Dead board?

[stevo1210]

Re: Dead board?

I used to use Gigabyte until every single god damn board I got was faulty in some way... dead audio, USB etc. Then I moved onto Asus where everything just worked. My P5K-E Wi-Fi is on all day and I've had that board for years now in my main rig... it's due for an upgrade but I don't see a point in doing so since I just type up word documents and use the net.
Recently I moved back to Gigabyte again with my brother's new quad core system and it seems good again.
For me, I'd recommend both brands, Asus and Gigabyte. But I do like the features that Asus motherboards come with!

[momaka]

Re: Dead board?

Measure the voltage going to the CPU with a multimeter. Also check the 5vsb voltage on that 300W Forton (loaded with a motherboard and unloaded). Maybe it pulled a Bestec "overclock" on the motherboard if it has one of those 2-transistor 5vsb circuits.

[larrymoencurly]

Re: Dead board?

In laptops they do quite well:

http://lifehacker.com/5524704/laptop...-laptop-makers

What about the track records of the actual manufacturers? Because my Toshiba A205 and company Dell Latitude D610 were made by Compal, while the Latitude D620 and Toshiba 300 series were by Quanta.

[larrymoencurly]

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Actually, the caps around the CPU area on this one are Panasonic FJ's. How do I remember this? I was very picky when choosing this board for my client due to the caps that Asus used at the time. If it had used OST, I wouldn't have bought it.

Is your PSU putting out all three positive voltages? I'm just wondering if the lack of +5V could cause problems. Also what about the capacitors for the DIMM and video slot voltage regulators? Almost all of my mobo cap-related failures have been caused by those caps, not the ones for the CPU voltage regulator, including with my Pentium 4 Dell Optiplex GX-270s.

[seanc]

Re: Dead board?

Is your PSU putting out all three positive voltages? I'm just wondering if the lack of +5V could cause problems. Also what about the capacitors for the DIMM and video slot voltage regulators? Almost all of my mobo cap-related failures have been caused by those caps, not the ones for the CPU voltage regulator, including with my Pentium 4 Dell Optiplex GX-270s.

My 2 x GX270 originally failed like yours, caps by the RAM slots.
The replacement boards from Dell have not, since they contain Panasonic caps. One of the boards has had one of its '03 dated Rubycons by the CPU fail.
Re-capped that.
The other looks OK for now.

[PCBONEZ]

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