OT: Need PC MB help!

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Fri Dec 24 08:42:51 1999

At 08:53 PM 12/23/99 -0800, Sellam Ismail wrote:
>Anyway, I have a bad pentium MB that I'd like to use for parts. The
>transistor that blew is HB1084 5C (what is that?) The one on the salvage
>MB is D45H2A. Are they compatible?
>I'm hoping one of you electronics gurus can help me out. I have to get
>this system rady cuz Santa's got to deliver it tomorrow.

I called Santa's workshop, and they said it would be easier to
get the nephew a cheap Celeron motherboard from any ol' computer
shop in your well-stocked neighborhood, and fix the other MB some
other day.

Something went wrong to blow the transistor. The transistor became
a fuse. Replacing the transistor doesn't fix the problem. When the
second transistor blows, you will receive enlightenment.

- John
Received on Fri Dec 24 1999 - 08:42:51 GMT