Motherboard Repair? (no Post, bad caps)

[Higgins909]

well I got a old hp compaq d530 sff (dad got for me at garage sale lot) and it wont post, about 70%+ of the caps look like they were leaking and 2 so bad they have rust spewing out and I was wondering if I could replace the caps to make it work? or is it just done?

the mobo wouldnt post screen no beep codes
fans, lights, hdd spinning up

Plans:
repair mobo
cpu in with its cooler it came with(not the compaq's stock cooler)
new heatsink mounting bracket(1-4 latch was broken)
agp extension cable
pci extension cable
put in my geforce 8800 gs
wifi card it came with
dvd none
hdd none
more airflow lower heat^
flash drive with linux os
remove the riser board
think thats it

there was a intel cpu box that had a heatsink in it that I got with the lot
I think the ppl b4 me replaced it thinking it went bad or somting

I even got a asus p5a socket 7 with a amd k6-2 in it and it look nice n clean no bad caps or anything but I got no ram for it :/
and some other pci cards videocard wires 2 keyboard old lcd monitor that I plan to use with this computer

 

[Guest]

id say its toast. salvage what you can

 

[ram1009]

Circuit board repair is a job for pros. If you have some spare parts around and want to prove this to yourself then have at it.

 

[Guest]

Circuit board repair is a job for pros. If you have some spare parts around and want to prove this to yourself then have at it.

its an HP, its not even worth investing the time

 

[Higgins909]

Best answer selected by Higgins909.