Re: Can board with blown cap really be repaired.

In the first image at the top just below the IO ports is a row of black caps. From the right the first and third are blown. They are both same type.

Normaly I don't say this but I am new to hardware repair. (I'm actually a programmer)

I have an MSI 945gcm7 that failed to post this morning. After plugging everything out and back in it still failed to post. I then descovered a cap with a crack in the top. (I assume this means it is blown.)

I then talked to our local computer shop IT guy. He says that it is most likely that "something else" (not sure what he was talking about) is also fried and thus replacing the bad cap won't work. Personaly I just think he want's to sell me a new motherboard, but is he...