So, I had some issues with installing the GPU in the case, and the GPU bottom (those metals things at the bottom) ended up scratching part of the motherboard. From what I can tell, there’s a bunch of similar components all the way up, so I’d think there’s redundancy, so I guess it’s not that important. Here is a picture:
https://i.postimg.cc/7LBwkr3h/62e626.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/62e626.jpg
PC boots fine into bios, fans work, stuff are recognized, mouse and keyboard also works, but I haven’t really done much beyond that.
Motherboard is: MSI B650 Gaming Plus Wifi
It’s located here, and on them, it is written K72 then vertically smaller K2 (the 2 has an underline):
https://i.postimg.cc/XJNcnppT/modelblock-gaming-pd.png
https://files.catbox.moe/7otcn6.png
Should I get a new motherboard?
Edit: Better quality image, and new image host added.
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My guess is that those are related to the audio outputs. See the orange line? They’re supposed to show that there aren’t noisy components placed near the audio traces.
That is a MOSFET or Diode
It looks like it took up a portion of the pad when it was peeled off. The pad will need to be restored so that the component can be remounted.
The motherboard’s engineers didn’t put it there for no reason. I recommend that you keep the board off and seek out someone who offers component level repair / microsoldering - for someone with the right tools and skills, this is a soft pass. It should certainly be more affordable than a replacement motherboard.
I’ve had several clients create new problems by powering on devices with missing or damaged components to see if they still work. Hopefully that does not turn out to be the case here.
I could try to see if someone can repair it, though with how high repair costs can be, I don’t know if it is more affordable + the worry that they didn’t repair it properly. So it might just be better to get another board (which would either way mean, disassembling the whole PC again and rebuilding it). Luckily a motherboard isn’t that expensive compared to the other parts at least.
By causing other problems, what do you mean exactly happened in their cases?
Until you call around and get quotes, you’re only letting your imagination work against you.
A user powered on a 3090 with missing capacitors at the height of the pandemic GPU shortage / mining craze. A relatively simple repair was severely complicated by damage to one of the memory banks. The card was used for work, not gaming, so the mistake impacted their ability ro earn a living.
Most of those transistors are purely decorative. Go ahead and scrape a few more off - fewer components means lower power consumption!
In all seriousness, that looks like a transistor of some sort, not a cap or resistor. I don’t know enough about modern motherboard design to guess its function, but I can tell you that there’s not really such a thing as “redundant” components in the way you’re guessing. It might be boosting some signal, it might just be for controlling those asinine lights that are on everything nowadays, but you probably want to be ready to replace that motherboard at the drop of a hat, since you’re likely not equipped to repair that yourself.
If it were a cap it could be fine without out. It looks like a diode or fet though; just because there’s a bunch doesnt mean there’s redundancy. There’s something that isn’t working properly, you just don’t know it yet. Double check you are operating at full 16x on the gpu pcie slot. They could also be ESD protection diodes, in which case the mobo will run fine without it as long as you don’t shock the crap out of it
Well it’s there for a reason. Might not cause issues all the time but under a heavy load it might. Shoud be cheap to repair though.
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