On Feb 18, 1:09*am, jakdedert wrote:
Conor wrote:
In article , Rich Webb
says...

Perhaps the plague? No, not THAT one, THIS one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague

Worth eyeballing since you already have the main board exposed.

Didn't think laptops used electrolytic capacitors...

They're surface mount, so you might not recognize them. *Google is your
friend....

Yes, but, although surface mount caps can be electrolytic, in a
notebook (none at all if it's a good design), very few caps are
electrolytic, if any, except in the external brick AC-DC PSU.