On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Leen de Braal ldb@braha.nl wrote:
m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Michael Eager wrote:
House-built, Gigabyte MB, AMD Phenom II X6, 6Gb RAM.
Any chance the problem's with the video card?
Video is on the MB. It doesn't seem likely that it's the video, since the system doesn't respond to network when it crashes.
It could be anything. That's why I'm looking for something that would give me a bit of a hint what to look at. With an infrequent failure, it's not practical to replace components piecemeal.
While you open the case, check for the bulging capacitor problem. Will have the effect you describe, freezing up the system so that even bios routines don't work (your fans). If that's the case, replace mainboard.
Or replace the CAPS if you're not afraid of a soldering iron :)
Very often resulting in a damaged board, because you damage the via's when pulling the caps. But it is worth a try.
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On 03/09/11 1:34 AM, Leen de Braal wrote:
Very often resulting in a damaged board, because you damage the via's when pulling the caps. But it is worth a try.
sure, if your time is worthless. you can easily burn a couple hours recapping a motherboard, which typically exceeds the boards worth.
sure, if your time is worthless. you can easily burn a couple hours recapping a motherboard, which typically exceeds the boards worth.
Amen. It's not enough to replace the bulging caps - you need to replace all the caps of the same brand as the damaged ones. Otherwise you'll just be doing it again later.
And after ordering the exact replacements, and soldering them in, you've been down for days/weeks, and you'll lucky if it hasn't been damaged in other ways from lack of filtered power.
Recycle the motherboard (its hazardous waste) and buy a modern one.
By the way - don't forget to check the caps inside the PSU.
sure, if your time is worthless. you can easily burn a couple hours recapping a motherboard, which typically exceeds the boards worth.
Amen. It's not enough to replace the bulging caps - you need to replace all the caps of the same brand as the damaged ones. Otherwise you'll just be doing it again later.
And after ordering the exact replacements, and soldering them in, you've been down for days/weeks, and you'll lucky if it hasn't been damaged in other ways from lack of filtered power.
Recycle the motherboard (its hazardous waste) and buy a modern one.
By the way - don't forget to check the caps inside the PSU.
Very true. Had one server two weeks ago with a broken PSU because of caps. Only after moving it, it showed because it rebooted several times even before completing POST, and then stopped completely.
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