Update:

New caps fixed the posting issues. I went with some quality Panasonics - FR and FS series.

From what I can tell, the board appears to be fully functional.

Sweet!...

I realized [I][B]after[/B][/I] I posted that some of the board indeed had leaking electrolyte on it! I was so fixated on the caps, I didn't notice. Also, the bottoms of the caps looked clean. I don't know when it leaked, but that crud was really cemented on there. Luckily, no damage to the traces from what I can tell.

Well, new caps in a few days, so we'll see!

I feel more positive towards the repair now for sure.I realized [I][B]after[/B][/I] I posted that some of the board indeed had leaking electrolyte on it! I was so fixated on the caps, I didn't notice. Also, the...

Greetings,

I have an Abit BE6-II motherboard that posts sporadically with the bare minimum components installed - CPU, RAM, PSU, and a Keyboard. I know it posts when the speaker beeps. Re-seating the components has no effect.

I thought the sporadic posting might be capacitor related. Upon inspection, non of the caps are bulged or leaking and they are all original. So, I pulled them ALL. While the ESR is OK, over half of them are [I][B]leaking current [/B][/I]between 1 and 2 mA. The biggest offenders are way out of spec, like a 1500uf / 6.3V measuring 2600uF and many of...