If it's through-hole (not surface mount) caps and you have a reasonably fine tipped soldering iron, I'd give it a shot yourself, it really isn't too difficult. A desoldering pump would probably help (can be gotten at microcenter or online pretty cheap, or you could borrow mine if you're in the north metro)<div><br></div><div>Also, if you don't mind me asking, what gave you the idea that the capacitors are the issue? <br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 18:27 Dan Armbrust <<a href="mailto:daniel.armbrust.list@gmail.com">daniel.armbrust.list@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">This particular box is a frontend and backend (and NAS) in one... so it handles all my <br>
recording OTA.<br>
<br>
I could probably move my recording cards to my main computer... but then I still have to <br>
come up with an entire new frontend.<br>
<br>
I've always been happy with mythtv while it was in the "its working" stage... which is <br>
usually would sit at for years at a time.<br>
<br>
And then, I'd get *smart* and try to upgrade it to current, or upgrade the OS... and spend <br>
the next 2 days re-learning mythtv all over again :)<br>
<br>
If I can get the caps (which I've already ordered) soldered on for a reasonable price... <br>
its certainly the easiest option at the moment since everything else works.<br>
<br>
I'm just afraid that caps on a motherboard is beyond my skill level with a soldering <br>
iron.... but I'll try anyway :)<br>
<br>
If/when that fails... I guess I'll have to figure out if I can put a modern MB in this <br>
case, or if I'm truly starting from scratch and building a new NAS / Tuner / frontend box.<br>
<br>
<br>
Dan<br>
<br>
<br>
On 08/13/2018 05:29 PM, Kathryn Hogg wrote:<br>
> I jumped to Plex when I got tired of MythTv.<br>
><br>
> On August 13, 2018 5:25:08 PM Clug <<a href="mailto:tclug@freakzilla.com" target="_blank">tclug@freakzilla.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> This is proooobably not the answer you want, but I was a die-hard MythTV<br>
>> user for *years*, but even I gave up on it.<br>
>><br>
>> I'd say get a Raspberry PI and throw Kodi/OpenELEC on it. It'll cost you<br>
>> less than replacing capacitors would.<br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, 13 Aug 2018, Dan Armbrust wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Does anyone know if there is someplace in town that would take a shot at<br>
>>> replacing some blown capacitors on a motherboard?<br>
>>><br>
>>> At least, I'm 99% sure they are why it won't boot anymore.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I'd just replace the board, but its too old, and nobody sells socket 775<br>
>>> boards anymore with the right sockets to work in my mythtv frontend.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Alternatively, if anyone still uses mythtv, do you have up-to-date<br>
>>> recommendations on building a low-power frontend these days?<br>
>>><br>
>>> I hate to abandon so much other working hardware that does the job fine<br>
>>> (tuners, etc) simply because I can't find a board to put them back into.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Dan<br>
>>><br>
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