Can you use bluetac to cure capacitor whine?

[Spudgun]

Bit of a random thread title I know!

I've been trying to track down the source of a capacitor whine in my system whenever the soundcard is in use for some weeks now.

I finally located the source last night as one of the capacitors on my IP35 pro motherboard as the whine stops immediately if I lightly place my finger on top of the capacitor.

As such, I was trying to think of a long (ish) term solution for this as the motherboard/cpu combo is likely to be in service for another 6 months or so and was wondering if rather than removing the board from the case and getting the glue gun out (something which I would rather not do in all honesty) I could use a small blob of bluetac on top of the capacitor concerned?

Has anyone else tried something similar or is this a really bad idea?

Many thanks

Spudgun

 

[stulid]

Possibly, some people use a hot glue gun to add a dribble to the side of the component and to the pcb.

 

[Speed]

Well there would be no harm in trying it, Capacitors don't really hit high temperatures and Blu-Tack is non-conductive at voltages used on motherboards.

 

[Purgatory]

Epoxie glue or super glue will work too (they are both non conductive).. Just had an idea while soldering some stuff here... heat shrink tubing will be perfect for the job, get some a bit wider then the cap and shrink it over the top of it so as it shrinks it will apply some pressure to the top of the cap and sides to stop it whining.