[ale] Losing stability

[Charles Shapiro]

Nah. I'm a wimp, I know.  But 26 caps is a lotta soldering.

-- CHS


On 11/6/06, Mailing Lists <charriglists at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Charles Shapiro wrote:
>
> > Aha. Looks like the motherboard fell victim to the Capacitor Plague (
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague ) all right.
> > Out of about 40 electrolytic can capacitors on the board, 26 of them
> > show signs of bloating or have actually burst.  I pulled the
> > motherboard and got a new one at MicroSeconds, but it appears DOA.
> > When I plug it up in minimal boot configuration (processor, 1 memory
> > stick installed, power, reset, front lights, monitor, keyboard plugged
> > in), and hit the power switch, I see the fans come on, hear the drives
> > power up, and hear a single very soft click from the speaker -- but
> > nothing comes up on the monitor and I hear no diagnostic beeps. I'm
> > gonna go wrassle with the clerks today. What fun.
> >
> > -- CHS
> >
> >
> <snip>
>
> You mean you're not going to change out the capacitors on the board?!
>
> Calvin...
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