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Flimsy capacitor

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I've bought a second hand Quadro FX card for some modeling work.

When the card arrived I've noticed a capacitor at the back of the chip is very shaky :(











Looks like it might have happened during posting or packing. The card works fine (well, as far as I can tell) for now, but I don't want it to give me a nasty surprise in some time. I really need this card, so I am willing to fix it, if it's possible. But if it's serious I will obviously return it.
So, anyone seen anything like that? What should I do?
 
I shall do a number of crazy stress tests to see if it is working properly and not getting any slowdowns.
If it passes all test, maybe I can just put a drop of nonconducting glue on that place to prevent it from peeling off any further?
 
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