Bulging Capacitors

[mi1ez]

A friend of a friend recently gave me his PC because it had stopped displaying anything on the monitor. I opened it up and had a rummage and noticed the capacitors on the motherboard are bulging.

I've told him what the problem is but I was wondering what the likelihood is of the board having blown something else?

It's an old Intel 478 board so I don't want to replace the board and then find the CPU's gone too! Would it be best to just build him a new machine? He doesn't use it for gaming so integrated graphics will be fine. I'm thinking of building a cheap AMD X2 based computer, any suggestions on cheap mobos with integrated graphics?

Cheers

 

[evongugg]

I have a Gigabyte GA-MA78-S2H. It has integrated graphics. Costs about $100.00. It is good, except for a Northbridge temperature problem. The Northbridge stays at 80º.

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=2758

 

[mi1ez]

I forgot to mention, it'll need to be mATX...

 

[weilin]

the gigabyte board is everything you need, it even comes with a nice video card to boot... Supports the new triple and quad cores and backwards compatible with the dual cores. HOWEVER it may not take a 125w processor, watch out. other than that, its a solid board, back has DVI/VGA/HDMI out. Very Reliable system.

 

[mi1ez]

Thanks guys, I'll get back to him with prices and products.