GENERAL Can this capacitor (blown) cause RROD 0020? PICTURE

[DiGiTaL sPiTT]

Look at this:

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Where my screwdriver is pointing, was a 820uF 4V Fujitsu RE Aluminum solid Capacitor (exactly like the one to the immediate left). It had dark (burnt) gew-like substance at the bottom, you can still see a little after I cleaned it to the east-most pin. Does this mean it is blown? I have RROD 0020 and I pray to God this is the reason.

Summary:
Because: It had dark (burnt) gew-like substance
Does this mean it was blown?
AND, can this cause 0020?

Thanks for looking.

 

[Fisticuffs]

Add it and find out..., I'd think you need every capacitor on a board of any type, They're there for a reason, Make sure you have the polarity of the cap the right way, And use flux when you solder it, Also did you just break the capacitor off..?

 

[DiGiTaL sPiTT]

Add it and find out..., I'd think you need every capacitor on a board of any type, Make sure you have the polarity of the cap the right way, And use flux when you solder it, Also did you just break the capacitor off..?

I have flux, but it is a solid, not a liquid. How do I manage to do that?

yes, i pulled it off

 

[Fisticuffs]

Well... you should've desoldered it, You need to get the remainder of the old pegs out of the holes, Put the new capacitor in there, Flip the board and bend the pegs of the cap at a 90 degree angle so it stays in there, Clip the excess part of the pegs and solder it in, Make sure the polarity of the cap is in correctly, And by polarity I mean the colored part of the cap matches the white shaded half circle on the board, Use can see the + and - on the cap, Match it up like the other ones next to it.
I've never used solid flux so I can't answer that, But flux is flux none the less.

 

[DiGiTaL sPiTT]

Well... you should've desoldered it, You need to get the remainder of the old pegs out of the holes, Put the new capacitor in there, Flip the board and bend the pegs of the cap so it stays in there, Clip the excess part of the pegs and solder it in, Make sure the polarity of the cap is in correctly

Ok, and do you think this is what gave it RROD 0020?

 

[Fisticuffs]

I don't know, But I'd definitely replace the cap to rule that out.

 

[DiGiTaL sPiTT]

I don't know, But I'd definitely replace the cap to rule that out.

I just ordered new ones online. Thanks for your help.

 

[Fisticuffs]

Your welcome, Here's a link, First choice
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Solid+flux,+how+is+it+used?

 

[jeremy790]

You could have tested it before you went and ripped it off.

 

[Fisticuffs]

Bulged capacitors or with liquid coming out are bad, jeremy

 

[jeremy790]

I've seen so many mobo with bulged and leaking caps that work fine, I agree it's not a good sign but damn you should test before just ripping the thing off.

 

[Fisticuffs]

Maybe they worked fine, But for how long...?, He shouldn't have ripped it off in the first place, Should've desoldered it, But with a new cap he can rule that out,
What was the point of your posts anyway?

 

[jeremy790]

The point was get a meter and test it before you do anything.

 

[Fisticuffs]

Ok, But bulged or leaking capacitors are no good anyway, fcuk the bullshit of testing and just change them

 

[1almasmith]

What tool you use for measuring a caps my to don't have in cap measure.

 

[DiGiTaL sPiTT]

Maybe they worked fine, But for how long...?, He shouldn't have ripped it off in the first place, Should've desoldered it, But with a new cap he can rule that out,
What was the point of your posts anyway?

The point was get a meter and test it before you do anything.

The Xbox had rrod with the cap still in so I looked around the board where i used the glue gun and i noticed a bad smell and saw the dark gew coming out so i just removed it, hoping i can replace it and get rid of the rrod.

 

[Fisticuffs]

I was commenting on jeremy's post in your quote,
But capacitors are there for a reason and are needed, Replace it and see what happens
And for 1almasmith http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/captest.htm

 

[k0mpresd]

ive seen blown caps cause 0022 before.

 

[DiGiTaL sPiTT]

ive seen blown caps cause 0022 before.

That's great to hear

---------- Post added at 10:16 ---------- Previous post was at 10:15 ----------

I was commenting on jeremy's post in your quote,
But capacitors are there for a reason and are needed, Replace it and see what happens
And for 1almasmith http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/captest.htm

ive seen blown caps cause 0022 before.

Take a look at why I think this cap is needed, the trace goes straight to the GPU:

 

[Fisticuffs]

Every capacitor is there for a reason..., How many times must I say this, I'm not an engineer, But It's common sense
Replace it see what happens and then go from there