Hello all,

My brother's computer crashed a while back, and i've been lazy about
repairing it. I've now gathered the courage to starts buying the
replacement parts and repair the damn thing.

The computer completely crashed; it displays a blank screen upon power
up (no bios text or anything). After opening up the case, i noticed
brown goo had seeped out of some of the capacitors on the MOBO, so i
figured the MOBO is the problem.

anyway, the specifications of his computer are here:
http://tinyurl.com/juy2y

the spec page on the HP site does not mention the socket type of the
MOBO, so it's kindda hard for me to choose a replacement
motherboard.... I want to buy it off ebay. Could someone point out to
me which characteristics i should be looking for in a replacement
motherboard?

anyway, i've also been told that HP cases are not compatible with
non-hp motherboards (size and power-up/reset buttons)... is that
correct? does that go also for the PSU?

thanks a lot for your time and help