SMD Ceramic capacitor fell off msi z170a gaming m5

[SLIClocker]

Hey guys recently i have built my computer with the MSI Z170A Gaming M5 Skylake motherboard and a smd ceramic capacitor fell off behind the board which was at the top. Will this have any effect on the board because the board seems to be doing fine without it?.

[Bananasplit_00]

that might have been for a feature you dont use like BIOS overclocking or the onboard video, just remember to sell it as defect if you sell it  also you might be able to RMA  it so try that

[snortings]

Could you send a picture? Would like to see the damage.

[SLIClocker]

4 minutes ago, snortings said:

Could you send a picture? Would like to see the damage.

It is the one with the red dot under it.

[SLIClocker]

1 minute ago, SLIClocker said:

It is the one with the red dot under it.

Not my board it just got this one from google.

[snortings]

1 minute ago, SLIClocker said:

It is the one with the red dot under it.

I mean an actual picture, using a camera of some sort.

[intelCore]

13 minutes ago, SLIClocker said:

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Wow you're one tough guy. If parts were falling of my motherboard I wouldn't even be thinking about plugging it in. If you have very steady hands, know how to solder and have a veery small soldering iron you could locate where it fell off and solder it on yourself however I would highly recommend you to contact MSI about this and ask them if this capacitor is needed for basics on this board or just additional features. If for basics then RMA.

 

8 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

that might have been for a feature you dont use like BIOS overclocking or the onboard video, just remember to sell it as defect if you sell it  also you might be able to RMA  it so try that

If I look at the back side of this motherboard those capacitors look more like they belong to the power delivery but hell who knows on those x layer pcbs.

[SLIClocker]

1 minute ago, snortings said:

I mean an actual picture, using a camera of some sort.

Well it only fell off so yeah nothing else happened.

[Bananasplit_00]

2 minutes ago, intelCore said:

Wow you're one tough guy. If parts were falling of my motherboard I wouldn't even be thinking about plugging it in. If you have very steady hands, know how to solder and have a veery small soldering iron you could locare where it fell off and solder it on yourself however I would highly recommend you to contact MSI about this and ask them if this capacitor is needed for basics on this board or just additional features.

 

If I look at the back side of this motherboard those capacitors look more like they belong to the power delivery but hell who knows on those x layer pcbs.

if it works then it doesnt matter much but if its power delivery then overclocking would probably be a bad idea

[SLIClocker]

1 minute ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

if it works then it doesnt matter much but if its power delivery then overclocking would probably be a bad idea

It doesn't have anything to do with overclocking because i got my i5 up to 4.5 ghz

[TheRandomness]

I'm running an EVGA nforce 680i SLI motherboard in my brothers rig that had two of those fall off next to the top PCIe x16 slot. I think it should be fine. 

[Stefan1024]

It is most likely a bypass cap, so it will runn fine regardless.

 

However, they do not simply fall off, most likely the PCB was heavely bent due to temperature stress. So there is a high chance of micro fractres in a lot of the other SMD parts. So RMA is a very good idea.

[Dabombinable]

1 minute ago, SLIClocker said:

It doesn't have anything to do with overclocking because i got my i5 up to 4.5 ghz

Damn. Your more ghetto with your motherboards than me. I stop using them when anything falls off, or pops (I had one board that still worked perfectly after losing multiple electrolytic caps due to catastrophic failure-still don't know how either).

[Bananasplit_00]

4 minutes ago, SLIClocker said:

It doesn't have anything to do with overclocking because i got my i5 up to 4.5 ghz

ok then its probably not power delivery

[SLIClocker]

2 minutes ago, Stefan1024 said:

It is most likely a bypass cap, so it will runn fine regardless.

 

However, they do not simply fall off, most likely the PCB was heavely bent due to temperature stress. So there is a high chance of micro fractres in a lot of the other SMD parts. So RMA is a very good idea.

By fell off i mean one of my tools hit it but nothing else.

[SLIClocker]

16 minutes ago, Stefan1024 said:

It is most likely a bypass cap, so it will runn fine regardless.

 

However, they do not simply fall off, most likely the PCB was heavely bent due to temperature stress. So there is a high chance of micro fractres in a lot of the other SMD parts. So RMA is a very good idea.

How sure are you it is a bypass cap?

[Stefan1024]

48 minutes ago, SLIClocker said:

By fell off i mean one of my tools hit it but nothing else.

Over 90% of the caps are to stabilize the supply rails. Taking one off is usally fine. Just have a colse look at the PCB to look if you also damaged a copper trace.

 

Generally speaking, just runn a stress test for a few hours. If it's stable you are fine.

[SLIClocker]

1 hour ago, Stefan1024 said:

Over 90% of the caps are to stabilize the supply rails. Taking one off is usally fine. Just have a colse look at the PCB to look if you also damaged a copper trace.

 

Generally speaking, just runn a stress test for a few hours. If it's stable you are fine.

I have soldered it back on, is this a good enough job?

[Stefan1024]

The soldering is ok, but personally I wouldn't have soldered the same cap onto the board. When exeriencing mechanical stress, caps like this can create a short circuit inside you can't see. Get a new cap, or just runn it withiut the cap.

[SLIClocker]

1 minute ago, Stefan1024 said:

The soldering is ok, but personally I wouldn't have soldered the same cap onto the board. When exeriencing mechanical stress, caps like this can create a short circuit inside you can't see. Get a new cap, or just runn it withiut the cap.

No the cap is ok there was nothing wrong with the cap, the cap is in top condition the only thing that happened to it was it was hit with one of my tools lightly just enough for it too fall off soo yeah and the cap was never used it fell off when i got the board.  so would it be ok to run the board.

[SLIClocker]

Also i will reset the cmos.

[Stefan1024]

8 minutes ago, SLIClocker said:

No the cap is ok there was nothing wrong with the cap, the cap is in top condition the only thing that happened to it was it was hit with one of my tools lightly just enough for it too fall off soo yeah and the cap was never used it fell off when i got the board.  so would it be ok to run the board.

All you can do is just test the board and hope for the best.

[SLIClocker]

I have been running this board for three months now, Nothing happened! I know this is old. I hope people can learn from my mistakes.