G5 quad showing leaking caps

[imactheknife]

So, i found out my quad lcs was starting to leak. I didnt really want a g5 project right now, but my two 2.3 dual core psu died so I thought go 3 for 3? Anyways, lcs is pulled. I decided to re thermal paste logic board as well. I did notice some caps were leaky, Great!, more work. I dont want to see my quad die, the dual cores don’t care much. Just wanted to let people know the g5 tower logic boards have suspect caps too

 

[demik]

heh, that's tough.

For note, all of my three single 1.8 died last year or a couple of years before and theses caps were dead as well.
They are from the Pentium 4 capacitor plague, so are likely to have more capacitor issues than earlier machines

 

[Unknown_K]

Not looking forward to recapping my newer PPC machines, too much work. I had to redo a bunch of G5 iMacs years ago when my eyesight was better, and it was a pain (hate new solder).

 

[GRudolf94]

Greeeeat. *sigh*, fine, I'll do it when I yank the LCS to reseal that too.

 

[imactheknife]

Well, lcs taken apart and cleaned. So now the rebuild i guess. The orings leaked and this was a single pump version so no lcs was “safe” as far as i am concerned. Not sure if i want this route. Still tempted to air cool it.

 

[Michael_b]

I hope you are replacing the o-rings?

Let us know how refilling goes. I just did one of these about a month ago and (fingers crossed) it’s been working quite well so far. I’m still trying to scheme up a way to leave less air in while refilling.