First post, by cj_reha
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I have an old computer with a Celeron 400 on an ECS P6EXP-Me S370 motherboard. Recently it has become very unstable and I'm pretty sure it's a capacitor issue. I'd just like to get some other opinions on it before I either part the system out or recap it.
So, it's a:
ECS P6EXP-Me S370 mATX motherboard
Celeron 400, 128K L2
128MB PC100 SDRAM
Trident 3DImage 9850 4 MB AGP2X video card
ESS Solo-1 PCI Audio card
Quantum Fireball 20,5 GB HDD
Creative CDRW and CDROM
Mitsuko 250Watt PSU
Recently it has become very unstable, some things include:
-Hanging at BIOS HDD autodetect
-Hanging at Windows 98 boot screen (clean install just done today)
-Giving a CMOS checksum error with an almost new 2032 battery
-Giving a no-VGA beep or nothing however reseating graphics card sometimes helps
I'm really on my wits' end with this thing, I'm almost sure it's the caps but unsure if the board's worth it.
Thanks 🤣
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