Burned motherboard component. Curious what it is?

[Dylan Bibro]

After a recent rebuild (motherboard/CPU) upgrade on my main rig, I noticed a burned chip at the bottom of my old board after examining it (not having any clue as to when it burned). The board seems to work fine, and has always been stable. I am curious what this component is, and if it could, or needs to be replaced. It seems to only have one terminal on each side, so it could be some type of resistor (maybe), and seems to be surface soldiered and doesn't have pins that go all the way through the PCB. I am mostly curious what it is and if it is a bad sign of failure for more critical components on the board, like bios chip, ect.

EVGA P55 SLI:

 

[sweking]

That looks like a voltage regulator to me. You could take a look on www.digikey.com and search for the component if the model number is readable. A soldering iron, some solder and a desoldering braid should do the trick.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Judging by the label (RT2) I'd say it was a thermistor for monitoring temperatures.