Sold, I have one unit and like the configuration of the case very much. Please call me @ (503) 349-3549, and I'll do my best to pick it up.
Larry On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > About two years ago I built my parents a new Ubuntu system from > scratch. Unfortunately, a couple of months back, they started having > problems with the system shutting off randomly (cold power-off). I > spent many hours trying to figure out what the cause was. It seemed > to be related to use of the onboard video, since disabling 2D > acceleration made it somewhat more stable, but the system was still > unacceptably unstable. > > Finally I gave up and bought them a new motherboard and associated > hardware. It is running fine now, on virtually the same hardware > setup. > > Shortly after that, in an unrelated spat of hardware trouble, my > brother started having difficulties with one of his older LCD > monitors. He found others who had the same issues and sent me this > great article on diagnosing/fixing bad capacitors: > http://wcoastsands.blogspot.com/2009/11/samsung-syncmaster-215tw.html > > > So I went back and looked at my parents' old motherboard and sure > enough, two capacitors on the board are bulging very similarly to what > is described in that article. It may be a < $5 fix for an > adventurous person with a soldering gun. I would do it myself, but > unfortunately this motherboard does not have a CPU or memory in it > anymore, since I moved it over to my parents' new system. So I can't > easily test it. > > I would be more than happy to give this board away, along with its > case and power supply to anyone who is willing to try and get it > working again with new capacitors. Otherwise I'll just have to give > it to free geek, and I doubt they will put in the time to repair it > (though correct me if I am wrong). > > The system is a Shuttle SN68SG2. Specs can be found here: > http://global.shuttle.com/product_detail_spec.jsp?PI=647 > > Thanks! > tim > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
