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28-Oct-2009, 01:51 PM #1
Floppy Disk Issue More Than Just The Drive
My unkle has got a problem with his floppy disk drive. I took it out and put a different one into it and it still didnt work. I looked at the motherboard and 3 of the capacitors are bulging up and 2 of them are almost covered in a brown powder sort of stuff. Shall I just recoment he gets a new computer as I am amazed that it even boots as it is to be honest.
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28-Oct-2009, 02:12 PM #2
Good grief!!! that sounds pretty bad...
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29-Oct-2009, 12:00 PM #3
Shall I just sudgest a new computer to him then?
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29-Oct-2009, 07:34 PM #4
Yes. Bulging capacitors are a disaster waiting to happen. He could replace the motherboard, but what if the problem is caused by the power supply, etc., etc., etc.
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29-Oct-2009, 07:39 PM #5
You can get the board re-capped.
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30-Oct-2009, 12:37 PM #6
I don't think it would be worth it for an old hp i-media with about 20gb hard drive and 800mhz CPU. I have a computer he could probably have instead. Thanks for all the help.
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