I have around 30 bad RB411 boards. Some have bad Capacitors so I changed them out with 680 6.3v caps. The replaced caps were 560 6.3v.
Will this cause any damage or odd problems with the boards I have repaired with the 680 caps?

In fact, all the units with 560*6.3 caps will at some time stop working... new units ships with 680*6,3 caps, so it was certainly subdimensioned. when it becomes to PSU-filtering caps, the more the better...

I had replaced on 8 different boards (RB411, RB411AH, RB433, RB433AH, RB333, RB600, RB750, RB750G) the 560uF/6.3V capacitors by Rubycon MBZ 820uF/6.3V. All works more than 6-12 month without problems.

We are replacing these almost 10-20 a week these days.. Texas heat,
bad caps don't mix.. really costs me a lot of money. We just go ahead
and refurb them with all new caps (3-4 or so on the 411 )

Richard

I have successsfully reparied a faulty RB1000. the unit was locking up with no access. a power cycle fixed it for a day or two. I replaced the unit and was about to bin it when I read posts about the bad caps. Sure enough it had swollen caps of the green and gold type. Replaced all four caps on the board and is now running 100%

So, what are the run times on these boards before problems emerge? I'm seeing boards fail right at 4 years in service...but I don't know that this is the problem. My RB411's fail but still power up as far as lights go, but no ethernet, no boot. Anyone know when MT changed the design and started using better/bigger caps? Or do I get to look forward to replacing all my MT stuff?

My RB 1000 worked for almost 3 years before the caps failed however I have had a RB333 fail within a week of service so there is no timescale. If your boards have these caps they will fail there is just no telling when. Hence I do not take the gamble and swap caps before deployment. It seems there are still a lot of Boards with these caps in circulation as I have just received another RB433 from my supplier with the them on board. Honestly, if you can use a soldering iron it takes minutes to swap them, replacement caps are only a few cents each. Much cheaper that returning them to the supplier.

I use Nippon Chemi-Con 820uf/6,3V 105ºC caps fromhttp://www.diyaudio.esNone of these have failed as yet.