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Weird/smelly problem with Skybuck's DreamPC2006 and CPU fan not spinning

Started by skybuck2000 October 14, 2021
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Corvid <bl@ckbirds.net> wrote:

> Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!xUOiStaTX9GQDNXPji0+sg.user.46.165.242.75.POSTED!not-for-mail > From: Corvid <bl@ckbirds.net> > Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design > Subject: Re: Weird/smelly problem with Skybuck's DreamPC2006 and CPU fan not spinning > Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:17:43 -0700 > Organization: The 27 Club > Message-ID: <ska6pn$1tau$1@gioia.aioe.org> > References: <2d5ff929-9d95-4622-9533-2f6d2c0c369dn@googlegroups.com> > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Injection-Info: gioia.aioe.org; logging-data="62814"; posting-host="xUOiStaTX9GQDNXPji0+sg.user.gioia.aioe.org"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@aioe.org"; > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.13.0 > Content-Language: en-US > X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.9.2 > Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org sci.electronics.design:649144 > > On 10/14/21 12:18 AM, skybuck2000 wrote: >> 2. Put some new artic silver 5 on the cpu. >> >> 3. Struggled to get the scythe ninja heatsink on it, pulled it off >> then put it back on ? I know this is bad but how bad exactly ? Could >> this have created an air pocket between CPU and Heatsink ? > > Arctic Silver usually wants you to apply a dot or a line. If you just > "put some", well... > > http://www.arcticsilver.com/methods.html > >
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skybuck2000 <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> wrote:

> X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:2544:: with SMTP id s4mr21310984qko.219.1634541925524; Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:25:25 -0700 (PDT) > X-Received: by 2002:a25:5ed6:: with SMTP id s205mr29301602ybb.31.1634541925370; Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:25:25 -0700 (PDT) > Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.misty.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail > Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design > Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:25:25 -0700 (PDT) > In-Reply-To: <cb197864-2895-4c67-83ae-d71bc7c6be02n@googlegroups.com> > Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=84.25.28.171; posting-account=np6u_wkAAADxbE7UBGUIOm-csir6aX02 > NNTP-Posting-Host: 84.25.28.171 > References: <2d5ff929-9d95-4622-9533-2f6d2c0c369dn@googlegroups.com> <cb197864-2895-4c67-83ae-d71bc7c6be02n@googlegroups.com> > User-Agent: G2/1.0 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Message-ID: <27d46f99-da49-4f8a-8328-164c75e75478n@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: Weird/smelly problem with Skybuck's DreamPC2006 and CPU fan not spinning > From: skybuck2000 <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> > Injection-Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 07:25:25 +0000 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Lines: 32 > Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org sci.electronics.design:649553 > > Both motherboards were second hand/used by others, they were the only socket 939 motherboards I could get at the time. > > My best guess is that the second/backup motherboard was probably in a very hot system. When it was sold to me it was removed from that system and immediately put into the static bag. Perhaps whoever did that did not wipe off enemy eletrolyte from the capacitator. > > That would be my best guess to what happened to the backup motherboard. > > Either that or the many summers somehow caused the electrolyte to also put pressure on those caps even while powered off in a box in a closest ??!? > > Would such a thing be possible at all ? > > For now explanation 1 seems more likely then explanation 2 :) > > However there could also be a third explanation maybe some kind of chemical reaction maybe introduced by bacteria deep inside the capacitator/electrolyte. > > This last explanation also seems somewhat reasonable. I am not sure if there are any bacterias that eat electrolyte and produce gas possibly making this brown stuff bubble up. > > Though my best guess is bacteria will evolve to eat anything so it's a reasonable hypothesis. > > It might even be a new bacteria that has adepted to our electronics/electrolyte, now that be be an interesting find ! ;) > > Bye for now, > Skybuck. > >
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skybuck2000 <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> wrote:

> X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:4150:: with SMTP id k16mr17377044qko.357.1634543145415; Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:45:45 -0700 (PDT) > X-Received: by 2002:a25:cf8d:: with SMTP id f135mr8854068ybg.468.1634543145269; Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:45:45 -0700 (PDT) > Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.misty.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail > Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design > Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:45:45 -0700 (PDT) > In-Reply-To: <cb197864-2895-4c67-83ae-d71bc7c6be02n@googlegroups.com> > Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=84.25.28.171; posting-account=np6u_wkAAADxbE7UBGUIOm-csir6aX02 > NNTP-Posting-Host: 84.25.28.171 > References: <2d5ff929-9d95-4622-9533-2f6d2c0c369dn@googlegroups.com> <cb197864-2895-4c67-83ae-d71bc7c6be02n@googlegroups.com> > User-Agent: G2/1.0 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Message-ID: <14b4f7a7-2ed7-430d-81ad-e5788c0b5259n@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: Weird/smelly problem with Skybuck's DreamPC2006 and CPU fan not spinning > From: skybuck2000 <skybuck2000@hotmail.com> > Injection-Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 07:45:45 +0000 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > Lines: 25 > Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org sci.electronics.design:649555 > > Thanks for replieing Paul, > > I just checked high-resolution images of the old motherboard with dust on it and such and brownish/black stuff on top of capacitators. > > It does indeed look like damaged/failed/wonky capacitators. > > One of them is near the south bridge/nforce4 chip where the tiny little ventilator is. > > This could explain why the tiny little ventilator would stop spinning. > > One or more of the capacitators near it failed/was wonky. > > Unfortunately I didn't bother to take any pictures of the backup motherboard, but I can remember seeing the same kind of brownish blackish stuff on capacitators higher up probably near CPU. > > So this again could explain why the CPU fan does not want to stay on for much longer. Capacitator is somehow bad ? > > Maybe the capacitator cannot hold on to some kind of charge for too long and thus the CPU fan stops spinning as the capacitator is drained from power much more quickly. > > This kinda makes some sense to me ! > > (I dont have filezilla on my laptop otherwise I could upload some pictures, but this textual description will have to do for now). > > (I did make a video of the backup motherboard, maybe I delete it but some are still there... so there is a chance I can find a video of it) > > Bye, > Skybuck. > >
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=?UTF-8?B?8J+QriBDb3dzIGFyZSBOaWNlIPCfkK4=?= <nice@cows.moo>
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Covid-19 <always.look@message.header>
Corvid <bl@ckbirds.net>
Corvid <bl@ckbirds.org>
Cows Are Nice <cows@nice.moo>
Cows are nice <moo@cows.org>
Cows are Nice <nice@cows.moo>
dogs <dogs@home.com>
Edward H. <dtgamer99@gmail.com>
Edward Hernandez <dtgamer99@gmail.com>
Great Pumpkin <pumpkin@patch.net>
Jose Curvo <jcurvo@mymail.com>
Local Favorite <how2recycle@palomar.info>
Peter Weiner <dtgamer99@gmail.com>
Sea <freshness@coast.org>
Standard Poodle <standard@poodle.com>
triangles <build@home.com>
and others...

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Edward Hernandez <dtgamer99@gmail.com> wrote:

> Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.uzoreto.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed9.news.xs4all.nl!news-out.netnews.com!news.alt.net!fdc2.netnews.com!peer01.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer01.ams4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!fx12.ams4.POSTED!not-for-mail > From: Edward Hernandez <dtgamer99@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Weird/smelly problem with Skybuck's DreamPC2006 and CPU fan not spinning > Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design > References: <2d5ff929-9d95-4622-9533-2f6d2c0c369dn@googlegroups.com> <sk8p15$bql$1@gioia.aioe.org> <skk1iu$gsn$7@dont-email.me> > Lines: 18 > Message-ID: <CkgbJ.1131616$dFHd.871710@usenetxs.com> > X-Complaints-To: https://www.astraweb.com/aup > NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 15:24:18 UTC > Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 15:24:18 GMT > X-Received-Bytes: 1250 > Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org sci.electronics.design:649610 > > The John Doe troll stated the following in message-id > <sdhn7c$pkp$4@dont-email.me>: > >> The troll doesn't even know how to format a USENET post... > > And the John Doe troll stated the following in message-id > <sg3kr7$qt5$1@dont-email.me>: > >> The reason Bozo cannot figure out how to get Google to keep from >> breaking its lines in inappropriate places is because Bozo is >> CLUELESS... > > And yet, the clueless John Doe troll has itself posted yet another > incorrectly formatted USENET posting on Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:50:06 -0000 > (UTC) in message-id <skk1iu$gsn$7@dont-email.me>. > > 17BfZH0qOPr/ > > >
A nym-shifting stalker, usually "Corvid" also "Charger Boy".
Was spanked hard in (sci.electronics.repair)...

see also...
=?UTF-8?Q?C=c3=b6rvid?= <bl@ckbirds.org>
=?UTF-8?B?8J+QriBDb3dzIGFyZSBOaWNlIPCfkK4=?= <nice@cows.moo>
Banders <snap@mailchute.com>
Covid-19 <always.look@message.header>
Corvid <bl@ckbirds.net>
Corvid <bl@ckbirds.org>
Cows Are Nice <cows@nice.moo>
Cows are nice <moo@cows.org>
Cows are Nice <nice@cows.moo>
dogs <dogs@home.com>
Edward H. <dtgamer99@gmail.com>
Edward Hernandez <dtgamer99@gmail.com>
Great Pumpkin <pumpkin@patch.net>
Jose Curvo <jcurvo@mymail.com>
Local Favorite <how2recycle@palomar.info>
Peter Weiner <dtgamer99@gmail.com>
Sea <freshness@coast.org>
Standard Poodle <standard@poodle.com>
triangles <build@home.com>
and others...

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Edward Hernandez <dtgamer99@gmail.com> wrote:

> Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.mixmin.net!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!peer02.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer01.ams4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!fx12.ams4.POSTED!not-for-mail > From: Edward Hernandez <dtgamer99@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Weird/smelly problem with Skybuck's DreamPC2006 and CPU fan not spinning > Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design,free.spam > References: <2d5ff929-9d95-4622-9533-2f6d2c0c369dn@googlegroups.com> <ska6pn$1tau$1@gioia.aioe.org> <skk1je$gsn$8@dont-email.me> > Lines: 18 > Message-ID: <FkgbJ.1131617$dFHd.754132@usenetxs.com> > X-Complaints-To: https://www.astraweb.com/aup > NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 15:24:21 UTC > Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 15:24:21 GMT > X-Received-Bytes: 1261 > Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org sci.electronics.design:649611 free.spam:16238 > > The John Doe troll stated the following in message-id > <sdhn7c$pkp$4@dont-email.me>: > >> The troll doesn't even know how to format a USENET post... > > And the John Doe troll stated the following in message-id > <sg3kr7$qt5$1@dont-email.me>: > >> The reason Bozo cannot figure out how to get Google to keep from >> breaking its lines in inappropriate places is because Bozo is >> CLUELESS... > > And yet, the clueless John Doe troll has itself posted yet another > incorrectly formatted USENET posting on Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:50:22 -0000 > (UTC) in message-id <skk1je$gsn$8@dont-email.me>. > > MIrjfL897+nU > > >