Help replacing GPU PCB component...?

Adm_Zaxxon · June 26, 2021

So last night, me beloved GTX 980ti went on a trip to see puff the magic smoke dragon, and did not return.

Background:

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It has been having problems for the last year, crashing games when I ran them above 90hz, but when I realized that was my limiting factor, I had no issues afterwards. Finally, last night while playing Warzone, my computer died like the power went out. I was confused because I have it surge protected and on a UPS, and the room lights stayed on, but I troubleshot the issue anyway. I got the PC back up, but at the start of the next game, it did it again, and this time nomatter what I did, I couldn't get my computer to boot. My initial thought was my even older PSU had died, which is a now 10 year old Corsair AX850... or maybe the UPS failed... but when swapping my GPU into a new build (awaiting a fabled RTX card...) Still no dice. I checked to make sure it wasn't my outlet or UPS or something, but I quickly discovered that simply unplugging the PCIE cables from the GPU allowed both PCs to boot fine...

I took apart the cooler on the GPU and pretty quickly spotted two issues. One seems minor (corrosion around one PCIE Pin), the other fatal. I guess my question is... can anyone help me identify the obviopusly blown capacitor? Normally I wouldn't bother, but I'm a tinker and with this market I might as well try to replace it and see what happens.

If anyone has specs on this 980TI mainboard or can otherwise divine what the capacitor is that I need to replace, I will be eternally grateful. My card is an EVGA 980TI Hybrid.

To be clear, I realize I could probably de-solder the capacitor next to the broken one and check its specs, but if I could do that and the capacitor survived the process I would still need to be walked through how to determine its specs.

I also realize there could be 1000 other issues with the board that I just can't see, and that plugging it in after 'fixed' could fry my PC.... But desperate times call for desperate measures.

Adm_Zaxxon · June 26, 2021

Looks like the same exact issue as here, but theirs didn't work, looked way worse than mine, and there is no info on what capacitor they actually replaced it with.