shuttle AK35GT and Athlon 1800+ dead

[mook Johnson]

Gents,

I have a shuttle mobo and CPU that suddendly stopped booting. No post...no
bios...nothing.

I read that the capacitors from boards of that era were suspect so I
inspected the capacitors and found a few that were bulging. Replaced all
values that size with Rubcon low esr replacents. Still no boot, no post.

The last thing I found with that system is that there were print jobs that
were queued up for the printer and the CPU was at 100% all the time. Could
that have fried the CPU and the power supply caps on the mobo?

I'm trying got decide if its worth finding a new 1800+ or similar on ebay
and get the board working again so I can pass it along to my parents.

I've already taken the oppertunity to upgrade my current system.

 

[Rod Speed]

Gents,

Wot abart us peasants ?

I have a shuttle mobo and CPU that suddendly stopped booting. No post...no bios...nothing.

I read that the capacitors from boards of that era were suspect so I
inspected the capacitors and found a few that were bulging. Replaced
all values that size with Rubcon low esr replacents. Still no boot, no post.

Not all bad caps are visibly bad. Thats likely the problem,
or you buggered the board replacing the ones you replaced.

The last thing I found with that system is that there were print jobs that were queued up for the
printer and the CPU was at 100% all the time. Could that have fried the CPU and the power supply
caps on the mobo?
Nope.

I'm trying got decide if its worth finding a new 1800+ or similar on ebay and get the board
working again so I can pass it along to my parents.

Its very unlikely that the cpu has been killed.
Much more likely to be a bad motherboard.

Worth trying another power supply, it might
just have died and the caps may have killed it.

I've already taken the oppertunity to upgrade my current system.

If it isnt the power supply, likely best to just bin it or sell the cpu on ebay.