On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:06:21 -0600, Tim <timmib.nospam@excite.not.com>
wrote:

>no-email@all.com wrote on 10 Jan 2008
>
>> I did this and got only one webpage. Yes it does sound
>> like my problem, but there's no followups to tell what to
>> do to fix it. I have the model 6341, not the 6578
>> mentioned on that webpage, but they're likely similar
>> models being in the 6xxx series. Maybe it's just time to
>> get rid of this thing and go back to my old 700mhz system
>> until I can buy something newer. I cant go much newer
>> anyhow, because I want to continue with win98. Xp is not
>> my thing, and I wont even consider Vista.
>>
>
>I got 2500 hits .... this seemed pertinent, if not typical:
>

Maybe I should have not used the "quotes" in the search.

>http://forums.techguy.org/t182983.html
>
I've been reading this. Seems these boards were created with bad
caps. All I can figure is the caps they used were poorly made. Heck,
I have electronics devices that are much older and dont have this
problem.

I DO NOT have any caps with bulges or noticable leaking. But I can
still assume there is one that's not up to snuff. I'd guess that by
the time I buy all new caps and replace them all, I may as well just
buy a new motherboard. The thing is that I need one that can ue the
same CPU, memory, and will fit in the case. Not only to save money,
but also because I dont want some of the newer mobos that cant run
Win98 and 2K. I have no intention to upgrade Windows beyond 2K.

I doubt this is a heat issue, especially this time of year, when I
keep the heat turned down to 60 deg. in the house when I am away.
Just for the heck of it, I will try another PSU. I got several that
will power the thing, even if they may not physically fit in the case.
I rarely even put the cover on the case anyhow, so I can rig something
up if that does actually solve the problem, or just buy a PSU that
will fit, after testing with another PSU.

>from 2004, several down from original post,
>
> "Hello, I have a simillary problem with 2 netvista 6342,
>after call IBM about this problem, they told me, it's a
>malfunction of the capacitors around the processeur."
>
>You can look at the capacitors on the mb and specifically around
>the cpu to see if there are any pots with domed heads and or
>leaks.
>
>>I really doubt this is a software issue anyhow. Because
>>yesterday when I did the reboot and it was running so slow
>>the mouse cursor would barely move, I shut down to Dos, and
>>when I typed DIR, it took at least a minute to *slowly* show
>>all the dirs in the root directory of C:, and finally get
>>back to the C: prompt.
>
>This really does sound like a mb & heat situation. On one
>machine the heat from a tv pci card was enough to throw the
>duron 1100 cpu temp to 47 degrees and more. And, the system got
>very peculiar! <g> A fan and some relocating of cards fixed
>this and brought the cpu temp down to 37C.
>
>As for new mb's ... I had decided to go with an AM2 board. So,
>first I've got xp sp2 running on my ol' gigabyte G7xe with a
>duron 1000mhz as a test, so to speak. <s&g> It is more stable
>in some situations but is still too obnoxiously M$. Still, it
>is possible to clean down a bunch of services and media related
>junk ... but not exactly a clean machine. LOL!
>
>Last time I looked there were some mbs on NewEgg which had
>driver support for 98se, and most support 2K I think.
>
>Be well,
>
>Tim