[plug] OT, well not really

[Benjamin J Keith]

If you are handy with a soldering iron, you can try replacing the 
capacitors.  Quite often they pop without affecting other components.  I 
have seen a number of boards resurrected in this fashion.  Sometimes it is 
the only way to get Exchange running again :)

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Daniel Pearson wrote:

> Yep, also had the same problem with my motherboard of the same era. Was an
> ECS board I think, can't remember the exact details. AMD Athlon XP 1600+ in
> it IIRC. Anyone interested in the CPU for minimal cost, contact me offlist.
> Its not really worth the time / effort to get second hand parts for it (for
> my needs anyway :), may as well just get a brand spank'n new machine :)
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William Kenworthy
> To: plug at plug.org.au ; Chris Griffin
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 5:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [plug] OT, well not really
>
>
> Try the shop on Gt Eastern Hwy near where the Tonkin hwy overpass (hope
> I got the add right).  They sell boards of the same generation for ~$50.
> They are getting scare now because of the number of failures.
>
> Newer boards usually want different RAM which is a problem.
>
> Ive lost two to the cap problem now!
>
> BillK
>
>
> On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 22:55 +0800, Chris Griffin wrote:
>> My test/download system (yes it was running Linux) has suffered a
>> motherboard failure, the old capacitor problem.
>> It is a AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz system and the MoBo is an Aopen AX59Pro.
>> Would anyone have a suitable MoBo they would like to sell? My CPU etc
>> would be fine.
>> Contact offlist if that is more suitable.
>>
>> Regrads,
>> Chris Griffin
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