Can it kill it? I know it can stop working, but replacing the caps will fix it surely? It's not like it's leaking acid everywhere
It's about the fact that you shouldn't use an electronic device whose caps are leaking some liquid! How simple can it be? Getting these caps replaced has priority over some mobo revision related problem, I'd say.
How typical. Over at EAB this wouldn't even be an issue, here you have to explain that leaking caps are bad, and that continuing to use the machine with said leaking caps is even worse.