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Do you want to receive the photo here as a file attached? Or via dm? Do you want various photos of the board or only one?

I'd like to being able to recap one day... Will definitely try to learn in the future.

Well, it could be some leakage, although I don't believe the through-holes in these usually leak, but I may be wrong. It's the surface-mounted trash can caps that go on these. Yeah, for sure =)

That’s not white, it’s a light effect, it seems like glue or something like that. Yup, I’ve seen that c18 and 19 are the main killers on these motherboards

Is this some form of leakage? That isn’t looking good

Thanks a lot. It's pretty difficult here in Italy to find a guy who can actually get this job done perfectly, will search around a bit hoping to find someone because I don't want to ship the board abroad, too risky...

Ok, so this is the motherboard, I don't know if there are some caps in bad state, would love to receive your help if possible haha

How can I clean the corrosion if present? Just brushing around the caps?

nope, a non backlit M5120

Thanks again for the answer. That makes sense, will check the rollers. I hope to find someone in the area who can recap that board, I've read that recapping a Portable it's pretty a pain lmao

Thanks for the answer. Since I don't literally know how to use a soldering iron I'll just find a good pal to do the trick here in Italy, do you think it's unsafe to use the laptop a few times before the recap? I'm just addicted to it... Anyway, I've found that the trackball isn't working, the...

Hi there, I've just bought a like new Mac Portable from an old couple, bought a 6v 4.5ah battery and it boots into his original hdd. How can I check if there are some capacitors in a not so good state to prevent some future inconveniences? Thanks! I'm afraid to open it up since it seems to work...