How about the cap repair kits on Amazon for $20 bucks?
If you can be sure they come from a reputable seller and are not fake or a crap brand etc then I'm sure they would be fine. But you might have to do a lot of research to find out for sure.
Personally I buy only from the big electronics suppliers where I know I'm getting the real deal.
Since you're in USA you might be well off just buying from Badcaps.net itself.
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-David VanHorn
I've discovered 5 bad Capxons in a power supply for an ISDN Gateway (Quintum Tenor DX series). There's one larger 400v 100uF that looks ok, but the low voltage ones are all dead.
Had an interesting time diagnosing the problem. The mboard LED would light but the computer wouldn't power up. At first I thought the mboard or something connected to it was fried but when I swapped out the mboard it did the same thing. I then decided to test the voltages on the pwrsupply atx connector. All the pins tested properly except the purple 5v standby pin which was only showing 4v. I took the cover off and sure enough one capacitor had blown it's top. Funny thing about it, that cap that blown was the only capxon in the pwrsupply.
I replaced the cap, retested the pwr supply and put it all back together. All is good...
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