Proper multimeter specs for fixing capacitors on your motherboard?

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Published on 2010-05-14T16:49:18Z Indexed on 2010/05/14 16:55 UTC
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When our motherboards or LCD's go out it is possible that the capacitors are at fault and can be easily replaced by removing and replacing the bad caps rather than buying new screens or computers. After all, replacing a cap is much faster than building a new PC.

Along those lines some of the capacitors I see on my boards are over 900µF. What is the bare minimum you need in a multimeter to test for bad capacitors (or good capacitance?)

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