Motherboard capacitors

[Sly666]

Got a Soltec SL-75DRV2 socket A motherboard.
Upon pc stripdown at the weekend i noticed the 6 or so capacitors around the processor have bulging tops and oozing electrolyte!
Ive cleaned it off and keeping a close eye on things and everything seems fine and no more electrolyte have come out!
Does this sound worrying? i dont care if the MB goes bang as it is old now and would make a good excuse to upgrade but am worried if it takes out anything like my New DVD writer, HD, or Graphics card.

Regards.
Simon.

[danthescan]

I Think i would buy a MOBO its only going to go when you need it most

and who knows what damage if any it will do Time to break open the piggybank.

[scaira]

Im shocked it still works!!! :coffee:

[dingle_666]

had this problem at work and we fixed it. a few motherboards had swolen capacitors and just out of interest we changed them and it worked fine. if i were you i'd stop using the board straight away. either buy a new motherboard, or change the caps. they'll cost you £1 max from RS.

[easy]

If you have the skill mate i'd go for just replacing the caps, cheapest and safest option. Oh i'd limit my use of the MOBO aswell