[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
sr> I can almost guarantee the capacitors are oozing onto the motherboard.
Sure enough, six of the capacitors alongside the
cpu are bulging. All are from the same manufacturer.
The problem is well documented.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
I'm tempted to try to replace the caps. The only
deterent is fear of breaking one of the delicate
traces on the p.c.b. Has anyone succeeded in
resurrecting a board from this failure?
*sigh*, multiple times. The hardest thing is removing the old caps and
desoldering the holes, but all in all it's not that bad. Keep the iron hot
enough to melt the solder but not hot enough to damage the trace. Practicing
on an old board first would be a good idea of course.
FYI, you don't need to match the voltage of the caps, just the capacitance and
diameter. Cf. http://www.capacitorlab.com/basic/index.htm
Good luck,
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