Andara Micron Millenia Barebones - Blast from the Past

[Lanyap]

Originally posted by: daveybrat

Originally posted by: Lanyap

Originally posted by: daveybrat
WARNING!!


I ordered 10 of these units as i've got a lot of old processors laying around. Every one of them have bulging and leaking capacitors on them. We are in the process of calling them and trying to get a refund right now. This is unexcusable as they are advertised as new and obviously are not.

:thumbsdown:

The caps on the one I ordered a few months are ok and the unit looks brand new. It even had the clear sticky saran wrap type plastic on both sides of the case for protection. I wonder if they are selling refurbs now. Do you see any other evidence of use like dust inside the case?

No, that's the weird thing, no dust, they all look brand new. Plastic on the outside like you described, and i'll even admit that the motherboards look new. It's just that between 1-4 caps are bad on each board. Completely puffed up with some brown residue on top. We even took pictures and sent them to their tech support. I was really hoping to use these, but not in the condition they are in. Bummer!

Are they the "K" or "+" caps? Maybe they started using the bad caps in the last batch put together by Micron.

I had a few new but bever used motherboards on my shelf for several years and the caps went bad on them before I even used them. 😕

 

[Mallarddrake44]

picked one up for $41

got a 1ghz duron and some ram sitting around.

thanks

sigh, this is DP!

stop signing in on my laptop mallarddrake!

😀

 

[daveybrat]

Originally posted by: Lanyap

Originally posted by: daveybrat

Originally posted by: Lanyap

Originally posted by: daveybrat
WARNING!!


I ordered 10 of these units as i've got a lot of old processors laying around. Every one of them have bulging and leaking capacitors on them. We are in the process of calling them and trying to get a refund right now. This is unexcusable as they are advertised as new and obviously are not.

:thumbsdown:

The caps on the one I ordered a few months are ok and the unit looks brand new. It even had the clear sticky saran wrap type plastic on both sides of the case for protection. I wonder if they are selling refurbs now. Do you see any other evidence of use like dust inside the case?

No, that's the weird thing, no dust, they all look brand new. Plastic on the outside like you described, and i'll even admit that the motherboards look new. It's just that between 1-4 caps are bad on each board. Completely puffed up with some brown residue on top. We even took pictures and sent them to their tech support. I was really hoping to use these, but not in the condition they are in. Bummer!

Are they the "K" or "+" caps? Maybe they started using the bad caps in the last batch put together by Micron.

I had a few new but bever used motherboards on my shelf for several years and the caps went bad on them before I even used them. 😕

They are the + caps, all the K caps are fine.

 

[JWade]

they can still be brand new with bad caps on the boards, they can go bad from sitting.

 

[daveybrat]

Originally posted by: JWade
they can still be brand new with bad caps on the boards, they can go bad from sitting.

that's what appears to have happened. Like i said, they look brand new and must have gone bad sitting in a warehouse for so many years. Still sucks, i was looking forward to using these.

 

[Replay]

Not hard for those with soldering skills to replace a cap or two, but sooner or later another cap will fail if you don't replace the affected batch (which is not worthwhile for an old mobo like this). I have fixed bad caps on motherboards and video cards, usually with some caps pulled from a parts board. The cheap Radio Shack desoldering iron works ok if you don't have access to something better.