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Transistor fell off Card but it still works ?!
- Thread starter Gecco
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It's possible that it's to do with the TV out circuitry (or similar, which you may never use) so it's likely it'll never effect you.
Then again, if it starts playing up in games or the alike, then you know it was important! Suck it and see.
Then again, if it starts playing up in games or the alike, then you know it was important! Suck it and see.
Looks to ne a surface mount capacitor component. They tend to get used a lot for smoothing out power/data signals. If it still works its probably not a too major component.
Keep an eye on things if you are concerned - look out for any excess heat or discolouration around the area the cap came off of?
Keep an eye on things if you are concerned - look out for any excess heat or discolouration around the area the cap came off of?
I had this a couple of years back with a new card, the transistor was loose in the box before I had opened it.
I tested it anyhow and it did work, but when I benched it only performed at 70% what it should have done, so I got a RMA.
I would bench it just to check
I tested it anyhow and it did work, but when I benched it only performed at 70% what it should have done, so I got a RMA.
I would bench it just to check
On a slightly related note, my old Vapochill leaked onto my graphics card and whilst it still worked it developed quite a strange behaviour - it would report temperatures of -127 degrees C, and when you booted Windows there was a 50/50 chance it would automatically shut down (not power off shutdown, a proper graceful "Windows is shutting down" one). Very odd.
lol, that is not a transistor, its capacitor.
its, probably use to filter a signal line and remove noise.
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so you probably just have a noisy signal somewhere, depending on what that signal does and how much decoupling is needed it may have no real world effect at all. IE i could just make you temp jitter around 1-2degree's from the real value.
OMG ive turned into a hardware guru when did that happen im a software guy......
its, probably use to filter a signal line and remove noise.
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so you probably just have a noisy signal somewhere, depending on what that signal does and how much decoupling is needed it may have no real world effect at all. IE i could just make you temp jitter around 1-2degree's from the real value.
OMG ive turned into a hardware guru when did that happen im a software guy......
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