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:
    http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5241…+Rev_A+0105.jpg

    Here a closeup of th e Capacitor that is broken off, break looks clean:
    http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/5241…Missing+top.jpg

    Here a better closeup of C4 it's self, you can also see the spot where it broke off:
    http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/52420-1/Closeup+of+C4.jpg

    Here a previous Parhelia 256MB I had, which shows C4 in place:
    http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/4275…_A+4004+top.JPG

    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 ?

    Einmal editiert, zuletzt von Gold Leader (9. August 2012 um 11:07)

    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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    Zitat von 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 :)

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

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    Stolzer Besitzer eines 3dfx Voodoo5 6000 AGP Prototypen:

    • 3dfx Voodoo5 6000 AGP HiNT Rev.A-3700

    [//wp.xin.at] - No RISC, no fun!

    QotY: Girls Love, BEST Love; 2018 - Lo and behold, for it is the third Coming; The third great Year of Yuri, citric as it may be! Edit: 2019 wasn't too bad either... Edit: 2020... holy crap, we're on a roll here~♡!

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    Done.

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    Stolzer Besitzer eines 3dfx Voodoo5 6000 AGP Prototypen:

    • 3dfx Voodoo5 6000 AGP HiNT Rev.A-3700

    [//wp.xin.at] - No RISC, no fun!

    QotY: Girls Love, BEST Love; 2018 - Lo and behold, for it is the third Coming; The third great Year of Yuri, citric as it may be! Edit: 2019 wasn't too bad either... Edit: 2020... holy crap, we're on a roll here~♡!

    Quote Bier.jpg@IRC 2020: "Je schlimmer der Fetisch, desto besser!"

    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!

    Einmal editiert, zuletzt von Gold Leader (9. August 2012 um 12:17)

    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 :)

    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 :)

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

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    Stolzer Besitzer eines 3dfx Voodoo5 6000 AGP Prototypen:

    • 3dfx Voodoo5 6000 AGP HiNT Rev.A-3700

    [//wp.xin.at] - No RISC, no fun!

    QotY: Girls Love, BEST Love; 2018 - Lo and behold, for it is the third Coming; The third great Year of Yuri, citric as it may be! Edit: 2019 wasn't too bad either... Edit: 2020... holy crap, we're on a roll here~♡!

    Quote Bier.jpg@IRC 2020: "Je schlimmer der Fetisch, desto besser!"

    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.

    "Du bist und bleibst a Mensch und du kannst eben net deine menschlichkeit überwinden."

    Dennis_50300

    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.

    [Blockierte Grafik: http://www.abload.de/img/1keu0y.jpg]
    This is C4. The bad pad is on the right side.

    [Blockierte Grafik: http://www.abload.de/img/2w3uod.jpg]
    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:

    "Du bist und bleibst a Mensch und du kannst eben net deine menschlichkeit überwinden."

    Dennis_50300

    Einmal editiert, zuletzt von CryptonNite (18. August 2012 um 14:15)