trodas
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X-Fi Fatal1ty mods
There are several common mistakes presented in this (and others) threads. One of the most funny is using a known good audio capacitor to filter voltage in digital part of the card (eg. for the main CA20K1 chip). Pictures/links to crazy cap mods - Chitchat - CapsMod Forum - Powered by Discuz!
Another serious mistake is keeping the known bad Jamicon caps on the card. They are not only audio grade caps, they are also not low ESR caps usable for voltage filtering and on top of that, they are known to fail caps - bad caps in short, see there: Horrible pictures of dead caps - Identifying Bad Capacitors & Related Symptoms - CapsMod Forum - Powered by Discuz!
Third mistake is to use tantalum caps. 10, 15 years ago this have a sense, as they was small, yet superior in ripple and response. Todays the Kemet caps simply suxx, compared to Panasonic FM ones. But Davmax explained it far better and in great detail there: Understanding ESR and max ripple - Capacitors Modification - CapsMod Forum - Powered by Discuz!
Of course, feel free to ignore that all and do whatever you want to do
If you care slightest bit about the quality of your X-Fi, then you might check this pic I made - it show all caps numbers and voltages on them by 20Mhz scope:
In picture it looks this way - green are caps that has audio on them with stereo output, WinAMP playing...
So, the recommended by me caps replacement list goes this way:
Code:
I already partialy made this recap and I got numerous of improvements, but like I say - who did not want to know, he did not want to know, so
There are several common mistakes presented in this (and others) threads. One of the most funny is using a known good audio capacitor to filter voltage in digital part of the card (eg. for the main CA20K1 chip). Pictures/links to crazy cap mods - Chitchat - CapsMod Forum - Powered by Discuz!
Another serious mistake is keeping the known bad Jamicon caps on the card. They are not only audio grade caps, they are also not low ESR caps usable for voltage filtering and on top of that, they are known to fail caps - bad caps in short, see there: Horrible pictures of dead caps - Identifying Bad Capacitors & Related Symptoms - CapsMod Forum - Powered by Discuz!
Third mistake is to use tantalum caps. 10, 15 years ago this have a sense, as they was small, yet superior in ripple and response. Todays the Kemet caps simply suxx, compared to Panasonic FM ones. But Davmax explained it far better and in great detail there: Understanding ESR and max ripple - Capacitors Modification - CapsMod Forum - Powered by Discuz!
Of course, feel free to ignore that all and do whatever you want to do
If you care slightest bit about the quality of your X-Fi, then you might check this pic I made - it show all caps numbers and voltages on them by 20Mhz scope:
In picture it looks this way - green are caps that has audio on them with stereo output, WinAMP playing...
So, the recommended by me caps replacement list goes this way:
Code:
Code:
[left]C177 (1.23V) - 220uF 16V Jamicon -> 1000uF 6.3V Samxon GC C16 (0.7V) - 100uF 16V Jamicon -> 470uF 6.3V Samxon GD C46 (5V) - 100uF 16V Jamicon -> 470uF 6.3V Samxon GD C107 (4.7V) - 47uF 16V Jamicon -> 150uF 6.3V Panny FM C186 (5V) - 47uF 16V Jamicon -> 47uF 25V Panny FM C205 (0V) - 47uF 16V Jamicon -> 47uF 25V Panny FM C20 (2.47V) - 22uF 16V Jamicon -> 150uF 6.3V Panny FM C33 (3.3V) - 22uF 16V Jamicon -> 150uF 6.3V Panny FM C56 (-5V) - 22uF 16V Jamicon -> 150uF 6.3V Panny FM C72 (-5V) - 22uF 16V Jamicon -> 150uF 6.3V Panny FM C74 (12V) - 22uF 25V Jamicon -> 68uF 16V Panny FM C75 (-12V) - 22uF 25V Jamicon -> 68uF 16V Panny FM C101 (5V) - 22uF 16V Jamicon -> 150uF 6.3V Panny FM C114 (5V) - 22uF 16V Jamicon -> 150uF 6.3V Panny FM C124 (3.3V) - 22uF 16V Jamicon -> 150uF 6.3V Panny FM C172 (5V) - 22uF 16V Jamicon -> 150uF 6.3V Panny FM C206 (0V) - 22uF 16V Jamicon -> 47uF 25V Panny FM C209 (0V) - 22uF 25V Jamicon -> 47uF 25V Panny FM C27 (5V) - 10uF 16V Jamicon -> 150uF 6.3V Panny FM C43 (8.8V) - 10uF 16V Jamicon -> 100uF 10V Panny FM C91 (5V) - 10uF 16V Jamicon -> 150uF 6.3V Panny FM C108 (2.16V) - 10uF 16V Jamicon -> 150uF 6.3V Panny FM C115 (2.4V) - 10uF 16V Jamicon -> 150uF 6.3V Panny FM C119 (3.3V) - 10uF 16V Jamicon -> 150uF 6.3V Panny FM C123 (2.3V) - 10uF 16V Jamicon -> 150uF 6.3V Panny FM C136 (5V) - 10uF 16V Jamicon -> 150uF 6.3V Panny FM C151 (3.3V) - 10uF 16V Jamicon -> 150uF 6.3V Panny FM C18 (2.4V aud) - 4.7uF 16V Jamicon BIPOLAR -> Black Gate N 4.7uF 50V C19 (0V aud) - 4.7uF 16V Jamicon BIPOLAR -> Black Gate N 4.7uF 50V C21 (2.39 aud) - 4.7uF 16V Jamicon BIPOLAR -> Black Gate N 4.7uF 50V C22 (2.47) - 4.7uF 16V Jamicon BIPOLAR -> Black Gate N 4.7uF 50V C48 (2.26V) - 4.7uF 16V Jamicon BIPOLAR -> Black Gate N 4.7uF 50V C49 (2.26V) - 4.7uF 16V Jamicon BIPOLAR -> Black Gate N 4.7uF 50V C102 (2.4V aud) - 4.7uF 50V Jamicon -> Black Gate C 4.7uF 50V C104 (2.4V aud) - 4.7uF 50V Jamicon -> Black Gate C 4.7uF 50V Remove and short 16x 22uF 16V Jamicon decoupling caps - C23, C50, C76, C77, C28, C55, C85, C83, C61, C32, C62, C26, C67, C36, C34 and C68. It is possible to remove all the marked with green audio caps C18, C19, C21, C22, C48, C49, C102 and C104 if you did not use the AUX IN analog 2 channel CD in and the 10 pins Creative connector, for witch the 6 pcs of the bipolar caps are used to separate the AC3 6 channels signal (5.1). 35 caps total ------------- 1x Samxon GC 1000uF 6.3V (d8) 2x Samxon GD 470uF 6.3V (d6.3) 1x Panny FM 100uF 10V (d5) P12919-ND 4x Panny FM 47uF 25V (d5) P12923-ND 2x Panny FM 68uF 16V (d5) P12921-ND 17x Panny FM 150uF 6.3V (d5) P12917-ND 6x Black Gate N 4.7uF 50V (d5) - d6.3 can fit 2x Black Gate C 4.7uF 50V (d5) - d6.3 can fit[/left]
I already partialy made this recap and I got numerous of improvements, but like I say - who did not want to know, he did not want to know, so