Gateway Profile

[arneson]

I have many of these, Profiles 2,3's and 4.

The profile 4 just failed with badcaps, they just say TMS on them.
X style vent, K L on side?
There are a lot of different types and brands of caps in this computer and many are suspect, gold on blue always worries me.

[arneson]

Re: Gateway Profile

I recapped the row of TMS on this Gateway but was dissapointed.
It won't post because of other failures.
So just arrived today is the replacement motherboard loaded with
Sam Young caps.
Who has the balls to put his name on the cap and who is this guy.

[Chris1992]

Re: Gateway Profile

Samyoung is a korean cap maker not a person (: Their caps are crap also

[willawake]

Re: Gateway Profile

http://www.samyoung.co.kr/main_eng.asp

[arneson]

Re: Gateway Profile

Thanx for the reply, and the link.
The site is in English!
So he is a Korean and has a daughter named Quindao.
( I'm not to be taken seriously)

[Chris1992]

Re: Gateway Profile

thanks for the link Will, I was posting during a 5min break between classes and no time to find site.

[arneson]

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I posted somewhere that this is my favored machine and it's back.
I tried to get these pictures to show the new and improved motherboard next to badcap motherboard.
Here's the thing, I was careful to match the correct replacement parteven down to the rev number, but they are different, in a good way.
This new board has a big heat sink covering the mossy area,(greener part of board) so the fets and the caps will stay cool. One more added piece is the heat shield over the two caps that popped.
I'm sorry my pictures aren't great but I have to agree I'm also not happy working on my own stuff.

[willawake]

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omg that is a wierd board. can you post a pic of one board at 800px width?

[arneson]

Re: Gateway Profile

These are wierd. It's the all in one Profile 4.5.
My picture taking skill sucks but here's the machine up working again.