PIII motherboards

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Are PIII motherboards still available?

My son, a college student, bought a mini-tower system from CompUSA several
years ago. It's a PIII 500 on a mini-ATX motherboard. Recently, it wouldn't
POST. My son took it to the pc doctor who diagnosed a blown capacitor on
the motherboard. My son explained that as a student, he couldn't afford a
new PC, so the they tried to see if they could find a replacement
capacitor. No such luck.

Without stripping the case and removing the motherboard, all I could find
out is that it's got a VIA chipset and an Award bios. Given its age, the
USB ports are 1.x and the AGP slot is probably ancient.

My son can't afford to replace the motherboard, CPU, memory, etc. to
upgrade to something P-IV based and it's possible the power supply would be
insufficient if he could. Unfortunately, the label on the power supply is
obscured by the chassis, so it too would require removal for further
identification.

Does anyone know what motherboard would be a good replacement and where he
could find one? I'm familiar with AMD motherboards, but am clueless when it
comes to Intel.

Thanks,

Bob
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If all that is wrong is a blown capacitor it can be fixed. The replacement does not have to be an exact match. It is most likely an electrolytic filter capacitor, in which case any capacitor the has the same or higher voltage and capacitance rating should work.
 
If all that is wrong is a blown capacitor it can be fixed. The replacement
does not have to be an exact match. It is most likely an electrolytic filter
capacitor, in which case any capacitor the has the same or higher voltage
and capacitance rating should work.
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No, you can't just use a cap with compatible voltage and capacitance
rating. The vast majority of caps that fail on boards are of the low-ESR
variety, and a generic cap (like found at Radio Shack for example) will
not be appropriate, may not work well enough or quickly wear out.
 
It's a PIII 500 on a mini-ATX motherboard. Recently, it wouldn't
POST. My son took it to the pc doctor who diagnosed a blown capacitor on
the motherboard. My son explained that as a student, he couldn't afford a
new PC, so the they tried to see if they could find a replacement
capacitor. No such luck.
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find a dead MoBo & took off some good caps, this way I do ...

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If all that is wrong is a blown capacitor it can be fixed. The replacement does not have to be an exact match. It is most likely an electrolytic filter capacitor, in which case any capacitor the has the same or higher voltage and capacitance rating should work.
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Mike,

I'm afraid that's beyond my talent and tools.

Bob
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Bob said:
Mike,

I'm afraid that's beyond my talent and tools.
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LOL, mine too. I tried it once on my good old Abit BX 133 RAID board. I was
sad to see that board go, seven of the large capacitors were bulging and it
would only run for 30 seconds before powering off. I had a Tualatin Celly
1.3 and upgradeware adapter in it, the CPU is just sitting on the shelf now.
:-(
 
Are PIII motherboards still available?

My son, a college student, bought a mini-tower system from CompUSA several
years ago. It's a PIII 500 on a mini-ATX motherboard. Recently, it wouldn't
POST. My son took it to the pc doctor who diagnosed a blown capacitor on
the motherboard. My son explained that as a student, he couldn't afford a
new PC, so the they tried to see if they could find a replacement
capacitor. No such luck.

Without stripping the case and removing the motherboard, all I could find
out is that it's got a VIA chipset and an Award bios. Given its age, the
USB ports are 1.x and the AGP slot is probably ancient.

My son can't afford to replace the motherboard, CPU, memory, etc. to
upgrade to something P-IV based and it's possible the power supply would be
insufficient if he could. Unfortunately, the label on the power supply is
obscured by the chassis, so it too would require removal for further
identification.

Does anyone know what motherboard would be a good replacement and where he
could find one? I'm familiar with AMD motherboards, but am clueless when it
comes to Intel.

Thanks,

Bob
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I went ahead yesterday and stripped down the case.

I couldn't find any brand name or manufacturer name. It does appear to be a
micro-ATX, 8.125" x 9.6125", Slot 1 board.

There were no identifying marks on the top. On the bottom in one corner
was:

E52914
SFL 40V0
94V-0
9945
PWB 20720-001

Does anyone have a clue as to what this might be?

Thanks again,

Bob
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I couldn't find any brand name or manufacturer name. It does appear to be a
micro-ATX, 8.125" x 9.6125", Slot 1 board.

There were no identifying marks on the top. On the bottom in one corner
was:

E52914
SFL 40V0
94V-0
9945
PWB 20720-001

Does anyone have a clue as to what this might be?
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http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&star...identify/serial/mainboard/mb_vtech.html&e=912

(att. may wrap!)

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& visit my site @ http://www.spajky.vze.com
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Are PIII motherboards still available?

My son, a college student, bought a mini-tower system from CompUSA several
years ago. It's a PIII 500 on a mini-ATX motherboard. Recently, it wouldn't
POST. My son took it to the pc doctor who diagnosed a blown capacitor on
the motherboard. My son explained that as a student, he couldn't afford a
new PC, so the they tried to see if they could find a replacement
capacitor. No such luck.
Click to expand...

If all you need to do is replace the capacitor then just do it. It doesn't
have to be the same brand, just match the capacitance and voltage ratings.
 
Compusa Piii Motherboard

Bob said:
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> Are PIII motherboards still available?
>
> My son, a college student, bought a mini-tower system from CompUSA several
> years ago. It's a PIII 500 on a mini-ATX motherboard. Recently, it wouldn't
> POST. My son took it to the pc doctor who diagnosed a blown capacitor on
> the motherboard. My son explained that as a student, he couldn't afford a
> new PC, so the they tried to see if they could find a replacement
> capacitor. No such luck.
>
> Without stripping the case and removing the motherboard, all I could find
> out is that it's got a VIA chipset and an Award bios. Given its age, the
> USB ports are 1.x and the AGP slot is probably ancient.
>
> My son can't afford to replace the motherboard, CPU, memory, etc. to
> upgrade to something P-IV based and it's possible the power supply would be
> insufficient if he could. Unfortunately, the label on the power supply is
> obscured by the chassis, so it too would require removal for further
> identification.
>
> Does anyone know what motherboard would be a good replacement and where he
> could find one? I'm familiar with AMD motherboards, but am clueless when it
> comes to Intel.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob
> Remove 'Not' to send me email.
>
I went ahead yesterday and stripped down the case.

I couldn't find any brand name or manufacturer name. It does appear to be a
micro-ATX, 8.125" x 9.6125", Slot 1 board.

There were no identifying marks on the top. On the bottom in one corner
was:

E52914
SFL 40V0
94V-0
9945
PWB 20720-001

Does anyone have a clue as to what this might be?

Thanks again,

Bob
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I have a PIII 500MHZ COMPUSA MOTHERBOARD AND WILL SELL IT FOR
$19.95 or I will repair it by replacing the capicators for $12.95.

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We have a COMPUSA PIII 500MHZ motherboard for sale for $19.95 if your interested or we will replace the capacitors for $14.95.

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