Posted by Colin Wilson on 10/06/06 21:04

> The capacitors on the left all look fine, but those on the right are
> either domed or pushing out yucky stuff.

Yeah, they look fooked to me - mine weren't leaking at all, but the
domed effect was immediately apparent on yours even as the image
loaded...

You can see the motherboard here - the CPU goes in the large white
socket with the "square" cut out of the middle of it - this is usually
covered by the processor and a large heatsink / fan.

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=1363

> And is the Gold thing the cpu, my son says not - I thought it was.

Either north or south bridge :-}

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