Yes, I'd checked the capacitors (and the rest of the board) for signs of
damage, but found nothing untoward.
I've now tried Tim's suggestion of pre-charging the capacitors, but no luck
there.
A pity: I'd already laid out the scraper and a wire brush to scour XP off
the disk, but it seems I may have to re-think my plans.
Any advance on "motherboard capacitor failure"?
Chris.
On 11/06/07, Tim B - Systems <SysAdmin@???> wrote:
>
> I've got the same problem on a pentium 3 board. It will eventually fail,
> but
> generally waiting after plugging the power in and letting the Capacitors
> charge for a few minutes before switching on works.
>
> Tim B.
>
>
> On Monday 11 June 2007 13:29, Brian Chivers wrote:
> > Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
> > > Can anyone suggest a reason for the following?
> > >
> > > On power-up from cold, the "power on" light flickers, the fan blades
> > > jump and then ...... nothing.
> > >
> > > Very occasionally, the machine will start and run normally.
> > >
> > > Identical symptoms with two different power supplies.
> > >
> > > Any ideas? The machine is a Medion MD177A
> > >
> > > Chris.
> >
> > Have you checked the capacitors on the motherboard, make sure they are
> all
> > flat on top and not domed slightly, if they are I'm sorry to say it's
> the
> > motherboard on the way out, you've been hit by the dreaded "Exploding
> > Capacitors" problem.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
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