Re: What caps do I need to order

Posted on 2016-05-04, 10:13

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Looks like four from the second pic and one from the third could use replacing. Worse, not all leak or are bulged at top, they also leak at the bottom. All seem te have suffered except one :dead: Ordering ones with low(er) ESR that fit, hopefully they will arrive soon. Will be my first motherboard …

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Re: What caps do I need to order

Posted on 2016-05-03, 22:34

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My apologies, I formulated the question not good. Does it mean I can use any cap with the same voltage and farrad regardless of its ESR/other specs? Or do I have to stick to specific types/ranges? And I generally tend to choose Panasonic caps, is that good or should I take other brands?

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What caps do I need to order

Posted on 2016-05-03, 21:17

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Hey Guys, need some help on this one. My Soyo SY-5SSM motherboard has nearly all it's bigger caps bloated or leaking. Since I need to repair/recap some more stuff I was looking for caps to order. Found everything except something matching for these caps. Those two big ones are Tayehs from 1500mF …

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Re: The 286 Laptop Restoration Thread

Posted on 2016-05-03, 12:53

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brassicGamer wrote: matze79 wrote: Any Progress ? Waiting for parts. 😀 Plus I keep getting distracted by other projects (the list gets longer every day). Same here, waiting for parts and doing other stuff in the meantime. 😵

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Re: Core2 Q9550 Daily Driver

Posted on 2016-05-03, 09:45

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I built this system in 2007 and used it as my main PC until last year - definitely the longest use I've gotten from any computer so far. Had photos of it laying around so I thought... why not open a thread about it. Even though it's nothing special, I liked using this PC over the years and think it …

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Re: Advice needed; Notebook screen issues

Posted on 2016-04-20, 17:33

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- the caps may be responsible for that, and additionally the liquid may corrode traces. One corroded trace can be seen below C4. After removing the caps there may be more damaged traces visible. - to remove the old caps, if you don't have proper tools it's better to carefully cut off the caps in …

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Advice needed; Notebook screen issues

Posted on 2016-04-19, 12:47

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I am restoring an old Thinkpad 300 and so far I managed to fix everything I encountered. However now I the thing starts again the screen is having issues. At a could start it looks quite ok-ish like this: http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u284/Haleluja_nl/IBM%20Thinkpad%20300/20160415_144857_ …

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Re: Don't buy Asus X99 boards

Posted on 2016-04-19, 09:43

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I have worked in a repaircenter for multiple brands including Asus and they really have significantly fewer returns as many other brands so (compared to sold units) so from that point they actually make decent stuff. However like every brand they also sometimes fucked certain products up. The Asus …

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Re: Don't buy Asus X99 boards

Posted on 2016-04-19, 08:44

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I have worked in a repaircenter for multiple brands including Asus and they really have significantly fewer returns as many other brands so (compared to sold units) so from that point they actually make decent stuff. However like every brand they also sometimes fucked certain products up. The Asus …

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Re: Reviving an IBM Thinkpad 300

Posted on 2016-04-18, 21:16

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I found some time to build the Thinkpad 300 together until it looks like this again: http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u284/Haleluja_nl/IBM%20Thinkpad%20300/20160412_181625_zpsmp777yk7.jpg Positive news is that the Harddisk runs like a champ again! Another succes. However, after giving in the …

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Re: Request: IBM Netvista A40 Type 6578 drivers

Posted on 2016-04-18, 07:13

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If I remember correctly there where multiple variants of the 6578 like the 6578TAG/6578RAU/6578UN7. Do you know which variant your motherboard is from? Some Googling already turned up multiple possible versions with it's drivers.

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Re: Reviving an IBM Thinkpad 300

Posted on 2016-04-14, 13:41

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The source of the aroma and the blue dirt everywhere clearly was an overaged and severely leaking standby battery: Very interesting project! I am in the same position with a Toshiba T1600 286 laptop - fortunately the standby battery in this model was housed in a plastic chassis, separate from the …

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Re: Reviving an IBM Thinkpad 300

Posted on 2016-04-11, 11:03

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Another round of updates: I went on and used my dremel to remove most residue on the surface of the bottom cover. It resulted in lots of blue dust flying around. The big spots still looked awfull, the small points all over the base got cleared completely this way. :happy: The bottom after grinding …

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Re: ATC-1425B not posting

Posted on 2016-04-07, 21:46

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Check your bios chip that all legs make good contact. A bit of dirt can have come between them. Same for the cache chips. Is the bios battery not empty/dead? What happens if you have no memory in it, does it beep then? And my last check would be if you have a floppy station connected --> unplug the …

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Re: Modern motherboards lifespan

Posted on 2016-04-07, 21:41

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It's not that bad anymore as it was like 7-8 years ago with alot of brands but still the occasional failure line comes and goes. Asrock used to be totally crap years ago and now produces over the whole line good boards, the Z77 bios issue is the only recent mass issue that goes around. Asus had a …

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Re: Toshiba Satellite 445cdx and internal batteries problem

Posted on 2016-04-04, 08:25

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Nothing hard to find both of them. Multiple sellers are on ebay for both of them and the batteries they sell work well. Got a pack of those old Satellites myself and the replacements from Ebay are perfect working for years now. :lol: http://www.ebay.nl/itm/Toshiba-Tecra-510CDT-P133-12-CMOS-Batterie- …

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Re: Laptops for DOS gaming

Posted on 2016-04-02, 15:00

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Yes, alot of those are rare now. I am a happy owner of an IBM 755cd which is a really nice notebook for DOS and early windows era. My Toshiba Libretto 110CT sadly seems to be so misused by it's former owner that I can't revive it but it's a really nice one too. I also have some older Toshiba …

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Re: Reviving an IBM Thinkpad 300

Posted on 2016-03-29, 18:15

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Well, minor update. Whatever I tried didn't revive the Conner IDE 85mb drive without opening it so I am gonna try to open it up this evening and see if I can get the head moving again. :dead: I also got a spraycan paint, according to the shopowner it should stick well to the surfice without using …

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Re: Reviving an IBM Thinkpad 300

Posted on 2016-03-24, 18:02

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I came a bit further today. The bottom case lost alot of it's acid stuff due to a mixture of lemonjuice, soda and deminiralised water. However, it still looks far from perfect. :blah: http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u284/Haleluja_nl/IBM%20Thinkpad%20300/20160324_184049_zpsu3u64ozc.jpg Any …

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Re: Reviving an IBM Thinkpad 300

Posted on 2016-03-22, 11:19

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On the connector on the powerboard there is a bit of blue goo visable: http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u284/Haleluja_nl/IBM%20Thinkpad%20300/20160321_2355071_zpsiljlgoyy.jpg Compared to the bottom chassis luckily it looks not that bad :dead: : http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u284/Haleluja_nl/ …

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