Thanks WESTUPLACE, but unfortunately when I tried to pull the fan off to check the heat sink I didn't release the lock-tabs and it took the heat sink and the CPU with it. One of the pins on the CPU got bent when I tried to put the CPU and heat sink back in.

I'm thinking that the oveheating of the CPU may somehow be connected to the capacitors bulging.

Last edited by packrat56; 03/16/10 02:16 AM.
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