoupY

Hmmm that's the same cap as newbeetle's blown cap and judging by my board its the same rated cap that blew too. I also noticed that my board has slightly different caps as YoupY. The ones surrounding the socket are the same as kitt's while the blown cap is the same as newbeetle's. I was a bit scared while trying 2 read it might've blown up in my eye.

After a second look I noticed that the blown cap is actually different than the one in my board. The top number is 744 on newbeetle's while mine is 724. Not quite sure what that number stands for. I wonder what the cap is on YoupY's board.

I just checked my P5K vanilla, the cheapest of the P5K boards, even I have the 561uf 6.3v caps on my board which seem to be higher rated than newbeattles P5K Dlx :S

As for the cap beside the 4pin (P5K only has 4pin, not 8pin) it was 271uf 16v cap