Pro tip from a tech in Phoenix saved me 3 hours on a bad motherboard

Last month I was pulling my hair out over a Dell Optiplex that kept rebooting randomly. A guy named Mike at a local repair shop told me to check the VRM caps first, not the RAM. Sure enough, three swollen caps right near the CPU socket. Replaced them for like $2 and it fired right up. Has anyone else had luck fixing boards instead of swapping them out?

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webb.val1d ago

Wait, were the caps bulging on top or did you have to pull the board to see the bottom side? Ive heard some boards hide the swelling under the heat sink and thats a whole different level of trouble.

seth_green851d ago

Bulging on top? Sounds like your board is trying to hatch something.