I doubt the motherboards are dying from overheating. I even had an air conditioner running in the shed over the summer to keep that under control (kept it around 72-78ºF). It looks like the caps are starting to ooze just from age. The 603e is a cool running processor anyhow--- cooler than the G3, right?

I'd use a 68k for the server if I could get a huge SCSI hard drive. Right now I have a 60gb ATA drive in the server and it's nearly full. I don't have any ATA-based 68k machines in my collection.

The beige G3 is a reliable machine, but I just need to make room for it. I barely have enough storage for all my other household crap, let alone another computer out there. I need to build some more shelving I guess....