Broken Capacitor On MB

[Craigis22]

Hello guys i have problem. Yesterday i was building my pc and i somehow broke 1 capacitor on motherboard it felt from the case. The mb is msi mortar 150m and the capacitor is the one above 24 pin conector..question is can i run it without problem?

 

[Barty1884]

Is it actually 'broken'? Has it snapped clear of the board? Is it cracked? Or is it simply bent a little?

If it's bent, with no physical sign of damage, you should be fine. Carefully straighten it back out.

If it's visibly damaged/cracked/leaking etc, then you'll have issues.

You'll know pretty soon - it'll either work, or it won't.

 

[Craigis22]

It is broken.. Only the two pins or ,,feets,, are on that place but the ,,head,, of capacitor is out. Any solution? Can i change the capacitor? And if i dont change it can it destroy my components on board? Thank you for answ.

 

[Barty1884]

If it's not functioning correctly, then you can certainly have instability in your system. I'm not aware of a damaged capacitor causing damage to other components, but I wouldn't rule it out. It's a damaged electrical component afterall, so it's entirely possible.

As for replacing it, I wouldn't recommend you try to repair/replace. You could attempt to RMA the board but, as you caused the damage you're very likely to be denied.

You should probably just buy a replacement board.

 

[Craigis22]

I didnt try it to start pc im scared of it if it would kill some other components (cpu,gpu)

 

[nigelivey]

Time for a new board.

 

[Dragos Manea]

I dont know how you managed to broke one, they are resilient little bastards which came off really hard, you have to really buldge one to knock it off, if so next time ask someone who knows how to handle pc components to assemble your pc. Go to an electronic service they will change it fast, easy and it wont cost you an arm and a leg. Dont try to do anything, you may end up doing more damage.
Also be sure to take the damaged capacitor with you so they can know what type of capacitor to put back.

 

[Craigis22]

Okay i will thank you for help i will try some electro shop if they can handle it

 

[Craigis22]

Okay so i just boughr new capacitor 10 v 470 micro F and the original was 6.3v 560micro F so do u think it will work? And i hope it wont do more damage

 

[Craigis22]

http://www.imgup.cz/image/tWI
http://www.imgup.cz/image/tWV Photoa of old cap and the position

 

[nigelivey]

If you want to fix it you cant just get random capacitors soldered on to your MB????? They are not the same so what are you thinking???