Will this still work?

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I got home, friend gave me a 6600GT. Anyways, I was walking in, and it was sitting on the top of the box for the speaker set he gave me. My dog jumped on me, and the card slid off the top of the box onto the floor.

I have only found one part, looks like some sort of cell.
All that's really noticeable is the GPU fan/heatsink falling off, and this part no longer connected to the board, is the board still operable you think?


 
It's a capacitor. It's about 50/50 whether or not it will power on and work, you could probably tape/glue it down and see.. It wouldn't be hard to get it running again, though.
 
Any ideas on what I may have to do if it does not give picture?
I have thermal paste, will reapply it, then tape the heatsink down for testing.
If there's no picture, does that mean the capacitor is needed?
 
That's like asking, "If the bullet doesn't hit me, does that mean I'm to get hit?" :D
 
power it up like what?
the heatsink will be reattached, is the capacitor absolutely necessary to run?
idk
 
I really would spend like 5 bucks on an old soldering gun and some solder and fix it. Powering up could cause more harm to the core or ram.
 
Chances are it will power up or do nothing. Most of the time capacitors are coupled on a card, but I personally wouldn't take the chance. Many times a cap falls off or goes bad and the end user doesn't know until the age shows or the capacitor degrades into garbage. Like the above poster said.. i'd just invest a few dollars into the soldering iron and just get it to go back on.. make sure the polarity is correct. If you don't have the tools or the skills, just send it to someone who will fix it for you..

I'd do it but i'm fast approaching finals...
 
i guess first you will have to figure out where the cap goes. find a decent pic of the same card as yours and compare. i wouldnt recommend it, but i have had cards work with missing caps. since they had user damage, and could not be rma'd, i figured, wtf, and stoked them up. worked both times.
 
I had a cap break off of my current card. I dont know how to solder so I took it in to a cpu store and they fixed it for $5 :)
 
A "hole in the wall" place. I actually took it to bestbuy and their "geek squad" wanted $200 for a soulder.. On my way home, I saw a little computer repair place that did it for me.. did a good job too.
 
lloose said:
A "hole in the wall" place. I actually took it to bestbuy and their "geek squad" wanted $200 for a soulder.. On my way home, I saw a little computer repair place that did it for me.. did a good job too.
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$200! holy shiznit, might aswell buy a new card for that price
 
just use some bubble gum. best if you could find some out of a baseball card pack. Seriously, soldering is very easy. You can probably read the owner's manual on a new soldering gun and be ready to go. Plus, you could feel comfort in the fact that you can fix other electronics down the road and end up saving money. My wife bought me one of those cold touch one's at Costco for like 25 or 30 bucks. Works pretty good.
 
belmicah said:
just use some bubble gum. best if you could find some out of a baseball card pack. Seriously, soldering is very easy. You can probably read the owner's manual on a new soldering gun and be ready to go. Plus, you could feel comfort in the fact that you can fix other electronics down the road and end up saving money. My wife bought me one of those cold touch one's at Costco for like 25 or 30 bucks. Works pretty good.
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Don't use cold-heat soldering irons on electronics, especially ICs. They can and often will cause ESD death by the way they are designed.
 
you can get a decent low power soldering iron with a few tips at radio shack for 10 to 15 bucks. an ok weller with switchable power settings for less than $25. i got that cold soldering iron for christmas about 4 or 5 years ago and used it once. the hard plastic case is excellent for carrying around my heroin and syringes, tho. jk. i use the free wire stripper that came with it almost every day.
 
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