Will it become an issue?

koolpc · Tuesday at 15:46

Guys, i had to take out an itx mobo from my daughters pc case so that i could remove the io shroud to get to the cmos battery so that i could replace it.

To remove the io shroud i had to remove some screws on the rear of the mobo. While doing this i inadvertently slipped and one of the very tiny square 'things' soldered to the mobo came off completely!! There are numerous on the back of the mobo. All over the place...

Well, after assembling everything the pc works fine.

I thought the pc wouldnt work or at the very least have an issue but no.....

What do those 'things' do?

throwaway4372 · Tuesday at 16:11

It's how Bill Gates knows everything you do.

But if you post a picture or model number someone else might know.

koolpc · Tuesday at 16:20

The back of the mobo has loads of these tiny square things soldered all over it....i knocked one off...

VincentHanna · Tuesday at 16:32

koolpc said:
The back of the mobo has loads of these tiny square things soldered all over it....i knocked one off...

We don't want to know about your masturbation sessions, post a photo of the motherboard.

koolpc · Tuesday at 16:40

I cant post a pic.....

Its the rear of the mobo. It has loads of those tiny square things that are soldered to it. I broke one off....just curious if it will cause any long term issues?

X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI (Rev. 1.0) itx

Tetras · Tuesday at 17:00

koolpc said:
I broke one off....just curious if it will cause any long term issues?

If everything is working now, then probably not.

From what I can gather, they help to stabilise the power delivery to the CPU and some of them (especially on a higher-end board) may be overspec/redundant.

koolpc · Tuesday at 17:02

Tetras said:
If everything is working now, then probably not.

From what I can gather, they help to stabilise the power delivery to the CPU and some of them (especially on a higher-end board) may be overspec/redundant.

I see.....

There are literally loads on the rear of the board!!

Tetras · Tuesday at 17:06

koolpc said:
I see.....

There are literally loads on the rear of the board!!

Oh, you don't mean just on the socket?

The purpose would depend where it was.

koolpc · Tuesday at 18:05

Tetras said:
Oh, you don't mean just on the socket?

The purpose would depend where it was.

No, not near the socket. Its on the rear of the board, away from the socket area. Like i said, they are all over the rear of the board..

rare · Tuesday at 18:11

koolpc said:
I cant post a pic.....

Its the rear of the mobo. It has loads of those tiny square things that are soldered to it. I broke one off....just curious if it will cause any long term issues?

Very possibly, it completely depends what it does. It’s a capacitor of some sort?

I once took apart a Mac mini and cleaned it up and in the process accidentally knocked a tiny chip off the motherboard. Initially it worked ok but after a couple days it killed itself off. It must have been something to do with voltage regulation or something but will never know…

Tetras · Tuesday at 18:49

koolpc said:
No, not near the socket. Its on the rear of the board, away from the socket area. Like i said, they are all over the rear of the board..

Could you make a vague guess which area? It might be related to something on the board that you're not using.

hornetstinger · Tuesday at 18:57

Any good repair shop should be able to solder that back on and once component shouldn't be that expensive probably at most £50.

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koolpc · Tuesday at 19:43

hornetstinger said:
Any good repair shop should be able to solder that back on and once component shouldn't be that expensive probably at most £50.

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I lost the bit...

Philtor · Tuesday at 21:01

Thread needs pics otherwise it’s guesswork tbh. Is there a part number or anything on the component which you have knocked off?

hornetstinger · Tuesday at 21:02

koolpc said:
I lost the bit...

A good repair person should be able to find out what the missing component is, access to service diagram, contacts from the manufacturer electronic forums etc

koolpc · Wednesday at 02:17

Philtor said:
Thread needs pics otherwise it’s guesswork tbh. Is there a part number or anything on the component which you have knocked off?

Cant take pic now as mobo back in the case.

No writing on it as it is very tiny. Its probably around 5mm. There are loads of the same on the back of the board.

freddie64 · Wednesday at 06:46

Found a partial picture of the back of the board. It may help to identify what you have broken off.

koolpc · Wednesday at 07:11

freddie64 said:
Found a partial picture of the back of the board. It may help to identify what you have broken off.

Thanks...nothing in that area... And the part is really tiny...

HoneyBadger · Wednesday at 22:55

Because you aren't really helping us help you, I'm not sure how you expect us to answer.

It would appear the only option you have is to use it and see what happens. In time, if there is a problem, it will manifest. Or it won't. Your guess is as good as ours.

koolpc · 2025-12-18T03:17:32+0000

HoneyBadger said:
Because you aren't really helping us help you, I'm not sure how you expect us to answer.

It would appear the only option you have is to use it and see what happens. In time, if there is a problem, it will manifest. Or it won't. Your guess is as good as ours.

Thing is, I can't take the mobo out to take a pic of the underside of it. I dont live with my daughter. But, I do appreciate everyone's advice.