Please help

[WaltonBoyd]

Hi guys, this is the first time I post on this website, asking for some help. I own an Asus Rog Strix 2080Ti GPU, and I decided to buy a custom water cooling from EK. Everything was fine, until I tried to install the waterblock for the GPU, by mistake, I broke a little piece located on the top of the card (PCB I think). At first, I asked on Facebook about the problem, and some users told me that the piece I broke might be a capacitor, and should be replaced by another one with the same capacitance, but I dont know is thats right, and if it's, what capacitance capacitor to choose. Also, I would like to tell you that I havent tried to use the GPU yet, mainly because I havent finished installing the water cooling loop, and also, because I dont know if turning it on or powering it would be risky.

 

I will add a photo of the place where the piece I broke was located, so I wanted to ask if anybody know what replacemente should I get, and if it's a serious issue or not.

 

(Lastly, I would like to apologize if my English isnt good enough, I live in Chile, so my first language is Spanish)

 

Thank you so much for your help!!

[Jurrunio]

it's fine even if you dont replace it tbh, the increased voltage ripple will be minor and don't really affect operation. It can hurt resale value tho so do RMA if possible

[Fasauceome]

you can probably run the card fine, but in case you want it back, send it in. don't tell them you took the cooler off or they'l' try to void the warranty

[Nexxt]

Yes, that's a Capacitor, if you do not have SMD soldering experience I would not be risking your first try, or your hundredth frankly on such an expensive graphics card. Getting the capacitance is almost impossible unless you have the original part (in which case you should use that one anyway). If you do not have the part and can't RMA it (as you have damaged it) I personally would recommend putting the card back together and trying it with its air cooler in the case first, since a single capacitor of that size is unlikely to kill the card immediately. It could be dead anyway. If it's dead, your only option would then be to find someone to solder the capacitor back on.