[PLUG] Free case/motherboard/psu to a board repair person

[Larry T]

Sold,  I have one unit and like the configuration of the case very much.
Please call me @ (503) 349-3549, and I'll do my best to pick it up.

Larry

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Tim <tim-pdxlug at sentinelchicken.org> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> About two years ago I built my parents a new Ubuntu system from
> scratch.  Unfortunately, a couple of months back, they started having
> problems with the system shutting off randomly (cold power-off).  I
> spent many hours trying to figure out what the cause was.  It seemed
> to be related to use of the onboard video, since disabling 2D
> acceleration made it somewhat more stable, but the system was still
> unacceptably unstable.
>
> Finally I gave up and bought them a new motherboard and associated
> hardware.  It is running fine now, on virtually the same hardware
> setup.
>
> Shortly after that, in an unrelated spat of hardware trouble, my
> brother started having difficulties with one of his older LCD
> monitors.  He found others who had the same issues and sent me this
> great article on diagnosing/fixing bad capacitors:
>  http://wcoastsands.blogspot.com/2009/11/samsung-syncmaster-215tw.html
>
>
> So I went back and looked at my parents' old motherboard and sure
> enough, two capacitors on the board are bulging very similarly to what
> is described in that article.  It may be a  < $5 fix for an
> adventurous person with a soldering gun.  I would do it myself, but
> unfortunately this motherboard does not have a CPU or memory in it
> anymore, since I moved it over to my parents' new system.  So I can't
> easily test it.
>
> I would be more than happy to give this board away, along with its
> case and power supply to anyone who is willing to try and get it
> working again with new capacitors.  Otherwise I'll just have to give
> it to free geek, and I doubt they will put in the time to repair it
> (though correct me if I am wrong).
>
> The system is a Shuttle SN68SG2.  Specs can be found here:
>  http://global.shuttle.com/product_detail_spec.jsp?PI=647
>
> Thanks!
> tim
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