"Even I" have changed caps on MBs.
(I can do NASA certified soldering though... I was Gov't trained GEEIA)
It is worth it IF you can get good parts.
I researched the stresses the caps are under.
Only certain types are good for MBs.
SO, It can be a "good" cap, just the wrong one or type.
I forget the exact spec you need to look for... (High stress.)
Here is a site for a list "he" thinks are known looser MBs.
He sells cap kits, or pick-em yourself.
IIRC, he has instructions/warnings.
NO connection, and never bought any there.
Rick Glazier
From: "Christopher Fisk"
At my company we've been doing manual repairs quite successfully on
electronics with bad caps recently (on motherboards at least). It has
saved us a lot of money in warranty repairs on some systems we sold with 3
year warranties without realizing that the manufacture warranty was only 1
year. About 10 of those systems have had bad caps at about 18 months of
life, and I am sure that the rest just havn't shown their age yet.
With a little practice on some old motherboards you can likely get to the
point with soldering where it is worthwhile to fix these types of issues.
