Replacing electrolytic caps by solid caps on old motherboards

[madscientist750]

I do have several old pc motherboards which i recapped 10 year ago and some of those caps are bulged now.
I would like to upgrade them using solid capacitors. I do use them for testing and helping some alternative operating systems.
I would like to ask if such an upgrade can be done, what should i have in mind when replacing electrolytic by solid caps and if such thing exist, if there are caps list for old motherboards. I would have to figure out what caps needs each motherboard and then prepare a list to try to ask for them on some electronics stores.

[stj]

the oldest motherboard i used polymers on was an amd K6-2.
try to match the voltage and uf and diameter.
if you cant find what you need wide enough then increasing the voltage rating is fine.
a lot of old boards use 10mm caps and the placements may be 8mm unless you go up in voltage.
DONT use polymers in the audio circuits - only for power smoothing.

maybe post a new thread for each board with the details.

[madscientist750]

I do believe this forum had capacitor lists for motherboards, should they still exist, how could i look for them?

[stj]

no idea.
if you have the board then just make a list - then you will know it's correct anyway.