the Same Machine is next to me, same Motherboard etc.

I`m now right into Athlon XP Mobility Fun because it runs too hot with XP Classic 😁

I also was curious about finding a Working Shuttle Machine.
Usually they already Dead.
Maybe i should replace all caps before this will happen.

matze79 wrote on 2020-06-11, 16:03:

I also was curious about finding a Working Shuttle Machine.
Usually they already Dead.
Maybe i should replace all caps before this will happen.

Both the power supply (oh joy) and the motherboard!

I've had four of the things (I bought three other SN41G2V2s on ebay as a job lot that had been used as college machines). They've all failed for various reasons. I've managed to cobble together a single working example from the parts that are left from the three ebay boxes, so only two of them are now in working order. It's a shame because for their size, the boards are really well specced (built in IDE, graphics, firewire, USB, LAN, audio including optical in-out), and for their time, they're awesome little boxes.

I suspect the heat kills them - aside from the PSU fans (which are tiny), the only fan to cool the CPU and ventilate the case is a single 80mm at the back blowing air through a heat-pipe radiator. They've always ran hot, even with cooler processors.

The one that is the subject of this thread was a update (v3) and had built-in SATA and a GeForce MX. The replacement board I found on eBay for this unit has SATA, but no onboard graphics. Getting hold of a similar Socket A board is difficult now, they're hard to come by. It's the only reason I want to repair it, if it was the same older model board as the others (IDE only) I'd probably just bin it.

evasive wrote on 2020-06-12, 21:00:

matze79 wrote on 2020-06-11, 16:03:

I also was curious about finding a Working Shuttle Machine.
Usually they already Dead.
Maybe i should replace all caps before this will happen.

Both the power supply (oh joy) and the motherboard!

Oh well in my Athlon 64 Shuttle XPC the Ceramic Capacitors where out of spec inside the PSU.
Its better to replace it fully if defective.