Re: AOpen DX34R-U

Thanks Lance!

I don't have a camera, but I'll see if I can hunt one down. I'll also see if I can hunt down a dental pick - I have to admit that was probably the biggest cause for my problems - lack of proper tools (even after reading most all the posts about irons, picks, etc).

But the caps showed up, I got in a hurry to play with the board.... and as is always the case, lack of patience + improper tools = good chance at failure and assured frustration.

But I got lucky and it's up and running and I can go back and clean...

Re: AOpen DX34R-U

Well, it's up, running and formatting. Made it past the BIOS DMI pool problem I originally had.

Gotta say I'm surprised it booted at all. I was fully expecting a lot of smoke.

The leg of one cap broke off when removing it, right at board level. I couldn't get it out, either direction.... and every attempt just brought me closer to being sure that I was overheating the board with the iron, and that it was toast.

Hated to do it, but finally decided that the only way out was to solder the cap to the underside of the board,...

Re: AOpen DX34R-U

Ordered caps on the evening of 9/19, and they showed up on 9/21.

In my book, that's pretty damn outstanding.

Thanks for the tips on the Rubys.

WIll post back with post op results.

Thx
Matt

Re: AOpen DX34R-U

Thanks for the encouragement!

New caps ordered.

Picture of cap placement/value/polarity orientation drawn, rechecked before each removal.

Pattern for tonight: Remove 5, then cig, then beer.

16 to go. Probably will do this over the course of a few nights.

So far the biggest problem looks like it's going to be cleaning the crusted electolyte from the board. All caps coming out cleanly, 'tubes' staying in place throught the board, and all holes clean to daylight.

Some of these...

Hello -

First off, thanks for creating this site. It's saved me alot of time already. (Who knew it could be so hard to find 4 varieties of caps in one place)?

Anyway, brought home a server from work Friday, that has sat unused because it wouldn't get past 'Verifying DMI Pool data' on boot.

I spent Fri & Sat removing boards and messing with the BIOS. It wasn't long before the configuration was a motherboard, 1 stick of 256MB ram, and a video card.

Still wouldn't get past Verifying DMI Pool data.

Went back into BIOS and...