http://cquirke.mvps.org/badcaps.htm
Recently while playing a game, my pc just turned itself off, no shutdown, no power, no startup, nothing, just death. I thought it was the powersuply, so I replaced it, didn't work, then I noticed this:
I have like 6 of them that are popped up like that(thats not the actual MB, thats just an online picture, but they look sick like that, they are kind of a jade or teal colored greenish color too, not blue) with brown in the middle. 5 are bigger ones, 1 is smaller. I know nothing of capacitors or solderng or desoldering, I have others who rre telling me to replace the MB entirely, but I have other info that tells me for roughly $15 I can get new caps, fry these off, weld new ones in, and it should fix it. But I need some education here, there are 3 sizes of those cylinder capacitors at my local radioshack, $1.50 each with a kit to solder them for 9 bucks(desoldering bulb dealie included with the kit). Is there some compatibility issue that will happen if I use these or do I need to seek out special parts(I haven't compared anything other then the actual size of them, is there something inthem that will cause damage if these are in fact the wrong type, or is it "universal"?) what do they do? aside from molten lead what are the risks of doing this myself. If I decide not to screw around with molten lead and electricity how much would a local repare shop charge for this(not a big chain, there are a couple of "fix it" guys who might do this, I might take it in later this week or give them a call, but I'd rather not sound like a dumbass on the phone or get fleeced.)
http://www.ecsusa.com/products/k7sem_v3.html
^thats pretty much the board, but it's an older version of it, v1.0 not v3 I think.
Flux capacitors, not fluxing(where can I get new)
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