Did I bend my capacitor?

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I took my Evga 6800gs card out of the mobo when trying to fix my pc.I left the vid card alone and later i found out that one of the capacitor is bent and only one of the 2 ends is connected to the circuit board. Did I accidentally break it? Would it be any problem? Is there any way to fix it?
 
Do you know how to solder?

That's really a 1 minute fix. Just don't stick it in the computer to be safe.
 
So I shouldn't try to test if it works? Would it damage the vid card or other hardware?

I've never soldered and i don't have the tools. Would it void warranty if i solder it? Should I rma instead?
 
Yes, see if it can be RMA'd, but they may not let you since it's something that you broke.

Testing it -should- not do any harm, and there's even a chance that it would work, but if you can find someone who can solder, I would go with that route.
 
technically, you've voided your warranty (on any part unrelated to the capacitor) by breaking it. If they can PROVE that that cap (probably a filter capacitor, used to filter power fluctuations) broke it, then you're warranty is already VOID.

I say re-solder it. You probably only need to heat up the solder pad, push the pin through, and let it solidify, chances are you won't even need any more solder...
 
Call them up first, tell them what happened. If its just a cap they might be willing to send you a replacement if you return yours and pay for shipping.
 
ok, I just found out that it still works as usual. Maybe it was shipped to me that way and i didn't notice.

I don't get how capacitors work. Why would it still work if one end is off? Is that end only for fixing the cap onto the video card?
 
They require both ends to "work". However, the circuit may not absolutely require the capacitor to "work".

Generally, it's best to put it there, as Arcygenical pointed out, it's probably a power capacitor. Not having it there could cause instability due to power fluctuations if the card suddenly draws more current then the motherboard & PSU can feed it.
 
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