SN45G V2 major headaches :(

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ElectroBlaster

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Im having some problems with my shuttle:

It shuts down if the cpu is set at its correct setting and this red light shines on the board, its so powerfull i can see it thru the case vents

the usb2 ports keep shutting down, its random

so is this thing on its way out? if it is then im a bit peeved but it has lasted me 4years of constant 24/7 abuse

EDIT: forgot the specs

2800 Barton
audigy 1
radeon 9600 aiw
200watt psu (forgot which model - havent opened this shuttle for years)
 
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Thanx m8, some good tips there. I shall get this sorted out tonight.
Im thinking about adding an 120mm fan on the back using a shroud adaptor, but leaving the ice fan still connected, do you think that would help or should I remove the ice fan completely?

:)

EDIT: lol im mad, I found an oldish post I had already made about this problem, I really should check what im doing
 
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Arghhh apart from choking to death from the dust (and i mean loads of dust)
I have found something nasty :(
The psu is an Achme 200watt and one of the capacitors inside just under the rear vents looks slightly domed, ive seen this before and it spells trouble.
I have cleaned the ice unit out and im embarrased to say it was minging, so bad infact it made me choke and i had to wash my mouth out after blowing the dust away lol. Im hoping this will work as a temp fix until I can buy a silent-x psu (if you can still buy them?)
 
I decided to fit an 120mm fan with one of them shroud adaptors and its done wonders, I have shaved at least 10c off the cpu temps and it seems steady as a rock so far :D
The fan I used isnt as good as I wouldve hoped tho, its an aercool turbine (has more blades than a normal fan) but could shift a bit more air imho

So im going to hunt for a better one, just dont know which make to get
 
Arghh im cursed :( The way things are going things dont look good at all.
Im having all sorts of goofy problems including the video card blacking out, the aiw rage theatre drivers refuse to work and im getting weird stalling problems with the lan and browsing pages.

Oh and im getting this squealing noise aswell, its more apparrant when the machine is working hard

Also checked the voltage lines with aida32 and the 12v is down to 11.74v and it changes a lot, are these symptons of a bad psu?
 
Just been looking about and I have found out its possible to repair these achme psu's easy (well it is easy with the right parts by the looks of it)

Im defo having issues with this thing, every 1 in 10 reboots will make the gfx card work correctly, the gfx hasnt got a power header on it and its passive, which was the main reason I chose it

The pauses are lan related (I think?) the machine doesnt freeze it just gives up and wont do whats its told, my mates pc did this when the board started to fail and it got worse as time went on

Im tempted to leave a normal sized psu hanging out the back and see if that works as a temp fix, then I will source some replacement capacitors and see how it goes
 
It has to be m8, this shuttle has performed flawlessly on the same install with the same drivers, bios etc for nearly 4years now, Ive not changed anything and then recently it decides to go flakey. I may have been my lazyness by not cleaning it out enougth tho and that helped it finally go
 
The plot thickens, I have turned over my aria dual-core setup to the htpc task for now, I put the radeon 9600aiw into this system and it works fine apart from the flaming noise.

I then put an older 9200aiw into the shuttle and it works perfectly, im still getting the problem of the time being forgotton tho, I cant fathom that one out?
 
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