after reading this thread, i have found that:
1. c.c.chong said the board back from rma and never test it, but he told TS its working?
2. there are how many caps on a mobo? when cod who will check all the cap from 360 angel?
3. how many SENIOR member here know how to repair a motherboard? by spamming few K of post will know how to repair a board?

now c.c.chong finally offered some irresponsible offer.

to be fair to both parties, he should have bear half of the total losing cost no metter the board can be rma-ed or repaired.

if u send to rma with psychical damage, they will accept but u need to bear the repair cost. the best is send for rma because if u try repair yourself, maybe the problem is not only from the cap.
if they do not detect the psychical damage, they might rma for u free

this is what i experienced with my gigabyte board which has physical damage on lan chip, they charged rm40 for repair and waited for 6 months
if the board has any distro sticker, u can send them to distro and they will help u rma, if not then u have to send back to intel, try look on their website for more info.