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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