The fun of electronics

[TriplexDread]

Oh thought I would tell you guys about the fun I had with an old Abit KT7 mobo last week

It was constantly playing up being unstable. Wouldnt allow O/S installation and kicking off about hardware. I Did a test with a professional probe over 24 hours even that didnt come up with anything.

So on examining the board closer I noticed 6 out of the 7 Capacitors had burst and leaked slighty on the board causing voltage smoothing problems on the CPU.

ARRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

Oh dear, it wasnt even my board LMAO

I took the plunge and ordered new caps for it and over 3 days (thats how long it took me to get the caps and solder out) I gradually replaced them all and reinstalled XP. Low and Behold a beautifully stable system again

Aint I clever?

I wish I had taken some photos now but I forgot DOH!

 

[floppybootstomp]

Which is why I keep all dead motherboards, just to whip out the capacitors when needed...

You do need to know what you're doing though.

Puckah job, TXD

(even though three days is above and beyond the call of duty )

 

[TriplexDread]

LOL it wasnt a solid three days. TBH I started getting a little frustrated about the whole thing so went back to it now and then.

Anyway it all went well I guess and I got a nice shiny 5month old Sony Ericsson W850i with a 1GB card out of it aswell

 

[Ian]

Very nice job TD! Glad you resurrected it