clean up chihiro motherboard - a few questions

[mathewbeall]

Hi Folks - below is a picture of my motherboard... as you can see it already has nichicon caps - which I think means someone has already recapped it, assuming Sony didn't use those stock.

From what I see the front and back cap seem fine, but the middle appears to be bulging a bit - can someone give me a second opinion?

Also, since I have it open, I am going to replace the case fan - the GPU fan seems to be working fine, but again, tempted to just replace it as well. Does anyone have some links for ones they know work/fit?

Thanks,

Matt

 

[nem]

Yeah, you'll definitely want to change all three. I wouldn't be surprised if they're OG caps. Stock caps are Nichicon.

 

[Dion]

instead of replacing the gpu fan, i took a bit "rough" approach. make a hole upside the heatsink position and put a real "beefy" fan on it.

 

[obcd]

A normal 40mm x 40mm x 10mm fan fits on the gpu heatsink. I just fix it with a few drips of silicone.
On aliexpress you can find some 40mm vga heatsinks with a sinked fan. Not sure if it would fit on the gpu heatsink.

 

[mathewbeall]

Quick note on this - got all the caps resoldered, and put back together with new fans - running like a champ...