[App_rpt-users] iGoLogic 3386 boards

[David McGough]

That sounds very much like the classic "chronically overheated southbridge
eventually fails" syndrome; which is also common with laptops.
                                                                                                                                                           
Several years ago I started gluing small but beefy heatsinks on
anything I deemed too hot and have had NO failures since that point!
.... Keeping fingers crossed! ....

Happy Holidays!
                                                                                                                                                           
73, David kb4fxc



On Wed, 8 Dec 2010, Jim Nessen wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> Just a heads up to other iGoLogic owners, I have noticed that the batch of machines I purchased a few years ago are starting to fail.  I have gone through 5 motherboards (and the last 2 I own are now dead).  All the failures point to a possible motherboard/cpu issue.
> 
> The machine will start to boot, freeze up during post, and then freeze, other times, it will boot, begin to load linux and then freeze (and by freeze, I mean the machine will stay on, but the monitor will lose signal).  I am able to revive them after several reboots, but only to have them die again a day later.
> 
> I only know of one other board working, and it's a node that is not left on 24x7 (it runs for about 4 hours per day).
> 
> Anyways, just a heads up for other owners, beware of possible failures.
> 
> Jim, K6JWN
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