"Art" wrote in message
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IMHO, after the period of time it has taken for these caps to fail, and
probably contribute to other damage, would it not be apparent that one
should consider upgrading to a faster CPU, more memory, and new
motherboard
that has the USB2 feature,etc built in. I have done many computers this
way
for less than $200 USD and have a fine, faster, more reliable piece of
equipment afterwards.


It's certainly an option if you need a faster machine, but in a lot of cases
$15 to get the computer back online vs $200 plus a bunch of time
reinstalling the OS and all the applications (or if you get really lucky, a
few tricks to reinstall the drivers), replacing the caps starts to look
appealing.