Asus ITX-220

[Pentium4]

This thing had no video when I got it. Turns out the fan (Y.S. Tech) was seized, and both 1500uF 6.3V KZG caps were out of spec but not bulging. Relubed the fan, which brought it back to life, and replaced the KZG's with 1800uF 6.3V nichicon HN, and it's alive again

The reason the fan failed I'm guessing, is because it ran 24/7 for 3 years @ 5,500RPM, and the bearing was bone dry. The Allied SFX PSU powering it also had a YC cap go bad on the 5VSB + the 5V rail. So I'm going to recap that too and use this as an OpenBSD ISF for my home network

[Pentium4]

Allied AL-8250SFX

Not a bad PSU, and actually honestly rated! Almost all the YC caps were out of spec, but only the two were bulging. These things do run hot though. Slow fan + small form factor + half bridge = plenty of heat The Globe Fan needed oil badly, and spins great now.

Rectifiers: 12V @ 20A, 5V @ 16A, 3.3V @ 16A

[c_hegge]

Re: Asus ITX-220

Don't test stuff on that anti-static foam. It is conductive

[Pentium4]

Re: Asus ITX-220

Don't test stuff on that anti-static foam. It is conductive

Is it really?? Noted.

You could at least comment on the board or PSU too

[c_hegge]

Re: Asus ITX-220

Yeah. I probably should have. Nice job repairing it

Lol at memtest: Pentium II at 1.26GHz

EDIT: Only 3 yr lifespan? Even for 24/7, that's not great. Typical ASUS junk I guess.

[larrymoencurly]

Re: Asus ITX-220

Don't test stuff on that anti-static foam. It is conductive

All types or just the black foam, which measures hundreds or a few thousand ohms? The resistance of the pink stuff (urethane or polyethylene) is too high for me to measure.

[TELVM]

Re: Asus ITX-220

That toy fan should perhaps be on the northbridge, in this board the NB has a TDP 3.3W higher than the CPU .

If case internal volume allows, I'd ghetto-mod a 120mm fan blowing on everything for good, something this style:

Less noise and a gazillion times better overall cooling.

[Pentium4]

Re: Asus ITX-220

Lol at memtest: Pentium II at 1.26GHz

EDIT: Only 3 yr lifespan? Even for 24/7, that's not great. Typical ASUS junk I guess.

I noticed that too

Yeah, the board is decent, but with that low quality fan it was doomed to fail. I've seen Y.S. Tech fans in In Win cases and they're fine with oil in them.

That toy fan should perhaps be on the northbridge, in this board the NB has a TDP 3.3W higher than the CPU .

If case internal volume allows, I'd ghetto-mod a 120mm fan blowing on everything for good, something this style:

Less noise and a gazillion times better overall cooling.

That's awesome! I wish but I'm using a mini ITX case, that's why I recapped the Allied SFX PSU

[TELVM]

Re: Asus ITX-220

Anyway I'd try to improve cooling with something more resolutive. Size matters.