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Mainlander wrote:
> In article <PoAxb.12276$VV6.272285@news.xtra.co.nz>,
> ~misfit~@his_desk.com says...
>> Mainlander wrote:
>>> In article <Punxb.11612$VV6.258875@news.xtra.co.nz>,
>>> ~misfit~@his_desk.com says...
>>>> I have a mobo here that has bad caps. Of the 25 or so large ones
>>>> ten are domed or bulging. The PC spontaneously re-boots after 30
>>>> seconds or so. (Tried with three different PSUs).
>>>>
>>>> I haven't attempted doing anything like replacing caps on a mobo
>>>> before, I may be capable of it but would hate to risk the board.
>>>> I'm in South Auckland, does anyone know of an outfit or person who
>>>> could provide this service and any idea what it would cost? Or
>>>> should I just attempt it myself? (And where would be the best
>>>> place for a novice to get the caps at the right price?)
>>>
>>> The boards have multiple layer traces, working on one of these would
>>> be quite a specialised task. I doubt any home hobbyist would have
>>> the gear to do it.
>>
>> I realise it isn't just like soldering two wires together. I have a
>> fine-tipped, low-wattage soldering iron and a mate who has a
>> solder-sucker that I can borrow (He has quite a well equiped
>> soldering-station actually, he used to design and build his own
>> PCBs, I might have to attempt it at his place or get him to do it).
>> I'm still waiting to hear back from 'The Flash' on his offer of
>> looking at it for me.
>
> I'd take note of what Alan said in his post about repairing these
> things. If you damage the internal traces there's no way of repairing
> them, so you'd want to be pretty sure what you're doing.

Yep. Until I saw the post further down about Abit fixing the boards I
thought I had nothing to lose. I can get a new FC2-PGA board for $125. VIA
chipset and no RAID though. :-(
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