Anytime I see corrosion on capacitors, I know the MB is toast and I don't waste my time trying to flog a dead horse.

unlike rick I am NOT fond of soldering.

Christopher C. Charles
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:16:30 -0500
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Post Failure
> 
> The other symptom is bulging (domed) tops...
> A very bad sign of EOL if not "dealt with"...
> 
> I have replaced small numbers of CAPS, but it is not easy as
> the MBs are multilayer, easy to damage, and hard to get the "right" caps,
> or to get the holes clean...
> (I'm Gov't trained to solder to NASA specs, so it gave me little or no
> trouble.)
> 
>                                              Rick Glazier
> 
> From: "Kenneth Whyman"
> >5 bucks says the board is bad, just from your description of those caps.
>> That "brown dust" is likely the paste from inside the capacitor that
>> makes
>> it function. That paste sqirted out is a classic symptom of a damaged
>> capacitor. Chuck and replace that board pronto. :)
> 
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