Help! A capaciter broke off :(

[Damascus]

God I have the worst luck.  My brand new to me 1070 seahawk is finally with me and a capaciter has fallen off...  after very carefully removing the waterblock it just fell off.  Not sure what it is for but meesa worried big time. 

 

It SEEMS to be off on the corner of the PCB doing nothing but fan control but I'm a noob when it comes to chokes, capaciters and PCB in general.  It appears to still be in perfect condition as well.

 

@Droidbot @CUDA_Cores @iamdarkyoshi

 

Lol thanks in advance.  

[Damascus]

Here's a pic.

[fqn28734yy]

Im no expert but it looks like u can easily solder it on

[ARikozuM]

I would just contact MSI unless you're confident in your soldering skills.

[AustinJ]

2 minutes ago, Damascus said:

God I have the worst luck.  My brand new to me 1070 seahawk is finally with me and a capaciter has fallen off...  after very carefully removing the waterblock it just fell off.  Not sure what it is for but meesa worried big time. 

 

It SEEMS to be off on the corner of the PCB doing nothing but fan control but I'm a noob when it comes to chokes, capaciters and PCB in general.  It appears to still be in perfect condition as well.

 

@Droidbot @CUDA_Cores @iamdarkyoshi

 

Lol thanks in advance.  

Whoops... RMA it and said it came that way

 

Just now, CadetSparklez said:

Im no expert but it looks like u can easily solder it on

Leads are broke off that'd be difficult.

[AdamBGames]

since most cards are surface mount imma go and say rip. but if you get a pro to do it. MAYBE it could be saved

[AdamBGames]

Just now, AustinJ said:

Whoops... RMA it and said it came that way

 

Leads are broke off that'd be difficult.

you realize that you would have had to break the warranty sticker to get the cooler off. unless you were one of those people who use a pair of pliers to get the screw off

[Damascus]

2 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

I would just contact MSI unless you're confident in your soldering skills.

Never soldered before.

[Damascus]

Just now, AdamBGames said:

you realize that you would have had to break the warranty sticker to get the cooler off. unless you were one of those people who use a pair of pliers to get the screw off

I didn't use pliers but it still looks in good condition.

[AdamBGames]

Just now, Damascus said:

I didn't use pliers but it still looks in good condition.

eh, you better hope they dont notice

[JHY]

[AustinJ]

3 minutes ago, AdamBGames said:

you realize that you would have had to break the warranty sticker to get the cooler off. unless you were one of those people who use a pair of pliers to get the screw off

Lame of you to suggest that. By a cheap soldering iron and some solder. Buy a replacement capacitor I am sure the value is on the one you removed. Soldering isn't too hard. Just practice a couple times before you attempt on the graphics card and don't mess up

[Damascus]

4 minutes ago, AustinJ said:

Lame of you to suggest that. By a cheap soldering iron and some solder. Buy a replacement capacitor I am sure the value is on the one you removed. Soldering isn't too hard. Just practice a couple times before you attempt on the graphics card and don't mess up

Again, total solder noob here but it seems the capaciter is fine.

[Damascus]

Anyone know what this capaciter is for?

[AustinJ]

1 minute ago, Damascus said:

Again, total solder noob here but it seems the capaciter is fine.

I am dumb. Those look like bga. Time for a heat gun or an oven. Set the capacitor on top in the correct orientation and heat er up.

[Damascus]

1 minute ago, AustinJ said:

I am dumb. Those look like bga. Time for a heat gun or an oven. Set the capacitor on top in the correct orientation and heat er up.

Fak that is absolutely last resort right there.  

 

I'm kinda pissed with MSI for having a warranty void sticker on a waterblock card

[AustinJ]

Just now, Damascus said:

Fak that is absolutely last resort right there.  

 

I'm kinda pissed with MSI for having a warranty void sticker on a waterblock card

Well I think you would have to heat up the balls some way to get the capacitor back on. Yeah the warranty void sticker is dumb. I don't think my evga cards have them at least my 780 doesn't.

[Damascus]

1 minute ago, AustinJ said:

Well I think you would have to heat up the balls some way to get the capacitor back on. Yeah the warranty void sticker is dumb. I don't think my evga cards have them at least my 780 doesn't.

Evga is great that way.  Well hope it doesn't come down to that agagahahaha

[Damascus]

Well thanks for the input so far, really appreciate it.  If anyone can think of anything else please let me know, or maybe tag someone with experience. hope I didn't just blow 400 bucks

[iamdarkyoshi]

@Damascus

Buy a chisel tip soldering iron (look for the yihua ones and just buy a 20¢ chisel tip)

 

Get some flux

Flux each side of the cap and PCB pads

 Just touch the soldering iron on each side until the solder melts, add a bit more solder to each side

 

The solder should flow onto each lead of the cap and pad, making an electrical connection

 

Done

 

 

Alternatively you could send it to me for the price of return shipping, and I'll fix it free if you aren't comfortable doing it yourself

[Delicieuxz]

That would be a piece of cake to solder back into place, if you know what you're doing, and have the tools. If you don't, make sure you either learn how to solder properly first, or take it to an electronics repair centre. It would probably take a repair centre less than 1 minute to solder that back into place, but be aware that some repair centres charge a minimum service fee, which could be like $40. Ask on the phone beforehand to see what a store's policy is - and ask if they can make an exception for your single capacitor that needs to be soldered if they want a crazy amount for the job.

 

Also, don't poke around on the board if you don't have to, and discharge electricity from your body by touching some larger and grounded metal surface, like maybe your PC case, for a few seconds. The static from your body can cause damage to sensitive electronic components. I have both temporarily damaged, and permanently damaged some expensive equipment I was working on before, due to static damage.

 

19 minutes ago, AustinJ said:

I am dumb. Those look like bga. Time for a heat gun or an oven. Set the capacitor on top in the correct orientation and heat er up.

I wouldn't do the oven thing, as chemicals from the board's electrical components can release into the oven, which will then get into food that's next cooked in there.

[Damascus]

13 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

 

Alternatively you could send it to me for the price of return shipping, and I'll fix it free if you aren't comfortable doing it yourself

Wow, thanks for the awesome step by step instructions. I already have an iron, I would just need the tip.  

 

 

Now I would love to send it to you but I think it would cost waaay too much as the msrp on the damn thing is like 600 USD or something like that and shipping it will likely cost more then 100 bucks (especially from up here in the frozen north, eh?)

[iamdarkyoshi]

1 minute ago, Damascus said:

Wow, thanks for the awesome step by step instructions. I already have an iron, I would just need the tip.  

 

 

Now I would love to send it to you but I think it would cost waaay too much as the msrp on the damn thing is like 600 USD or something like that and shipping it will likely cost more then 100 bucks

No problem! Flux is your friend

[AustinJ]

4 minutes ago, Delicieuxz said:

I wouldn't do the oven thing, as chemicals from the board's electrical components can release into the oven, which will then get into food that's next cooked in there.

Yeah I wouldn't recommend it either. But if someone was desperate enough it *might* work.

[Damascus]

Just now, iamdarkyoshi said:

No problem! Flux is your friend

Yeah, where do you suggest I nab my Flux/solder from?  There is a local store that sells Arduino parts and circuit boards etc. so I'm pretty sure they have solder.  What is a good price?