Capacitor fell off my 1080. I think I found where it went, but I don't know if it can be repaired. Is it done for?
Capacitor fell off my 1080. I think I found where it went, but I don't know if it can be repaired. Is it done for?
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Not an expert, but it looks like it can be soldered back on.
that looks like it can easily be soldered back on.
far as i can see, it didn’t rip off the pads so ur good to just solder it back on
what ever luck god you pray too, you owe em one hahahaha
No cap fr fr
As GPU parts/capacitors etc. go, that thing is gigantic. I’ve never used a soldering iron before but I’m fairly certain I could solder that thing back on easily in a few minutes. (Just study other pics or schematics of the same GPU first incase it goes on a certian way)
Sad
Ez resoldered 😏😏😩
Yeah, no cap. On god
Solder it back ¯_(ツ)_/¯
100% fixable. If this is beyond your skillset, take it to a shop.
Easy to resolder. If you never do soldering, just follow some yt video. You can sold it without flux (see some yt vidoes if you don know what it is), just make sure to resold the corret orientation (the base of the capacitor must fit the white shape drawn on the board)
It’s the most entry level solder jobs. Like if you intended to learn this would likely be lesson one
No you’re capped.
get it off the carpet first pls
It’s repairable. Doesn’t look like PCB Is damaged.
Tons of people who’ve never soldered before saying this is easy. This capacitor is surface mounted, which is definitely not the easiest thing to solder, especially for a beginner. If you don’t feel confident soldering this take it to a local electronics repair shop and they will do it for you.
Just make sure you know the position / positive side.
You can either:
Solder by yourself with your or some lent soldering iron and solder, if you are confident after watching some videos;
Bring the board to a PC place and ask them to resolder. Do not pay more than 20 bucks though. And that’s expensive really. I would do for 10 bucks in my old shop. Maybe call a few places and get quotes for soldering a single solid capacitor.
Well, if you would need to buy soldering equipment I would say go for the shop instead, maybe.
Your call, but the board should be good.
Unless you don’t know how to use a soldering iron. No
Not screwed at all.
Probably an input filtering cap, and it can definitely be soldered back on super easy. If you were local, I’d do that for free. Just find a shop that can do soldering. Even someone with fairly basic soldering skills could fix that.
This can be fixed. It might be a pain in the ass to get it fixed but it’s not toast. I wouldn’t run it without it though personally. It’s smd not through hole which means hot air is preferred soldering method.
Lil bit of soldering and you’ll be fine. Should be able to find a YouTube tutorial and a $20 soldering gun from your local computer store. I’d recommend practicing on something you don’t care about first though.
Take it to electronics/computer repair store, they can solder it back. If its damaged they can replace the capacitor.
PC perc
just put it back lol youll befine
if your going to attempt to resolder this on your own, I’d almost suggest just a straight bit of wire rather than a whole capacitor. It will be much easier job as a surface mount component. It’s proximity to the power input and size suggest its just smoothing out flow from iffy PSUs and/or cheap aftermarket sata/molex power adapters.
That assumes you don’t have an iffy PSU or use those cheap adapters…
Its also easy to test, just short the leads and see if it still works.
Disclaimer: All terrible caviler advice. Use at your own risk.
You got the perc270 nice
Looks fixable to me
Ha, lucky as they come
Its a pretty big capacitor, shouldn’t be too difficult to solder back even for a complete beginner.
Any solder person job guy can do this with no problem. If you try it yourself, I would put flux on the silver contacts on the board, use a hot air rework station on it with a thin nozzle so you arent hitting other parts, and hold the capacitor with a pair of tweezers. Once those contacts get nice and shiny, put the capacitor back on there, making sure it’s oriented the correct direction, and the solder will melt together. Take the heat away, give it atleast 20 seconds, and then give the capacitor a *light* tug with the tweezers to make sure it’s strong like bull.
Take this with a grain of salt. I’m self-taught, but I’ve hot air reworked parts that are the size of a grain of sand, so I know something-ish.
Honestly, unless you think having a soldering iron would be fun/helpful in the future, I’d just take it to a local hobby/pc shop and see what they would charge. It should only take a few minutes so my guess is that the cost would be less than getting the hot air rework station and flux.
I agree, you should be able to just solder it back on. But, by someone that not only knows what they are doing, but has some skill to do it so the board doesn’t get royally fucked in the process.
Very fixable. Look for a PC repair store or similar if you don’t feel confident soldering or if you don’t have the tools.
It looks like a cold solder joint. The solder paste barely reflowed and didn’t even wet the pad.
Easily fixable, also keep your videocard off the carpet.
Looks like a fairy clean break. If you know how to solder, you can probably just solder it back
Looks like it can be soldered back easily. If you have no experience then take it to a repair shop don’t risk it.
No. If enough skill u can put it back very easily
Buy a hardware store POS $5 iron and some solder (with flux) as well as finding some old PCB (motherboard, video card, PSU) that hasn’t been used in however long and won’t be missed. Use that to practice on. Flow the solder on pads and contact points over and over again until you’re confident to do it on the GPU. Soldering is not a hard thing to do, but you do have to get into the groove of making good solder joints. The pads are still there, so all that broke was the solder joint (how? not a clue). But always, always, always, make sure you use solder with flux in the core or make sure you have a flux supply.
Be careful not having the cap explode on you if you try to solder it back with a heatgun. Leave it to a shop, proper gear and experience its 2 min job.
Looks like an easy repair for people that can solder surface mount components.
No, but you are incapacitated
Easy fix! Find someone who can reflow surface mount components. I could fix this in 30 seconds, but I also have a hot air rework station and soldering experience. If you were near me, I’d fix this for a beer.
That can definitely be repaired.
Neither the capacitor nor the PCB look to be damaged, just needs to be soldered back on.
If you dont feel confident attempting the repair, I’d recommend seeing if you can find any electronics repair shops locally.im.sure the sort of places that repair laptops, tablets and phones could easily solder than back on for you.
Okay, here’s how you put the thing back:
BOM: 25-35W soldering iron. Cheap unregulated Chinese one will do. Lead-free soldier, but for beginner 60-40 tin-lead is easy to work with. Flux – liquid is direct apply; resin is melted with the iron. Cellulose sponge to clean the tip. Polyimide (Kapton) tape is a must for heat insulation and to prevent burning things you don’t want to. Some 99% alcohol to clean the mess. Copper desoldier braid to clean old soldier.
1. Strip it to bare PCB. IO shield and backplate might stay on, cap is on top side.
2. Prep the surface by taping the surrounding area with the polyimide tape and clean the pads with the copper braid. Wait for the tip to heat up. Wet the sponge with water. When it melts soldier, it is ready. Put the copper braid over the pads and gently push with the hot iron. Copper soaks soldier like a sponge. Don’t scrub or hold for too long. You’ll damage the pads.
3. Clean tip with sponge. If dry, go and get it wet!!!
4. Wet the tip with soldier. A small drop is enough. First wet with resin flux, if you got this kind.
5. Apply flux, if liquid kind, and then apply some solider to the PCB contacts. Flux helps soldier stick to where it’s supposed to and make soldiering easier. You’ll see how it sticks nicely.
6. Pick one method you feel you’ll do better:
1. Put the cap onto the contacts. Gently approach with the tip and apply soldier to the sides. A medium blob on the tip will make sure it contacts well enough.
2. Melt the soldier on the PCB and very quickly put the cap. Pre-heating the leads can give you extra wiggle room. Ideally you would use hot air gun for this method.
7. Wait a bit to cool off and give it a wiggle. It should not move. Soldier should not touch any other exposed metal. Try to clean if any whiskers or shorts are visible.
8. Clean tip with sponge again.
9. Clean excess flux with alcohol and remove tape.
10. Reasemble and power on.
I have to say, the blue stripe is the NEGATIVE side. The stripe should be facing the PCIe power connector. Match the printed outline on the PCB with the cap outline, as seen from top.
It is completely possible to replace the SMD cap with THT if you’re uncomfortable with this kind of caps. It’s ugly and you risk breaking it again (hot glue it). Mind the polarity and capacitance of 270uF (nanoFarads). This exact cap comes in SMD form (the one that broke off) and THT (long legs). Dirt cheap on Aliexpress if time is of no value. Voltage rating must be at minimum 16V. It is a smoothing capacitor by the looks of it. Higher capacitance won’t hurt, lower may result in unstable power delivery. Simple bridging can result in potential crashes on sudden power draw.
The pads are intact. You can resolder and will work again.
The pads are still there, should be easy to resolder.
that can be solderd back on 🙂
Go to the nearest service center and they will repair it without any issues