Hey, I just ordered a gigabyte x800xl refurb from newegg (the one with the gigantic kickass passive cooling) and the packaging on the inside of the box wasn't setup right and the card arrived with a broken-off capacitor. The capacitor also has some black chip attached to the bottom of it. Because this is my first pci-express card I won't be able to test it for at least another week. Is there any hope it'll work or should I just send it back now?
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Can a video card work without a capacitor?
- Thread starter chomsky
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i can say NO NO NO
just today @ work, i broke off a cap on a videocard, and said hmm, fuck it, since it wasnt COMPLETLY broken off, i just kinda pushed it back down...bad idea
powered oin and a nice pppffftttt of smoke came out and it stunk like dead rotting fish in here...
so no, i wouldnt do it
btw it was just a lousy radeon 7000 so its no big loss, plus we just send it back to reseller
just today @ work, i broke off a cap on a videocard, and said hmm, fuck it, since it wasnt COMPLETLY broken off, i just kinda pushed it back down...bad idea
powered oin and a nice pppffftttt of smoke came out and it stunk like dead rotting fish in here...
so no, i wouldnt do it
btw it was just a lousy radeon 7000 so its no big loss, plus we just send it back to reseller
I would definetly return it, but they can sometimes work, the prime example being the 6800 non-ultra's that CompUSA had on the day after thanksgiving for $199. SEVERAL people had the same capacitor fall off, and they worked, seemed to affect the overclocking tho.
But there is no doubt i'd return it.
But there is no doubt i'd return it.