I know nothing about recapping until reading this forum. Please excuse my newbieness. Let me give you a short history of what I did so you can advise me.
During Battlefield 2 games, my computer started just turning off. No blue screen. No lock up. I am not OCing. I run a 2.6 ghz P4 HT with Intel 865PERL mobo.
My heatsink was full of dust so I decided to take it out and clean it up. Removing the heatsink proved much harder than the previus time. I used a screwdriver to pry off the plastic clamps. I must've touched a capacitor. They were right next to it. Its not clear. I may have heard some electrical sounds. The TV was on so its not clear. Took out and cleaned heatsink up, reinserted. MOBO would not power on. The fans DID NOT even twitch. I tried with another PSU. same deal. The green LED light and a light that is next to HDD indicator stay permanent green. The second light connects thru the MB to get its power. As you know, normally, this light flicks on then off when connecting power. It stays PERMANENT green.
I took out the P4 chip. I was afraid of damaging the chip if it was a bad mobo. This time, something got awkwardly stuck and I managed to bend and break a pin ( Very bad luck this one day. I build computers regularly if you could believe it)
The capacitors on my mobo are clearly pussing with brownish tar. Whether this is from my doing or before is not clear to me. I have 3 pussing and bulging caps. 2 that are just bulging. They are all of the same type.
What do you guys think? Do you think its worth replacing my caps or did I do some irreparable horrible damage? I need to be real cost-effective with my solutions. Not a lot of money or time ( this can be read as MEDICAL STUDENT).
Although I'm currently researching this, any good guides to PIN repair would also be appreciated.
I await your responses. No matter how small, they will will be appreciated greatly!
Thanks
-AC
During Battlefield 2 games, my computer started just turning off. No blue screen. No lock up. I am not OCing. I run a 2.6 ghz P4 HT with Intel 865PERL mobo.
My heatsink was full of dust so I decided to take it out and clean it up. Removing the heatsink proved much harder than the previus time. I used a screwdriver to pry off the plastic clamps. I must've touched a capacitor. They were right next to it. Its not clear. I may have heard some electrical sounds. The TV was on so its not clear. Took out and cleaned heatsink up, reinserted. MOBO would not power on. The fans DID NOT even twitch. I tried with another PSU. same deal. The green LED light and a light that is next to HDD indicator stay permanent green. The second light connects thru the MB to get its power. As you know, normally, this light flicks on then off when connecting power. It stays PERMANENT green.
I took out the P4 chip. I was afraid of damaging the chip if it was a bad mobo. This time, something got awkwardly stuck and I managed to bend and break a pin ( Very bad luck this one day. I build computers regularly if you could believe it)
The capacitors on my mobo are clearly pussing with brownish tar. Whether this is from my doing or before is not clear to me. I have 3 pussing and bulging caps. 2 that are just bulging. They are all of the same type.
What do you guys think? Do you think its worth replacing my caps or did I do some irreparable horrible damage? I need to be real cost-effective with my solutions. Not a lot of money or time ( this can be read as MEDICAL STUDENT).
Although I'm currently researching this, any good guides to PIN repair would also be appreciated.
I await your responses. No matter how small, they will will be appreciated greatly!
Thanks
-AC
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