Hello,
I built a PC around 2005 for music recording and have used it extensively since then. It has never been connected to the internet and I rarely install new software on it. I configured it for music back on 2005 and left it be! (if it aint broke..)
So this past Saturday, it started BSOD (Windows XP, SP3) at random times. It would boot up fine and then suddenly blue screen. So I assumed a hardware failure given the information above. I went through the standard troubleshooting steps (replaced/moved around RAM, swapped video cards, disconnected all IDE except for main sata HDD, removed soundcard) all to no avail.
Finally, I inspected my mobo and found 7 bulging, leaky caps. Motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939. Does this sound like it could be the problem? Worth trying to replace the caps?
Thanks!
I built a PC around 2005 for music recording and have used it extensively since then. It has never been connected to the internet and I rarely install new software on it. I configured it for music back on 2005 and left it be! (if it aint broke..)
So this past Saturday, it started BSOD (Windows XP, SP3) at random times. It would boot up fine and then suddenly blue screen. So I assumed a hardware failure given the information above. I went through the standard troubleshooting steps (replaced/moved around RAM, swapped video cards, disconnected all IDE except for main sata HDD, removed soundcard) all to no avail.
Finally, I inspected my mobo and found 7 bulging, leaky caps. Motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939. Does this sound like it could be the problem? Worth trying to replace the caps?
Thanks!
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