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I just desoldered a half-dozen bad caps from my current motherboard and replaced them with new ones from a reliable manufacturer. It was a huge hassle. Fortunat
by LogicHoleFlaw 16y ago
I just desoldered a half-dozen bad caps from my current motherboard and replaced them with new ones from a reliable manufacturer. It was a huge hassle. Fortunately the new caps are a lot cheaper than doing a motherboard swap/upgrade on the PC. It's an older one that I don't really want to mess with too much yet.
- kbutler 16y agoWait - you just said you "desoldered a half-dozen [capacitors] and replaced them" because you "didn't want to mess with it too much"? Hmm. "LogicHoleFlaw" seems an appropriate name... kb
- LogicHoleFlaw 16y agoWell, I specced out replacement/upgrade parts as costing several hundred dollars and a lot of time reinstalling the OS, restoring from backup, etc. I've done this sort of hardware work before and am familiar with the risks so this was actually the path of least resistance. I've got a major PC upgrade planned for this winter so I just need the system to live until that goes through. I've had no BSOD/crashes/spontaneous reboots since I did the capacitor swap, so I consider it a success.