missing capacitor on gtx 960 silicon chip, is it rip?

[kindaclumsy]

so i tried to replace the paste on my gtx 960 using clean wipes. that was a bad idea because the thickness of the wipe made me not realize that some of its fibers had gotten tangled around one of the tiny smd capacitors as shown in the photo. it ended up breaking off. it is really miniscule at a size around 1mm x0.5mm but i have managed to find it and im keeping it around. initially i was afraid to plug the card in because the current could damage it, but after some research many people have suggested that those capacitors are used for decoupling, and having one less isnt gonna make a difference when there are that many more around the silicon chip. can anybody confirm? what do you think i should do? just plug the card in as is? connect the two ends of the solder pads somehow(wihtout putting back the capacitor) or not? in the latter case, i could use some conductive ink or just good old solder

[3 Lions]

Try it and if it doesn't work then you've got your answer. 

[kindaclumsy]

probably what will end up happening. im just hoping for as much input on this as possible

[Sub_2_XanimalXG]

5 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Try it and if it doesn't work then you've got your answer. 

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what he said

 

[3 Lions]

2 minutes ago, kindaclumsy said:

probably what will end up happening. im just hoping for as much input on this as possible

Well it will either work or won't, you've just got to hope for the best really. 

[Husky]

Just try it, but do not bridge the gap. If it doesn't work or is unstable (run a stress test) then try and resolder the cap back on and test again. But try without the cap first because you have a chance of breaking it while trying to resolder.

[porina]

I don't know how those caps are used, but in general any caps around could be related to power delivery. If it is only for simple smoothing, it'll probably work without. If it is used as part of a more complex delivery circuit... maybe not. There's also a chance it is related to emission control in which case it wouldn't be significant to functioning.