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  • MetalCartman
    MURCer
    • May 2001
    • 229
    #16
    Those capacitors are easy to unsolder (and replace by new ones) with a standard soldering iron (30 watts) if you have a fine enough tip. Did that myself with a noname VIA-based P3-mobo.

    As for buying some new caps, either order them from www.conrad.de or www.reichelt.de or you could ask a local radio & TV technician.
    main system: P4 Northwood 2.0 @ 2.5GHz, Asus P4PE (LAN + Audio onboard), 512MB Infineon PC333 CL2.5, Sapphire/BBA Radeon 9500@9700 128MB (hardmodded), IBM 100GB ATA-100, 17" Belinea (crappy), and some other toys...ADSL (1,5mbit/s down, 256kbit/s up...sweeeeeet!)

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      • thop
        Super MURCer
        • Mar 2001
        • 2536
        #17
        There a big Conrad where i live so that'll do it I am a bit clumsy with the soldering iron but i know a guy who does this for a living so that is sorted out as well
        I couldn't figure out which one of them it is though. There are about 6 in the area i have singled out. Can i wait till the one in question reveals itself or will the board take some damage then?
        no matrox, no matroxusers.

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          • Wombat
            Super MURCer
            • Aug 2000
            • 9498
            #18
            Fire up MBM or something, see if any of the voltages look bad.

            My concern is that it could surge the board when it blows, and take cards or processors with it.
            Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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              • The PIT
                Super MURCer
                • Aug 1999
                • 11901
                #19
                Does it hum in tune???
                Chief Lemon Buyer no more Linux sucks but not as much
                Weather nut and sad git.

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                  • thop
                    Super MURCer
                    • Mar 2001
                    • 2536
                    #20
                    Since everyone is making fun of it is humming the wrong word? Does humming imply a melody or sth? Whats the sound bees are making then?

                    Will check the voltages in the BIOS next time i reboot.
                    no matrox, no matroxusers.

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                      • The PIT
                        Super MURCer
                        • Aug 1999
                        • 11901
                        #21
                        Bees they bloody sting Ouch Ouch I won't follow.
                        Sorry listening to U2
                        Chief Lemon Buyer no more Linux sucks but not as much
                        Weather nut and sad git.

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                          • Wombat
                            Super MURCer
                            • Aug 2000
                            • 9498
                            #22
                            Bees buzz, but it could be a hum.

                            Humming is also what you to when you make a tune with your mouth closed.
                            Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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                              • Dilitante1
                                Administrator
                                • Aug 1999
                                • 1829
                                #23
                                It is humming because it dont know the words!
                                Better to let one think you are a fool, than speak and prove it


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                                  • thop
                                    Super MURCer
                                    • Mar 2001
                                    • 2536
                                    #24
                                    just checked the voltages, all within +/-5%
                                    no matrox, no matroxusers.

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                                      • thop
                                        Super MURCer
                                        • Mar 2001
                                        • 2536
                                        #25
                                        i found the culprit! it is the capacitor next to the first IDE slot. i've marked it with a yellow dot on the pic below.



                                        it changes its noise slightly when i wiggle it a bit. i already noticed an oddity which seems to be a result of the faulty cap: my BIOS is black, i have to press any key for the actual screen to become visible also my writer on the second IDE slot isn't always recognized
                                        no matrox, no matroxusers.

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                                          • Marshmallowman
                                            Super MURCer
                                            • Sep 1999
                                            • 3416
                                            #26
                                            RMA time?

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                                              • Technoid
                                                Super MURCer
                                                • Sep 1999
                                                • 7645
                                                #27
                                                definitly
                                                If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

                                                Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."

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                                                  • Fat Tone
                                                    Super MURCer
                                                    • Aug 1999
                                                    • 7579
                                                    #28
                                                    Of course, receiving a hummer is always a nice experience
                                                    FT.

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                                                      • Greebe
                                                        Super MURCer
                                                        • Aug 1999
                                                        • 8555
                                                        #29
                                                        It is humming because it dont know the words!
                                                        LMAO


                                                        I'd bust out a soldering pencil and replace it meself (hey they put it there in the first place, why risk a second time
                                                        "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." -- Dr. Seuss

                                                        "Always do good. It will gratify some and astonish the rest." ~Mark Twain

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                                                          • Goc
                                                            MURCer
                                                            • Sep 1999
                                                            • 852
                                                            #30
                                                            Yeah, do it yourself... It's fun...
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