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Thursday, August 9th 2012, 11:02am

Matrox Parhelia Capaitor C4 needs resoldering

Hi all :)


Today my Matrox Parhelia AGP 256MB arrived from USA, with C4 broken off, the break looks clean, it fell off when I gently removed the card from it's antistatic bag:


Here a closeup of th e Capacitor that is broken off, break looks clean:


Here a better closeup of C4 it's self, you can also see the spot where it broke off:


Here a previous Parhelia 256MB I had, which shows C4 in place:


Anyways I can ship it back to USA< but that would only cost me more I think, if it can be repaired by Loschzwerg here at VA, I dunno what else to do at this point, I just received the card btw.
And would it be safe to test it? Will the card work without C4 ?

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Thursday, August 9th 2012, 11:10am

Resolder

I wouldn't try to run the card with the cap broken off. It may work of course, but what do we know? Nothing.

The fix is a very easy one though, the cap is big enough to make it quite simple to resolder it properly.

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Thursday, August 9th 2012, 11:13am

Quoted from "GrandAdmiralThrawn"

I wouldn't try to run the card with the cap broken off. It may work of course, but what do we know? Nothing.

The fix is a very easy one though, the cap is big enough to make it quite simple to resolder it properly.

Well not for me my hands are too shakey due to the illness I have, If anyone can help em out here, that would be of great honor. I know nothing aka nada of soldering and electronics so I am avoiding to fix it.
I seek help from people here :)

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Thursday, August 9th 2012, 11:29am

I could do it, or if Löschzwerg has the time, he'd be the perfect candidate.

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Thursday, August 9th 2012, 11:33am

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I could do it, or if Löschzwerg has the time, he'd be the perfect candidate.

Well there is nothing to lose I'm like and I know your work is good for the job GAT :) So yeah UI am sure you can make a neat clean job out of it :)

Just PM me your information :)

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Thursday, August 9th 2012, 11:36am

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Thursday, August 9th 2012, 11:46am

I would do it too.

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Thursday, August 9th 2012, 11:56am

Awww I just don't know what to do now xDDDDDDD I all see you as good friends haha Oh noes :spitze: CryptonNite you did my V5 right? hmm I might send it to you then xD that V5 you did was awesome, I don't want GAT to look bad though :pinch:

Update it's all good just asked GAT, and CryptonNIte you may do the card mate!

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Thursday, August 9th 2012, 1:28pm

Hi Obi. Sure I can do the job, but since I'm on vacation for a week from now (and not at home) I will defer to GAT or CryptonNite. But if you want to wait no problem, just send the card over, you should have my address :)

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Thursday, August 9th 2012, 1:37pm

Well I made up my mind and I have chosen CryptonNite to fix this Parhelia :) Thanks anyways though 8) He did a great job on my Voodoo5 5500 AGP 64MB Rev.A 1900 last time so I am sure he will do well on this one too :) I hope you don't mind though hehe :)

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Thursday, August 9th 2012, 1:49pm

Nope, no problem for me :)

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Thursday, August 9th 2012, 1:55pm

Parhelia

I wanna see good Pictures of the rework! :D 8)

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Thursday, August 9th 2012, 2:16pm

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I wanna see good Pictures of the rework! :D 8)

hehe No worries there my Sony CyberShot DSC-V3 is good for that job and my steady hands well for that part at the least xD :thumbsup:

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I would do it too.


You have PN :thumbsup:

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Thursday, August 9th 2012, 6:15pm

OK, let's give it a try. i will do my best.

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Thursday, August 9th 2012, 9:38pm

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Friday, August 10th 2012, 2:11am

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OK, let's give it a try. i will do my best.

Many thanks, I have labeled the package and I will ship it first thing in the morning :)

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Tuesday, August 14th 2012, 8:56pm

The card arrived yesterday. A second capacitor (C512) is broken off. I solder it on friday. I will do some tests on my ABit NF7-S (nVidia nForce 400 Ultra) for stability reasons and to make sure that the card is alive.

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Wednesday, August 15th 2012, 1:52pm

heh wauw, oh well the card is in good hands now hehe, I hope I didn't pack it wrong :X
I was a bit worried about that heh :S

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Saturday, August 18th 2012, 2:13pm

Repairing is done! :)

Sadly two of four soldering pads were damaged so it was really hard for me to solder it. I had to watch out, that the pads don't get worser than before so I had to cheat a little bit. This was successful. If the pads were OK (they weren't ), my work would look better.
The caps are fixed with a little bit super glue in order to make the soldering easier. Just like they do with special machines, but I did it manually. :spitze:

Here are some pics from my work.


This is C4. The bad pad is on the right side.


This is C512. the bad pad is on the left side of the capacitor.

Now the card is going to be tested on my ABit NF7-S. I will post some benches and screenshots. :spitze:

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Saturday, August 18th 2012, 6:06pm

Looks very good :)

I also had a few cases where I had to use super glue and also solder epoxy.
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