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KS wrote:
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
|> Steve,
|>
|> sr> I can almost guarantee the capacitors are oozing onto the
motherboard.
|>
|> Sure enough, six of the capacitors alongside the
|> cpu are bulging. All are from the same manufacturer.
|>
|> The problem is well documented.
|> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
|>
|> I'm tempted to try to replace the caps. The only
|> deterent is fear of breaking one of the delicate
|> traces on the p.c.b. Has anyone succeeded in
|> resurrecting a board from this failure?
|>
|> Thanks, ... Peter E.
|>
| Yes, I got an IBM NetVista (2257-B4U) for using parts (it was just
| rebooting like crazy). On closer examination, I found lots of capacitors
| had bulged. To try my luck I ordered equivalents for all electrolytic
| caps on the motherboard. Its been working nicely ever since.
|
| /KS
| PS: you need to have good soldering skills to put the caps on though.
|
|
hi guys,
i scrapped mine, i couldnt see taking the time to repair when something
else is likely to go wrong with this old computer anyway. i dont know
how they crammed all those parts into that tiny case!! with decent
motherboards so cheap, id recommend going that route. i just built my
youngest a decent desktop with an msi nforce motherboard i got for $14!
with spare parts lying around hes got a gig of ram desktop with a 120
gig hd, and older nvidia card for less than $100 investment. if your
good with soldering of course maybe try it.
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