Thanks frenchy. I saw that. It doesnt say anything about the surface mount resistor size. Ive ordered that professional desoldering tool , the Hakko FR-300 because I feel strongly that I can remove the entire vrm and replace. So that tool should be in in the next few days. IF I can remove the vrms, this will help fix alot of our problems, AND we might be able to upgrade to the 50A version of the vrms 
THAT would solve LOADS of problems!
Vegas
THAT would solve LOADS of problems!Vegas
Just so it is on this thread someplace I have to say the following : Ahem
"My god man do you have BIG BRASS ONES IMHO...sheesh........"
Ok just figured someone had to say it in that ..if you guys are like me .. I rarely make direct eye contact with my Titan(s) in case they become offended and brick
themselves into door stop status...I mean MAJOR SURGERY the mind boggles
did you try it with 1000uf??
google says: sometimes a higher uf is acceptable, but not always ... depends on the circuit :| isn't 1000uf to 1500uf a pretty big jump?
google says: sometimes a higher uf is acceptable, but not always ... depends on the circuit :| isn't 1000uf to 1500uf a pretty big jump?
Google is correct. We can make circuits for noise reduction and for another purposes. So if this is noise reduction purpose then there will be the lower limit for capacitor NOT LESS, but if it is some oscillating circuit then higher capacitor will change the frequency or amplitude.. this was our hand book
http://users.physics.harvard.edu/~horowitz/aoe/I'd try a 1000uf, afterall we are troubleshooting, have to see what works and doesn't
here's the pic of the spreader removed
http://s18.postimg.org/py0qzeio7/1_kch2zw_Ak_GWOPBBu2o_Sg_OEg.png
looks like he used that little precision screwdriver to pry on the upper left corner, I am not saying to try it, just showing you the picture -- I've wanted to look under there myself but don't want to risk losing a good board
and I guess that's not a Titan board, maybe a Neptune??
Ok this is a Neptune board. The BTC logo tells me that. Only Neptunes have the BTC logo on them. I was trying to find which cores include die 0 and 1, as there are 2 dies per core. Die 0 and die 1 are by far the most troublesome, and seem to always fail. I THINK its the core on the top left corner. Can anyone confirm this? Anyone else notice in this pic that the top left core is the only one that does not have thermal grease on it? I suppose the tech could have cleaned it, but then why just clean one? Is it possible there is a fault in the design where the plate does not meet the core on the top left , which I think is contains die 0 and 1? I think the tech in this pic is showing a major fault in design, that is the reason for this pic (im guessing) .This would explain a WHOLE lot! Guys im not suggesting to remove your plates, and there is a strong possibility it will damage your cores.
Vegas
OK don't laugh but on this thread someplace someone said that they could not get an RMA on a cube of some kind (think it was a Titan but maybe not) from KNC because they
simply told him to TIGHTEN THE SCREWS down on the plate thingy (hey be careful this is 20/20 hindsight remembering here) he was like wtf? i just remember because it was such
a lame way not to do his RMA
but anyway that would go along your idea above I guess?
(don't try this just tossing it out as a clue to how this stuff hangs together in case it is important for another solution)
