Didn't work.

Post #290,939 by admin 8/15/07 10:24:09 PM Reply	Didn't work. Changed the batter, drained it, reloaded the CMOS defaults. Still does the odd stuff. Bleh. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #290,947 by Andrew Grygus 8/16/07 1:28:08 AM Reply	Well, that was the cheap fix. From here on out it costs more. I just junked a stack of what were fine motherboards not so long ago. They all behaved insane due to capacitor rot. They were built during that period when Chinese companies were churning out millions of capacitors using a stolen electrolyte formula they had misinterpreted. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #290,955 by Ashton 8/16/07 6:26:46 AM Reply	I remember that! Wondered why I heard nada, subsequently - any idea of a ballpark # of boards of that ilk? Another one - a rash of alum. electrolytics which were Not "low ESR" (equivalent series resistance, for the non electron heads) -- as used in ubiquitous/cheap PSs and on mobos, as added filtering for the DC-DC inverter, lo-Volt/hi-Current CPUS du jour. One would expect the increased resistance (over proper caps) to result in increased ripple, doing all the bad things that ripple does - like digital glitches. I don't recall if they were mismarked "low ESR", but think not - believe you could read the label to see if the "Low ESR" stripe was absent. Seen any of those?
Post #290,968 by a6l6e6x 8/16/07 9:32:07 AM Reply	On to a new power supply. Alex Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law. -- Sophocles (496? - 406 BCE)
Post #290,970 by admin 8/16/07 9:44:34 AM Reply	It has a new one already. :-P Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #291,006 by crazy 8/16/07 10:25:47 PM Reply	Your time is too valuable Unless you are having fun with it. Replace it.
Post #290,971 by Another Scott 8/16/07 10:03:54 AM Reply	Bummer. You might try some of the suggestions [link\|http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic4577.html\|here]. Basically, make sure there's a good connection to the battery, etc. Have you recently changed any of the hardware, other than the power supply? Why did you change the power supply? Can you give more details on the moterboard/PC? Maybe that particular model has commonly reported problems that will give some clues. Good luck. Cheers, Scott.

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