Quoting Adam <[email protected]>: > So my questions are: Could the problem be those two slightly bulging > capacitors? If so, would I probably be able to replace them with just > an ordinary soldering iron? Could I try to reassemble the original > power supply and return the new one for a refund, or is that something > for experts only? > > As mentioned, this is a minimal cost "fun" project, and already way over > its limited budget. If it meant buying a new motherboard, I'd just > scrap it for parts instead, and put my money toward a new primary > system. Thanks /very/ much in advance for any advice or suggestions on > this!
I had a friend who's computer was shutting down prematurely ( < 30s after power on). I initially assumed overheating, but everything was within range. Then replaced the power supply with no success. Examining the capacitors, I found 2 were bulgy. Swapping motherboards fixed it. A few months later, my computer (same era) was exhibiting similar problems. That time I went straight to the capacitors, found they had popped, then swapped it out. In both of these cases I was dealing with primary PCs.... wasn't going to mess around repairing the motherboard myself. You could try to replace the busted capacitors yourself, but know that the lot of them on the board are likely of the same bad batch, and will all need replacing to prevent the same problem again down the road. -Chris _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jul 1 - Linux High Performance Computing Aug 5 - TBD Sept 2 - Linux and HDTV
