[plug] OT, well not really

[Chris Griffin]

I have been thinking of this one. There is only two caps gone and they
are not too hard to get to.


On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:01:08 +0800 (WST), Benjamin J Keith
<bjkeith at it.net.au> wrote:
> 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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> > William Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au>
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