I've got hold of an old emac recently which was being sold as a non-worker for spares. The problem turned out be leaking capacitors - apparently emacs of this type are notorious for it - but I've got the machine working by deleting the ati extensions.
My question is how easy are caps to replace on one of these? I've not looked at the logic board yet, but presumably it's (simply?) a question of desoldering any caps that are leaking and soldering in replacements. I've only got an old soldering iron that's not been used in years, and don't have any solder - presumably there are specialised products available for a job like this.
If it's difficult I'll leave it as is - I do at least have a working machine at the moment. Thanks as always for any advice.
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