Rx 470 blown capacitor

[Mikey Jay]

I was gaming normally, didn't overclock it or anything factory settings, and all of a sudden a glow on my case, shut it off and went to inspect, the cooler wasn't working but the gpu was, near the cooler connector was a blown capacitor (i think), now i'm using case two coolers on the heat sink and it working fine, want to know what it's the component that blew.

[TheKDub]

Looks like it was probably a capacitor. Not likely going to be much of a chance of fixing that unless you can get another of the same, assuming none of the traces were damaged, which easily could have happened.

 

There's also the question of what caused it. Did something short out? Did it fail on its own?

 

Best solution is going to be getting a new card. I wouldn't really recommend attempting a repair on it unless you're experienced with electronics repair.