Leaked Capacitors on PixelView GeForceFX

[ageha]

I have the PixelView GeForce FX5600 since 1 year but unfortunately the electrolyte from the capacitors is already leaked after less than 1000 hours. The card does not work anymore, it does not deliver any video signal. Here are some pictures:
http://www.renderregion.com/PixelView1.jpg
http://www.renderregion.com/PixelView3.jpg
http://www.renderregion.com/PixelView4.jpg
The card has still warranty in Germany but the dealer has already vanished from the marked. Unfortunately Prolink seems to be completely absence from Germany. The blown up capacitors are very disappointing from this product after such a short time.

 

[penus]

dang... those things must have ate some crazy mexican food the night before. maybe if pixelview had wired a port-a-potty on the gig then those little guys wouldn't have had to just sit there and take a dump all over the place.

where has quality gone these days?

 

[priyajeet]

give CLICKYs !!!

<i> <font color=blue>Futile is resistance,</font color=blue><font color=red> assimilate you we will.</font color=red> </i>
<b>Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now.</b>

 

[coylter]

RMA!!!

Athlon 2700xp+ (oc: 3200xp+ with 200fsb)
Radeon 9800pro (oc: 410/360)
1024mb pc3200 (5-3-3-2)
Asus A7N8X-X

 

[ageha]

I like to but the dealer is dead and Prolink is far away in Taiwan.

 

[jclw]

Any electronics place should be able to swap those out for some better quality new ones for next to nothing.

*Dual PIII-800 @900 i440BX and Tualeron 1.2 @1.7 i815*

 

[priyajeet]

If nothing else is possible, i mean no service, no repair, no RMA etc..

take the damn capacitor out nicely. read the values on it. buy another and solder it there.

<i> <font color=blue>Futile is resistance,</font color=blue><font color=red> assimilate you we will.</font color=red> </i>
<b>Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now.</b>

 

[GeneticWeapon]

I had a Pixelview Ti4200 that was very good to me.
It's unfortunate how thing's change.

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[ageha]

My was also good until that morning I had no video signal any more.