Epox 8K7A--cannot get comp to post! Also, battery problems including leakage!

[Lysimachus]

Suddenly, for the first time today, my computer will not post. It hasn't been cleaned for about a year, so I'm in the process of cleaning it thoroughly with an air compressed can. However, there is also something else I noticed which I've never witnessed before.

The BATTERIES--those little green things on the motherboard...about 3 of them are NOT ONLY LEAKING, but also BENDING OVER! Why is this happening? It's almost like I can just grab the batter and pop it off! Or even just twist it off! It's like my batteries on the motherboard are getting "deformed" + "leaking". My computer has been running normally this long with the batteries in this condition???

What am I supposed to do??? Am I supposed to buy new batteries, or buy a new motherboard? How do you know the exact kind of batteries that I would need, and where would I purchase them?

Your feedback on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Lysimachus]

I found out that what I thought were batteries aren't batteries. They are capacitors. Anyway, here is a picture of my motherboard, and which capacitors are leaking, bad and bent over:

Click to view:

http://img.photobucket.com/alb...port/8k7aBatteries.jpg

 

[DJMiX]

happens to a few epox boards, do you want to sell it ?
you need to replace the caps to get it to work if your handy with a soldiering iron.

email pjm4695@yahoo.com

 

[CurtOien]

Contact Epox and get an RMA.
They will fix it for free.
You have to ship it to them.
It took about a month and they sent me a refurbished rev 1.1 to replace my rev 1.0