maxine Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 One year ago removed the spreaders of my 5400ULv1.2 Fatbodies due to the poor termal interface and high temps. I can´t understand why manufacters put this non-efficient "eye candy" spreaders and seal with horrible TIM...I suppose i lost my lifetime guarantee. Memories work nice and i achive some Overclock world records with it. Yesterday i broke two SMD capacitors in the pcb when insert into memory socket with my hands... http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/7008/cagadaqv1.jpg I live in Europe, so...it´s possible send it to Corsair for Repair the PCB?. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 9, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 9, 2007 I am terribly sorry, however we can not warranty a module which has had the heatspreaders removed. The capacitors that you are referring to are decoupling capacitors and there are plenty more on the modules. Even if they were all removed, it would probably not prevent them from functioning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxine Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 Yes, i know i lost the guarantee when removed the spreaders. And, yes, the module works OK in normal conditions. The problem is when i put more than 2.3V+ for Benching. After the accident do it without problems....now more than 2.3V+ is a no-no. So, this dimm beat some World Records and i love it...so i want repair. Better in Corsair factory, because i haven´t the soldering skills for repair myself. It´s posible this, paying the costs?. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 10, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 10, 2007 I am sorry I don't think we can offer that type of service and I am not sure if we have the parts to repair them but I will check for you and let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxine Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 Thanks RAM GUY i apreciate this. It´s good to see someone taking his time to help a customer. I`m very proud owner of corsair memory, because i break a lot of Word Records with it. If not possible the repair in the corsair factory....do you think soldering other one big capacitor (also SMD but with more capacity, per example 1uF, and big dimensions) works?. The problem is that original SMD capacitors are too small to be soldered without a robot...so i think i can solder other SMD capacitor but big (and also add more capacity..1uF), but i don´t know if this affects the rest of the PCB... 5400UL v1.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 10, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 10, 2007 They are .1UF I am pretty sure and can you tell me the part number that is on the PCB should be something like 50-something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxine Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 Yes, it´s 50-00148A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 10, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 10, 2007 They use .22UF Caps and the size 0402 package and the engineer said make sure they are rated for 6 Volts Minimum. And I would use hot air to solder them back on it will be more easy to work with. But if you don't have that a fine point tip should work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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