Optional capacitor?

[CrimeDog]

I managed to knock one lead off the capacitor circled on the picture below (it's evga 6800u) and i ended up just glueing the cap hold down bracket and it worked. A little later the other side decided to come off as well. I have it glued down but I doubt it's making contact. The card works fine, and does the same overclock as before.

My question is, is there any harm in running it without this cap? Should I get it repaired, or replaced? Thanks! :toast:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=26362

[sinsinking]

i think glued is not a good idea. You better do some soldering work on capactior. If u still have warrently, just ask for it and get repair/replace. If u really good on soldering, u can replace it. Zoom it as close as u can and show both side or how u glue it for us to help u easier.

[lalPOOO]

Its not really something you should rma if you knocked the cap off. Shouldn't be hard to replace if you can find a replacement cap. If the card works the same I honestly don't think I'd bother, cause it'll be hard to find another one of those caps.

[Kellisra]

From what I can gather, this capacitor is a 330uF, 16V cap.

Replacement caps are available from all major electronics component suppliers.

Just get a new one and solder it on this time. Don't glue it on. That seldom gives good enough contact.

[Kellisra]

Some more info:
The capacitor is most likely a low-impedance type from Sanyo.

Elfa is one supplier for such capacitors:
http://www.elfa.se/en/

The part number is:
67-216-82

You could also try www.farnell.com (worldwide delivery i think).
(ordeno: 3346274 should work)
(ornerno: 4310627 is another alternative)

The price is is about 1-3£ for one of those capacitors.

[Holst]

Glueing it back on is a VERY VERY bad idea.

This could cause bad contacts and might cause damage to something else.

Get somebody to SOLDER it back on or have it repaired by the manufacturer.

Running the card without the cap may compromise the voltage regulation and might end up killing your card.

[Kellisra]

Glueing it back on is a VERY VERY bad idea.

This could cause bad contacts and might cause damage to something else.

Get somebody to SOLDER it back on or have it repaired by the manufacturer.

Running the card without the cap may compromise the voltage regulation and might end up killing your card.
I agree: It looks from the pictures that these caps are the voltage stabilizer-caps (just guessing here). Whether the card works without them depends a bit on the circuitry. There are 2 for each molex connector. They might simply be coupled in parallell to the input voltage, in which case the card should work just fine without the caps, but you could run into some stability issues. If, on the other hand, they are part of the voltage regulation circuit you could as Holst is pointing out risk killing your card.

I'd go for the replacement cap solution. It's cheap and its easy to fix.

[CaTalyst.X]

Yeah man, solder a new cap on there, ill look in my box to see if i have any 330uf caps cause i know its a PITA to order them

-CaT

[CrimeDog]

thanks for the advice guys. i want it fixed right :)
this look good? http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&productId=124277
Hopefully they'll let me order $0.50 in parts.

[persivore]

thanks for the advice guys. i want it fixed right :)
this look good? http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&productId=124277
Hopefully they'll let me order $0.50 in parts.

That capacitor should be ok, but it would probably be best to replace it with a low ESR type with a higher temperature rating. If the one you linked to is the same rating capacitor as the damaged on tho, it will be fine.