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I'd stay away from recap, but just replace the fallen off capacitor at the blue mark.

My cards works fine, but i want to use them many more years
Capasitators on this boards are very old, and sooner or later they will starting to fail.

hewlet wrote: ↑Thu Oct 11, 2018 11:49 am I can upload a video of how i recap the board next week

Would love to see that video if you have it?

Never mind, I made my own : )

"Sonic Core Creamware Pulsar II capacitor replacement"
https://youtu.be/5dcZLVWpHcw

well done!

Just to report. The card has been repaired. First, all the capacitors were changed, but that did not solve the problem. Now I finally changed the stabilizer and the Pulsar is now like new.
Thank you all!

What's the stabilizer?

Sorry if I named wrong. That's the part with the 3 legs that says it:
AS2815AU
3.30012
ALPHA

It‘s a voltage regulator with 1.5A capability. The AS2830 is a 3A version, might be more heat resistant.
(the part is only cooled by the solder pad around it... and Croatia gets pretty warm in summer)
Congrats for the solution