Replacing Bad Electrolytic Capacitors Saved Motherboard

[Jim]

Yesterday I wrote: 

> I recently got a dead motherboard.  The caps were bulged.  
> I've replaced them, but I don't know yet if the board is still dead, 
> since I don't have the right CPU and memory on hand with which to test.  

I was able to get my hands on the right CPU and memory.  
The motherboard works.  Yippee!  There are some grey bands 
in the video and there are still some bulged caps by the 
video chip, so I'll replace those also.