More bad caps :(

[Greebe]

In all honesty using either Braid or a solder sucker won't work well. The PCB thruhole dimensions are so tight that using braid or a common solder sucker just doesn't work worth a dang. To truely do this correct and without the mutterings normally associated with using inferior materials/products you should have at your disposal a quality desoldering station such as the Hakko 470 series stations. Currently in production is the 472 at a price of $525 MSRP

If you know of anyone with such a critter ask them nicely if they would remove the caps for you.

Eek says I for anyone wanting to do this properly and on a budget

I'm not saying it can't be done, but take your time, watch the heat applied as it will be significant especially on the ground plane thruholes.

Tip: Heat junction, be very gentle alternating between each lead until the part is freed. Then and only then remove remaining solder with braid (I use Chemtronics Brand). It may be neccesary to apply fresh solder to remove the old Slag from the surrounding hole.

[Fat Tone]

He went for the new mobo option. £40 quid and a fresh install later and he's happy.

I plan to order the caps at some point to revive the board for myself, but only when life gets a little quieter.

Ta for all the advice. There was a time I had 'asbestos finger tips' I did so much soldering, but I'm a bit out of practice now.

[Jon P. Inghram]

I wonder if you could just hack the old capacitors apart (carefully of course) and then solder the new ones onto the left-over legs of the old ones?

[gt40]

just do as Greebe mentioned.
Unsolder one lead at a time and 'rock' the Cap back and forth as you apply heat to each lead.
You should be able to pull them off without a problem.
Then you can use the solder sucker or wick to clean up the hole.

[The PIT]

I wonder if you could just hack the old capacitors apart (carefully of course) and then solder the new ones onto the left-over legs of the old ones?

Thats the untidy lazy way of doing it. Dependings if you get enougth left to solder back on.

GT40 is a good method of doing it as long as you can see what you're doing.

[Fat Tone]

@GT40: That's what I usually do.

@TP: I used to have an illuminated magnifier for this kind of work, and steadier hands! The leads aren's so small, with a 5mm pitch so it should be fine.

[cods]

I have recapped a few motherboards recently, thanks to what I learned from http://www.badcaps.net.
Some very handy info there regarding the right caps to use and different methods.
Just make sure you use minumum 40W iron.