Replacing motherboad capacitors

[David Lindon]

I just had to replace a blown capacitor on one of my motherboards, mostly for educational experiences. What fun!!

Anyone else have experiences with caps, bent processor pins etc?

 

[IAntDemo]

no m8 lol, is this what it looked like
http://www.asjohnson.com/~asjohn1/images/bad-caps/cpu-cap.jpg

 

[Tulsileaf]

my motherboard was wiped out completely. had to be replaced. wish ye luck

 

[Lord Kalthorn]

Dropped a hammer on a motherboard once Took me three days to get it working again. It lasted about 10 minutes - my solder is always cheap. Wasn't worth enough to get good solder.

 

[ACES WILD]

heh, brings back memories..... every time i've tried to sodder a capacitator back onto a mobo, it usually doesnt work, and when it does it lasts for about an hour, then it dies off again. I usually in some bizzare way end up burning myself, so it usually isnt worth the trouble for me..
BTW im not an expert at the Sodder ray, im only a novice and im not that good with it im sure if I put more time into learning how to become more skillful with one, then it may work for longer than an hour after I repaired something like that.

LOL! this was my 555th Post D)

 

[alvino]

Can you even replace a blown capacitator? I don't know if they even sell them OEM...I think you're gonna have to get a new motherboard.

 

[~mr mixx~]

I just had to replace a blown capacitor on one of my motherboards, mostly for educational experiences. What fun!!

Anyone else have experiences with caps, bent processor pins etc?

That must of sucked man, but I think this belongs in hardware section..

<moved>

 

[ownage]

Can you even replace a blown capacitator? I don't know if they even sell them OEM...I think you're gonna have to get a new motherboard.

You can buy individual capacitors just make sure it is the same kind.