Broken Capacitor!

spixelspixel · 5 Feb 2012 at 23:49

Hi, I've someone managed to knock a capacitor off my abit aw9d-max motherboard. Can someone tell me what it is used for and if its important or should the board still run ok? I don't currently have a 775 cpu so unable to test it.

Surveyor · 6 Feb 2012 at 00:49

Capacitors store electrical charge.

I've no idea what that particular one is for but the manufacturer didn't put it there for fun.

I wouldn't use the motherboard until it's been repaired.

Justintime · 6 Feb 2012 at 12:27

At a guess i'd say it was something to do with the RAM or cpu power.. definetly not something you'd want not to be there.

mmj_uk · 6 Feb 2012 at 13:44

Surveyor said:
I've no idea what that particular one is for but the manufacturer didn't put it there for fun.

This, fortunately it's a big one so it should be easy enough to solder back on or replace.