Eric Auer composed on 2015-05-30 09:08 (UTC+0200):
> However, with your Pentium 4 MAINBOARD, chances are a
> bit better - cap technology has improved since then,
Not materially WRT replacements for motherboards of that period. Newer boards
have taken advantage of design evolution that reduces use
On 30/05/2015 09:08, Eric Auer wrote:
> Yet
> mainboards often have multi layer PCB and lots of tiny
> features, so you still have to be experienced to get
> them soldered properly :-)
Last time I did this, I went the easy way, and didn't de-soldered the
old cap at all, instead I removed all of i
Guys,
>> I took a look, and the capacitors seemed to be fine.
>
> Including power supply?
Mains caps in a power supply in the 230 Volt AC part of the
world can be charged with 300 - 400 Volts and considerable
capacity, even a while after you unplug things. You do NOT
want to mess with those unl
Skyler F composed on 2015-05-29 19:11 (UTC-0600):
> I took a look, and the capacitors seemed to be fine.
Including power supply?
> One had the slightest
> bulge, but was a smaller cap and didn't seem to be out of control leaking.
> If I get to it, I might check the values printed with a capacita
>
> If you open it (very easy, two buttons, no tools) to take a
> look and find no caps to be obviously bad, odds are its prior reliability
> will remain intact.
I took a look, and the capacitors seemed to be fine. One had the slightest
bulge, but was a smaller cap and didn't seem to be out of co
Skyler F composed on 2015-05-29 16:40 (UTC-0600):
> I got it from my Grandpa because it was sitting at his house with no use.
> I used to use the computer as my primary AllStar link node [1] and has been
> running 24/7. This computer fits the era of bad caps. Yikes, glad my cap
> did not fail or
>
> Is this a recent acquisition? That was manufactured in an era when Dell
> products were suffering the bad cap plague
I got it from my Grandpa because it was sitting at his house with no use.
I used to use the computer as my primary AllStar link node [1] and has been
running 24/7. This compute
Skyler F composed on 2015-05-29 16:03 (UTC-0600):
> Felix Miata wrote:
>> Fixing your problem may be as simple as
>> booting the installation disk to a command prompt, then running "FDISK
>> /MBR".
> Thanks! Solved the problem!
:-D
> Time to load motorola programming software for ham radio us
>
> Fixing your problem may be as simple as
> booting the installation disk to a command prompt, then running "FDISK
> /MBR".
Thanks! Solved the problem!
Time to load motorola programming software for ham radio use.
On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 10:11 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
> Skyler F composed on
Skyler F composed on 2015-05-29 09:43 (UTC-0600):
> I am trying to install freeDOS on my Dell Dimension 8400 with a pentium 4
> processer.
> I first booted in gparted and deleted all partitions so I had a blank slate
> computer.
> I then created the partition within the freedos installation disk
I am trying to install freeDOS on my Dell Dimension 8400 with a pentium 4
processer.
I first booted in gparted and deleted all partitions so I had a blank slate
computer.
I then created the partition within the freedos installation disk and
installed it.
After creating the partition, when I proc
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