what is it?

[Blu82b]

Hey Peoples! I have an old gtx 780 from Zotac from a Friend (for free) and i just saw that there is something broken off (see picture)

 

Can someone tell me what this is and will it harm my PC if i put it in?

 

He gave it to me instead of throwing it away, i wanted to use it for mining.

 

Thanks in advance

Cheers

[lookpuppy]

Take a more steady clear picture, it looks fine to me but might be the quality of your picture.

[lookpuppy]

But no it wont harm your pc if you put it in. The most that will happen is that it wont work.

[givingtnt]

41 minutes ago, Blu82b said:

Hey Peoples! I have an old gtx 780 from Zotac from a Friend (for free) and i just saw that there is something broken off (see picture)

 

Can someone tell me what this is and will it harm my PC if i put it in?

 

He gave it to me instead of throwing it away, i wanted to use it for mining.

 

Thanks in advance

Cheers

those are resistors
I doubt it will work without them

grab a soldering iron m8.  it may be fine, but I woudn't trust it.

 

Edit: My mistake, those are surface mount capacitors.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

It may work without that capacitor. That's all I'm going to say.

 

This guy had a Pentium D chip from Ebay that had a capacitor broken off. Still works. So it's possible it may work without issues, 

 

[Blu82b]

3 minutes ago, givingtnt said:

those are resistors
I doubt it will work without them

grab a soldering iron m8.  it may be fine, but I woudn't trust it.

Ok but even if i could solder it, how do i know which resistor is the right one? Im sure there are hundreds of different resistors.

[WereCatf]

7 minutes ago, givingtnt said:

those are resistors

No, those are ceramic caps, not resistors.

[Blu82b]

Ok now we have Ceramic Caps, Resistor or Capacitor 

[Ashleyyyy]

well if you want to see if it will blow up just get an old pc with a pci-e slot from like 2006, and throw it in... s a pc that old is worthless anyway. 

[Blu82b]

Just now, firelighter487 said:

well if you want to see if it will blow up just get an old pc with a pci-e slot from like 2006, and throw it in... s a pc that old is worthless anyway. 

I would if i had one 

[Ashleyyyy]

Just now, Blu82b said:

I would if i had one 

Did your friend give that card to you because it's dead, or what?

[Blu82b]

4 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

Did your friend give that card to you because it's dead, or what?

He used a 980 since they are released and now he just wanted to tidy up his room and found it. Instead of throwing it away, he handed it over to me, knowing that im a PC geek.

[givingtnt]

14 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

No, those are ceramic caps, not resistors.

oh shit yeah those are surface mount caps. im lost


 

[givingtnt]

18 minutes ago, Blu82b said:

Ok but even if i could solder it, how do i know which resistor is the right one? Im sure there are hundreds of different resistors.

I made a mistake, they are surface mount capacitors (ceramic)
you could. look at them and try totell ?
or go or try to find schematics.

[Blu82b]

1 minute ago, givingtnt said:

I made a mistake, they are surface mount capacitors (ceramic)
you could. look at them and try totell ?
or go or try to find schematics.

Hop i did not misunderstood you, i mean, if i need to buy a new one to solder it to the Board, how can i find out what kind i need to buy? 

 

To All: Thanks for your Help so far 

[WereCatf]

3 minutes ago, Blu82b said:

Hop i did not misunderstood you, i mean, if i need to buy a new one to solder it to the Board, how can i find out what kind i need to buy? 

 

To All: Thanks for your Help so far 

Those caps are on the incoming traces, meaning they're likely just there for stabilization. In all likelihood, if there's nothing else broken on the card it'll work. Might be a little unstable, but I think it's worth a try. If you wanted to properly fix it, you'd have to desolder a pair of adjacent caps, measure their capacitances, then buy similarly-specced ones and solder them down, but I doubt you have the tools to handle SMD-components.

[Blu82b]

4 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

Those caps are on the incoming traces, meaning they're likely just there for stabilization. In all likelihood, if there's nothing else broken on the card it'll work. Might be a little unstable, but I think it's worth a try. If you wanted to properly fix it, you'd have to desolder a pair of adjacent caps, measure their capacitances, then buy similarly-specced ones and solder them down, but I doubt you have the tools to handle SMD-components.

I definitely have no Equipment to handle it 

Guess i just try if its working, otherwise i put it on my wall of fame 

[Blu82b]

Thanks you all for your help! Awesome as always