-
Hi Guest!
You can help ensure that British Car Forum (BCF) continues to provide a great place to engage in the British car hobby! If you find BCF a beneficial community, please consider supporting our efforts with a subscription.
There are some perks with a member upgrade!**Upgrade Now**
(PS: Subscribers don't see this gawd-aweful banner
Hey - did you know if you click on the title of a thread it will take you to the first unread post since you last visited that thread?
but were afraid to ask: 
STOP!! Never post your email address in open forums. Bots can "harvest" your email! If you must share your email use a Private Message or use the 
smilie in place of the real @
Pretty Please - add it to our Events forum(s) and add to the calendar! >> 
Free computer parts
- Thread starter Steve_S
- Start date
Share this page
OP
Steve_S
Yoda
Offline
Honestly I'm not sure. The machine started intermittantly acting strange... power lamp came on but never reached the post screen. I should have suspected the power supply but I didn't act fast enough. Sure enough the PSU was going bad and it took out the mobo.
I tested the PSU and it failed the low voltage IIRC. I put a new PSU in the machine and it still wouldn't post, so I assume something on the MOBO gave up from the low power. It may be an easy fix but I chose to just replace the entire unit. It's in perfect condition other than the fact that it doesn't work! LOL!
If you're handy with electronics I would bet money you can fix it. I also have a 2.4ghz CPU I might be persuaded to let go with it. I think it still has a couple sticks of RAM in there, too.
I tested the PSU and it failed the low voltage IIRC. I put a new PSU in the machine and it still wouldn't post, so I assume something on the MOBO gave up from the low power. It may be an easy fix but I chose to just replace the entire unit. It's in perfect condition other than the fact that it doesn't work! LOL!
If you're handy with electronics I would bet money you can fix it. I also have a 2.4ghz CPU I might be persuaded to let go with it. I think it still has a couple sticks of RAM in there, too.
GregW
Yoda
Offline
Well, since the tranny was a “no go” maybe the shuttle will make a nice mail box the wife would like. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/shocked.gif Otherwise I could grab it next weekend if you are around. I could even trade it for a pizza (large no less) from Patty’s. They have take and bake so you don’t have to worry about it getting cold, only rising. Suppercar Sunday?
OP
Steve_S
Yoda
Offline
I've built numerous Shuttle mini computers. This is the first one I've had go bad, and it didn't have a lot of use on it. It was my wife's computer and barely got used.
I did find a replacement motherboard, but by the time I bought that, the PSU and whatever else I needed, it wasn't much less than a completely new bare bones system.
I did find a replacement motherboard, but by the time I bought that, the PSU and whatever else I needed, it wasn't much less than a completely new bare bones system.
GregW
Yoda
Offline
Hi Steve,
Before you get rid of it, have you tried putting a different processor in? A bad CPU would keep you from POSTing. Bad memory would at least get some text on the screen before it locked up. The only spare CPU I have is a 370 pin pentium 3. Sounds like that would be yesterdays news for the Shuttle.
Before you get rid of it, have you tried putting a different processor in? A bad CPU would keep you from POSTing. Bad memory would at least get some text on the screen before it locked up. The only spare CPU I have is a 370 pin pentium 3. Sounds like that would be yesterdays news for the Shuttle.