[SOLVED] I accidentally hit a capacitor on my motherboard

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I already asked this question on reddit but I didn't get many answers....
a year and a half ago I decided to change my processor which was a pentium g5400 and I changed it to a core i5 9400f. when I went to remove the aircooler, I had a lot of trouble removing the pins, at the time I didn't know anything about pcs, I ended up using a knife to help pull the pins and accidentally hit a capacitor and ended up making a very small cut or scratch but apparently superficial. this happened in 2020 and everything is working fine but it still makes me very worried. I will leave below some pictures that I took of the capacitor. It's quite small so I couldn't take a very good picture. My question is: should I change the motherboard? or is everything ok? this happened a while ago but i'm worried
View: https://i.imgur.com/2NPv2dU.jpg

View: https://i.imgur.com/sHZG2jP.jpg

View: https://i.imgur.com/sHZG2jP.jpg

View: https://i.imgur.com/EMgDT8h.jpg

View: https://i.imgur.com/G2KEC4w.jpg
 
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Not to worry, it is just cosmetic as evidenced by working for a long time.

To prevent such an occurrence in the future, here is a tip:
Before trying to remove a cooler that is mounted, run the cpu a bit to heat things up.
That will soften the paste, making it easy to remove when you shut down and power off.
Not to worry, it is just cosmetic as evidenced by working for a long time.

To prevent such an occurrence in the future, here is a tip:
Before trying to remove a cooler that is mounted, run the cpu a bit to heat things up.
That will soften the paste, making it easy to remove when you shut down and power off.
 
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