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First post, by Nemo1985

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Hello fellow vogonians.
Today I received this video card and due to bad packing has been damaged during the transport.
One of the smd caps 470uf 6v has come off and a small filter cap was around the box.
I'm pretty sure I will have to change the bigger one but I doubt I will be able to find the right place for the smallest one.
Is there anyone with such card that is willing to take high res picture so I can try to check where it is missing?

Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/hoKjR9F

Thanks

Reply 1 of 4, by sdz

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Hello,

If you post some clear high res pictures of your card we might be able to tell where the cap goes.

Edit: there is another damaged cap near to the sticker.

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Reply 2 of 4, by Nemo1985

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Great catch, you are right this cap is loose.
That's the best I could do with my phone:
https://imgur.com/a/pmbT4zs

Edit the loose filtering caps has come off, it's the very same dimension of the other one.

Reply 3 of 4, by sdz

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There are some other weird looking things, but can't really tell much from those photos. Do you have a flatbed scanner?

If you plan to solder back the loose caps, measure them first for shorts.

Reply 4 of 4, by Nemo1985

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sdz wrote on 2022-06-08, 00:50:

There are some other weird looking things, but can't really tell much from those photos. Do you have a flatbed scanner?

If you plan to solder back the loose caps, measure them first for shorts.

I haven't the skill to solder back those caps.

I tried to use the flatbed but I never got good results from it, here are the pictures of the back of the card (I do wonder if my scanners sux or what):

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Took another picture of the back with phone:

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