Re: Am I on the right track?

Just another update. It turns out the heatsink wasn't on the CPU correctly causing the CPU to run hot. It seems to be working well now. I'll start a new thread when I'm ready to do my eMachines.

Re: Am I on the right track?



Are you saying I should replace the caps I just replaced?

I didn't try different ram, but did run memtest86 up to 50% with no errors.

I don't think it's the HD as it does it when that's unplugged too.

I'm wondering if something is damaged or what? I thought maybe the BIOS was corrupted, but I can't seem to get it to reflash....

Re: Am I on the right track?

I just wanted to updated you all. A guy I work with has replaced bad capacitors before and he helped me replace the three Nichicon HN caps on the Gateway board. The system boots and everything is fine except it doesn't consistently restart. Most of the time it will restart and just stay at a blank screen instead of going to POST. Has any one experienced this?

I tried using the onboard video vs the PCI-E ATI card and I even tried another power supply (which seemed to work at first) with no luck.

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Thanks for your help.

The Gateway (554GE) has:
Nichicon HN(M) (one is bulging)
Nichicon HD(M)
Nichicon VR(M)
SME BP
SMG (look like the SMEs?) I can't find a model on these.
Rubycon A0427

I'll have to get back to you about the eMachine as I don't have time to pull the motherboard out right now....

I've inherited my girlfriends old Gateway desktop. After replacing a bad hard drive the system still runs unusually slow. Occasionally it won't get past POST unless all USB devices are unplugged. I noticed a bulging Nichicon (HM?) 1000uf 10v cap and planned to replace it since the system isn't worth throwing out. Is it ok to replace just this cap or do people usually replace all of the caps on the board at once? I can probably manage replacing this one cap, but don't trust myself to do the whole board.

I also have a eMachines that no longer posts with a leaking 1000uf 6.3v cap....