High chipset temps obviously indicated dying caps on my BP6

Wolfram · Post by **Wolfram** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 6:28 am

I just wanted to tell you that I replaced my BP6 (with another one, of course

) after I noticed that many caps were bulging. It still worked flawlessly, the only indicator that something was wrong were obviously very high chipset temperatures. I first thought MBM5 had gone crazy (90°C?

) but now I´m quite sure the chipset really got hot because of the dying caps (maybe not THAT hot).

hyperspace · Post by **hyperspace** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 7:07 am

Which capacitors were bulging? The ones around the CPU's or the black ones around system temperature sensor, RT3?

Wolfram · Post by **Wolfram** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 8:50 am

All of them, IIRC. Definitely some caps around the CPUs, plus the ones in the middle between the "left" CPU (close to the outside connectors) and the expansion slots.