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Old August 30th, 2008, 04:57 AM
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Question Motherboard bulging capacitors
I recently noticed my computer being to hang forever until i unplugged the power cable, whenever i want to play a computer game or music it hangs with a continuous non stop sound, when i opened the case, i found dat the motherboard capacitors had swell bout 7 of them. when i pressed them inside the computer would not display anything on the monitor even as the cpu fan is running and all Led are on.what should i do?
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might be cheaper to just get a new motherboard.

you will need to determine the cpu type and socket spec, what type of memory you have, etc.

there are lots of info on how to swap out a motherboard, so that might be your cheapest option.
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