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Several days ago, my monitor stopped recognizing my computer sending it info, and my mouse stopped working, so I figured something was wrong with my motherboard.  Turns out I was right.

I took my computer to Fry's Electronics because they have all that neat diagnostic software to figure out what was wrong with it, when it turns out you could actually see the problem on the motherboard itself.  The cylinder parts connected to the motherboard had bubbled up and popped, so I guess my motherboard just kind of blew out

Maybe someone knows what would cause that.  Hopefully, it won't happen again to the new motherboard I get.

Does anyone have any good suggestions for a motherboard?  For intel processors.