"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> visions of effty <impeach_the_shrub@verizon.net> wrote:
>> "Zed Rafi" <backuplm2@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1153935118.016029.231690@s13g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>> What the heck is it with HP motherboards and bad caps? It seems like
>> every time I see leaky caps the board was from a Pavilion! Are they
>> trying to manufacture the stuff to fail???
>
> Mindless conspiracy theory.

Well, a joke, actually.


>> I'd get a new mobo, and a new case, then just flop everything into
>> the new case and do a repair install or whatever you need to do.
>
> Could get messy, its got a recovery disk system.

I forget. Yeah, those are nearly worthless unless you get the exact same
board. If you want to talk about conspiracies let's talk about M$ refusing
to ship OEM disks with new PCs within the last 6 or 7 years! That drives me
nuts! You get an OS with a very limited capacity for upgrades, which really
helps devalue your hardware in the long run. Essentially, you can't
"transfer" your license to the "new" computer. The only work around is
paying an arm and a leg for OEM discs. It keeps you in the market for a new
budget system with the same shitty pre-installed OS. It's like paying for
something you don't get.

I'd use it as an excuse to get a nice, hacked version of XP and call it
even.

~e.