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"Well, maybe we could figure out something..... Caribbean? yea, nm...probably not" :lol:
I need to just get them working and put them out for ~$20 to help out some needy people...that is what I...
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True for both the repair and the eBay motherboard, and failure in either case can be chaulked as a reason for revenge learning experience. :
My track record with at least 15 bad mobos (probably...
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Too bad I'm so far away.
I have a bunch of dead PC's, that if I had mobos for, I could fix them up and give them to some of the needy locals.
Unlike larrymoemcurly, I do not have the ability nor...
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Electrolytic capacitors can fail without pronounced visible signs. If there's any visible damage it needs to go. Caps are generally easier and cheaper to replace than other components that could...
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Yes it'd be no different than the ones you did prior. IMO though, if it isnt broke yet, just leave it.
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Here are some really bad leakers, but in some power supplies (but never motherboards) the capacitors are held in place with glue that eventually turns brown and crusty:
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i think i found what the leaky/crusty capacitor effects.
the computer lost about 2 hours in BIOS time.
i just changed the CMOS battery about 3 weeks ago.
i had the switch on the PSU off.
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Pics of leaky/crusty looking capacitor would be helpful.
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those are the kind that I use to get caps from!
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I don't know the exact answer to that question, but I can tell you that I've seen computers that took a bad hit from our erratic electricity, and the hard drive got zapped into uselessness, so it may...
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A bad cap or any disturbance in the power can make the computer write junk data to the HD, but that's about it.
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Generally by the time a capacitor leaks or swells, it's in really bad shape, and there's a good chance that other caps of that size and model in the same circuit are also starting to go bad. You may...
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yesterday i notice a finger thickness capacitor near the CPU on an aopen MB ($43 5-6 years ago) that was leaky/crusty looking, but the computer itself seems to run fine for now. so at some point in...
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Spending caps for $10-20 (delivered price) will probably result in a motherboard that can easily least at least 5 more years. OTOH a $10 eBay replacement motherboard has a good chance of containing...
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You are thinking of replacing a cap on a MB that is 6 years old and cost $40 THEN?
Really?
Just go on Ebay and get a $10 replacement...what socket was it?
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Assuming the person has full backups of their data. Everybody makes backups, right? :lol:
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Aside from a BSOD at an inopportune time, how else would a leaky cap on a mobo affect the magnetically stored data on the platter of his hard drive?
As for the OP's question, yes you should...
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You can replace bad caps. Used to be more common practice.
Some machines are pretty tolerant of a few flakey caps. Others start acting really weird.
I have a desktop with leaking caps and I've...
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It turns out some brands or models of caps don't bulge or leak on top when they go bad because they leak past the rubber plug on bottom. The only reliable way to check caps is by measuring both...
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You seem to be referring to a power surge of some sort or dirty power that killed your PSU... a leaky mobo cap wont matter in either case in terms of protecting an HDD.
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This is more inline with what i was thinking. The chances of wiping it completely seem immeasurably low but still a good practice and advice that should always be heeded none the less.
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I hear ya, but I'm just not sure that it can't happen.
Let's put it another way. If I saw that I had bad caps on a computer that had precious data. I would copy all that data, just to not take a...
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It could also result in a board that doesn't work at all.
What is the socket? I'll send you one of the random boards I have in the basement for shipping and $5 gas money :) they are mostly P4's....
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If you've got leaking caps, I would backup anything important you've got on that computer and I wouldn't trust it with anything important. If you've got one capacitor going bad, don't be surprised...
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So..... replace it or if it ain't broke, don't fix it?
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i looked at the top of all the caps and they arent bulging or leaking, just that one so far.
i had to buy a DVD player power supply capacitor a while back, which i purchased form radio shack. ...
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i agree, it did not look very bad yet.
