Hi!
> Here is my dilemma... troubleshooting an old Gateway FLEXATXSTC PC...
If I'm remembering correctly, this is the "little" PC built around the
so-called "Brookings" board. It's a cute little thing but every one I've
seen has serious thermal issues that take their toll over the years. Gateway
just didn't build these with enough airflow!
You probably have more capacitor replacement to do, and you may have to
check the power supply since the caps in there suffer as well. In fact, I'd
recap the whole motherboard if you haven't. In whatever you quoted below, I
saw the suggestion that only capacitors which looked distressed needed to be
replaced. That is incorrect--capacitors can and do fail without visual
indications of the failure.
RAM is the biggest thing. Max it out. Consider a newer and faster hard
drive--anything on the market today will be an improvement. This system does
have a 137GB capacity limit and will hang up at POST if you use a bigger
drive. You can't do much for video, there is no AGP slot. The Intel onboard
graphics aren't too bad for this system.
William
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