Re: Dimension 8300 Capacitors - Bad?

Would they have to be replaced with 820uF ones? I have a knackered Asus P4C800-E here, and that has 7 1500uF caps on it I could pinch.

Hi,

Our Dell Dimension 8300 had a lot of random issues - Thermal Event Shutdowns (even though the temperatures looked normal) being the main one. Had a google, found it could be capacitor related - the optiplexes apparently had a major issue with Nichicon Caps (which sound/look similar to the ones on this board).

They're gold/black and bulging at the tops. They also had some goo leaking out which had hardened, so it fell off when I touched them (hence no goo on the picture).

They're 820uF, 6.3V apparently. And I'm fairly sure all 6 are bust. We've since...