Broke some thingamajing on my motherboard, can please indentify it

[Horadric]

Something fell out of my mobo, a black square with 8 legs (it doesn't move ) has a sticker on it with "g41m vs3 rev2", some legs are bent, i pushed them back and inserted back the thing into its place, it works so far. I would like to know what is that though. picture:http://postimg.org/image/4h1vyyxn9/ hope the link works, the thing is circled red.

 

[amd4lif3]

you can try

 

[bjsm]

ok so here it is you know when intense heat is applied to a metal it partly melts , well people do this to repair laptop gpus when they overheat and it does sort of desolder and resolder yours is desoldered you just need to get it resolered

how would i do it on a budget well step on take out mobo and clean off any thermal paste then put it in the oven wait for the chip to solder to the board when its done leave it to cool for an hour i know people do it to there pc gpus but never heard of it being done to a pc motherboard but to be fair it it happens to laptops all the time then your mobo should handle it too

Do NOT try that lol

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Yeah, that's thoroughly in the nope region.

An hour is far too long, and you're generally recommended to wrap everything but the bits you want to solder in tin foil, for insulation.

You'll melt the RAM slots and other plastic, probably.

 

[amd4lif3]

im pretty sure it said 7 mins in oven and then left to cool for an hour , but that in its self is not a decent idea

 

[Horadric]

ok so here it is you know when intense heat is applied to a metal it partly melts , well people do this to repair laptop gpus when they overheat and it does sort of desolder and resolder yours is desoldered you just need to get it resolered

how would i do it on a budget well step on take out mobo and clean off any thermal paste then put it in the oven wait for the chip to solder to the board when its done leave it to cool for an hour i know people do it to there pc gpus but never heard of it being done to a pc motherboard but to be fair it it happens to laptops all the time then your mobo should handle it too

Do NOT try that lol

Yeah, it sounds waaay too DIY, an insane method to do more damage, I'm not THAT idiot.

 

[amd4lif3]

the only thing you can do is buy a new motherboard otherwise the alternatives are terrible ideas

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Or leave as is without the chip - if it's working fine without it, then it's related to a feature you're not using.

 

[Horadric]

Or leave as is without the chip - if it's working fine without it, then it's related to a feature you're not using.

That's exactly what i hope for. I filled the terribly long form for asrock tech support and asked for help about identifying the part, but I don't think they care about it as long as it's not a warranty issue. They have a bad reputation anyway. The PC seems to work fine, but the purpose of that part is still puzzles me. There is no error log, popup, beeping, etc.
Is there a chance that I actually managed to resocket the thing fine and it has physical connection to work? It didn't seem broken, legs were fine, just bent, after a reshape it fits back in stable like a lego piece. I will probably do a full upgrade in the first quarter of the year mobo, cpu, psu. Let's hope it will work fine until then.

 

[Moonstick2]

The sticker is just your motherboard model. If you peel the sticker off it, what do the markings on the chip itself say?

 

[Horadric]

The sticker is just your motherboard model. If you peel the sticker off it, what do the markings on the chip itself say?

The full label of the sticker is g41m-vs3 r2 p1.40-15a, why would they put a full mobo and bios version sticker on a random part, if it has nothing to do with the bios? Anyway, tried to read the thing, but too small. I don't want to force it out after i put it back rather stable. I think it's 3 lines, the first is bold and stylized, probably a brand, it ends with nd i think, not much, but will look for a magnifying glass. Scrap the picture reference too, my board has a rather different alignment. The thing is next to a via chip and the bios battery, at the end of the pcie slot, close to the back edge of the board. There seems to be no other of it's kind on the board (unlike on the ref. picture). It also connects indirectly onto the board through a plastic socket, that's why i managed to put it back in.

 

[Moonstick2]

Ah, you mean like that one above the CMOS battery in your picture, that sits in a socket?

Pound to a penny it's the BIOS chip. Sometimes they're placed in sockets so that they can be replaced/upgraded, though not sure anyone ever does.

So it popped out, all the legs are okay, you've pushed it back in, everything's working? It should be fine then, and no need to solder or whatnot.

 

[Moonstick2]

I think it's 3 lines, the first is bold and stylized, probably a brand, it ends with nd i think, not much, but will look for a magnifying glass.

Bet it's one of these, or close to it. That's a BIOS chip. Anyway, as I said, if you've pressed it back in its socket and the board is running fine, you've no need to worry.

 

[Horadric]

Ah, you mean that one above the CMOS battery in your picture, that sits in a socket?

Pound to a penny it's the BIOS chip. Sometimes they're placed in sockets so that they can be replaced/upgraded, though not sure anyone ever does.

So it popped out, all the legs are okay, you've pushed it back in, everything's working? It should be fine then, and no need to solder or whatnot.

LOL, didn't even noticed the fact that my description is spot on for the picture, I was missing in various alignment details and lack of stuff which can be found on the picture but not on my board. Now to think of it "american megatrend" ends with nd and is a bios name...brand...thing. Some legs are badly bent, but easily pushed back to straight.
So, if this chip dies, I have no bios and would hear a beep, or nothing without a bios chip and it wont even do POST? Also, I recently upgraded to 1.80 as a last resort before I found the thread about the r7 260x card random freeze issue and realize the card is rubbish, will it be a problem?
EDIT:Yeah that chip picture is spot on. So even if it would be faulty, I could simply buy one and pop it in?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Those chips are designed to be inserted and removed from their sockets, and won't be damaged by bent legs. If it's in the socket, your board should be fine. You don't need to glue it or anything.

They're a completely different thing to the small-pitch SMD chip your first picture had.

 

[Horadric]

Those chips are designed to be inserted and removed from their sockets, and won't be damaged by bent legs. If it's in the socket, your board should be fine. You don't need to glue it or anything.

They're a completely different thing to the small-pitch SMD chip your first picture had.

Yeah, I'm sorry, my board is confusing, I focused on different things, it doesn't really look like the reference board, this matching is an accident. I might even say it's not the same type onebut it is, i have the box and the PC says so too.

 

[Moonstick2]

So, if this chip dies, I have no bios and would hear a beep, or nothing without a bios chip and it wont even do POST?...I could simply buy one and pop it in?

If it dies, then as you say, no POST, no beeps, nothing. If you have to, you can buy a replacement chip with the BIOS programmed in for not much money, e.g. here. But whilst it's all behaving, you've nothing to worry about. Those leg connections are suprisingly robust - we're not talking about sending very high data rates here.

 

[Horadric]

So, if this chip dies, I have no bios and would hear a beep, or nothing without a bios chip and it wont even do POST?...I could simply buy one and pop it in?

If it dies, then as you say, no POST, no beeps, nothing. If you have to, you can buy a replacement chip with the BIOS programmed in for not much money, e.g. here. But whilst it's all behaving, you've nothing to worry about. Those leg connections are suprisingly robust - we're not talking about sending very high data rates here.

Thanks a lot, and truly sorry about the misleading reference picture, it could go easier without my incompetence