On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:57:28 -0700 (PDT), Michael
wrote:

That reminds me... is it a good idea or a bad idea to solder the new
cap with normal (leaded) solder?

No. It's highly likely that the motherboard uses RoHS blessed
unleaded solder. Mixing solder types results in a rather dull looking
cold solder joint. However, if you suck away all of the solder on the
pad, you can probably get away with switching solder types, but I
wouldn't bother. Just get the right solder.

Incidentally, I have two soldering irons on my bench... one for each
type of solder.

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