Capacitor dented slightly can it still operate?

[SLIClocker]

Hey guys a capacitor on my msi z170a gaming m5 was slightly "SLIGHTLY" dented by my cooler master nepton 280L, It is a capacitor on the left of the cpu socket. My question is can it still operate?

[Vengeance_K1ng]

3 hours ago, SLIClocker said:

Hey guys a capacitor on my msi z170a gaming m5 was slightly "SLIGHTLY" dented by my cooler master nepton 280L, It is a capacitor on the left of the cpu socket. My question is can it still operate?

Posting a pic will help.

[EarthboundHero]

No harm in testing it. Don't see why it wouldn't work.

[SLIClocker]

Just now, Vengeance_K1ng said:

Posting a pic will help.

I dont have a camera, and i am not gonna just take off my waterblock for a pic if it is just slightly, also i have been using my computer for weeks now without issue.

[SLIClocker]

Just now, EarthboundHero said:

No harm in testing it. Don't see why it wouldn't work.

Well there is no leaking from the capacitor so i think it is all good, Also could this affect overclocking?

[EarthboundHero]

1 minute ago, SLIClocker said:

Well there is no leaking from the capacitor so i think it is all good, Also could this affect overclocking?

If it works, then it works. I don't think it will impact anything.

[SLIClocker]

Just now, EarthboundHero said:

If it works, then it works. I don't think it will impact anything.

Ok thank you so much, Just my autism playing up and i can even get worried over a scratch on my case.

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, SLIClocker said:

Well there is no leaking from the capacitor so i think it is all good, Also could this affect overclocking?

Capacitors have a limited life and will bulge once they're nearing their last breath. But if it works there should be no problem, it might affect voltage stability depending on what's wrong with it but it won't fry your motherboard. It's more likely to fry itself (and if it's just the cap, you can replace it instead of having to buy a whole new mobo, or RMA it).

[Enderman]

its fine, they arent that delicate

[Lotus]

Honestly I would think it's no good. IIRC, capictors are basically plates of metal held a constant but very small distance apart with a high resistant material in between them. They're cylinders because it's easier to just have the two plates wrap around each other in a spiral. A dent would likely alter the distance between the two plates, therefore drastically change it's function. My guess would be that it's gone bad.

[SLIClocker]

Just now, Energycore said:

Capacitors have a limited life and will bulge once they're nearing their last breath. But if it works there should be no problem, it might affect voltage stability depending on what's wrong with it but it won't fry your motherboard. It's more likely to fry itself (and if it's just the cap, you can replace it instead of having to buy a whole new mobo, or RMA it).

It was my waterblock the dented it slightly thats all.

[SLIClocker]

Just now, Lotus said:

Honestly I would think it's no good. IIRC, capictors are basically plates of metal held a constant but very small distance apart with a high resistant material in between them. They're cylinders because it's easier to just have the two plates wrap around each other in a spiral. A dent would likely alter the distance between the two plates, therefore drastically change it's function. My guess would be that it's gone bad.

The capacitor didn't blow or anything just my waterblock dented it slightly on the top right of it, SLIGHTLY.

[GreezyJeezy]

10 minutes ago, SLIClocker said:

I dont have a camera, and i am not gonna just take off my waterblock for a pic if it is just slightly, also i have been using my computer for weeks now without issue.

then its fine lol

[SLIClocker]

Just now, GreezyJeezy said:

then its fine lol

Thank you, I will not listen to the other guys that say it has gone bad because they probably know nothing and they didn't read that it has not blown just the waterblock dented it slightly.

[Energycore]

18 minutes ago, SLIClocker said:

It was my waterblock the dented it slightly thats all.

You'll be fine then ;P

 

I thought it had started to bulge.

[givingtnt]

57 minutes ago, SLIClocker said:

Hey guys a capacitor on my msi z170a gaming m5 was slightly "SLIGHTLY" dented by my cooler master nepton 280L, It is a capacitor on the left of the cpu socket. My question is can it still operate?

should be fine.

and if not. well its alredy fucked anyways so..

[Curious Pineapple]

No replies for a few weeks but I'll give my input anyway.

 

Everyone is right. Depends entirely on the construction of the capacitor. We use 33,000 uf capacitors at work in a welding unit, and they function fine with quite substantial dents in them. Small electrolytics may be wound so tight to get more capacity in a smaller can that deforming the outer case could pierce and short out the capacitor internally.

 

I guess it worked fine, but an easy way to check a capacitor is with a multimeter on the diode test. Poke the probes on the cap, and if the voltage on the meter starts off near 1 volt and drops to nothing within a few seconds (on small capacitors, larger ones may never drop to nothing), you should be good. Shows there's no short internally and that the capacitor is working.

[SLIClocker]

4 hours ago, Curious Pineapple said:

No replies for a few weeks but I'll give my input anyway.

 

Everyone is right. Depends entirely on the construction of the capacitor. We use 33,000 uf capacitors at work in a welding unit, and they function fine with quite substantial dents in them. Small electrolytics may be wound so tight to get more capacity in a smaller can that deforming the outer case could pierce and short out the capacitor internally.

 

I guess it worked fine, but an easy way to check a capacitor is with a multimeter on the diode test. Poke the probes on the cap, and if the voltage on the meter starts off near 1 volt and drops to nothing within a few seconds (on small capacitors, larger ones may never drop to nothing), you should be good. Shows there's no short internally and that the capacitor is working.

Nah the capacitor is completely fine. I have ran torture tests on the system and everything so i guess i am fine also i checked with a voltage meter.

[angrypig7]

On 2016. 6. 27. at 11:33 PM, SLIClocker said:

Nah the capacitor is completely fine. I have ran torture tests on the system and everything so i guess i am fine also i checked with a voltage meter.

This post is a bit old and it looks like the motherboard is okay and the capacitor is okay too.

Those capacitors, even if they did go bad, they shouldn't give you bad results the moment you start torturing them.

As Lotus said, that dent might have changed the capacitance slightly.

I'm not sure what that capacitor is used for, but probably for voltage stabilization. If so, even if the capacitance changed, they won't be much of a problem and you won't notice a thing.

I just googled your motherboard and it looks like that capacitor is a solid capacitor, not an electrolytic capacitor.

If you've dented an electrolytic capacitor, that's a bad thing, since they explode and put off fumes or leak and release the electrolytic liquid inside them when they are too old or take in voltages higher than their specs, and denting will decrease its lifespan. But since your capacitor looks okay, nothing to worry about.

[SLIClocker]

1 hour ago, angrypig7 said:

This post is a bit old and it looks like the motherboard is okay and the capacitor is okay too.

Those capacitors, even if they did go bad, they shouldn't give you bad results the moment you start torturing them.

As Lotus said, that dent might have changed the capacitance slightly.

I'm not sure what that capacitor is used for, but probably for voltage stabilization. If so, even if the capacitance changed, they won't be much of a problem and you won't notice a thing.

I just googled your motherboard and it looks like that capacitor is a solid capacitor, not electrolytic capacitor.

If you've electrolytic capacitor, that's a bad thing, since they explode and put off fumes or leak and release the electrolytic liquid inside them when they are too old or take in voltages higher than their specs, and denting will decrease its lifespan. But since your capacitor looks okay, nothing to worry about.

Thanks for the reassurance.

[AndyIsBeautiful]

On 6/27/2016 at 7:33 AM, SLIClocker said:

Nah the capacitor is completely fine. I have ran torture tests on the system and everything so i guess i am fine also i checked with a voltage meter.

Hi, I was wondering how exactly you tested the voltage to make sure everything is okay. I myself dented a capacitor and was wondering how I could check if things are okay. 

[Heats with Nvidia]

20 hours ago, AndyIsBeautiful said:

Hi, I was wondering how exactly you tested the voltage to make sure everything is okay. I myself dented a capacitor and was wondering how I could check if things are okay. 

When it works, it works... The innerts of the capacitor are quite flexible, so when its only slightly bent and it works, it should be OK for now.

[MeDownYou]

22 hours ago, AndyIsBeautiful said:

Hi, I was wondering how exactly you tested the voltage to make sure everything is okay. I myself dented a capacitor and was wondering how I could check if things are okay. 

Curious pineapple had a good answer to this question above, test it in diode mode and if it shows 1volt and drops to 0 in a few seconds you should be good to go