6800gs repairable?

[lazerman]

Okay so I got an eVGA 6800gs for Christmas, and it arrived damaged. One of the capacitors had fallen off during shipping. Newegg is filing a claim with UPS so I will be getting another card sometime soon. I want to know if I can fix this one though so I don't have to wait and when the new one comes I can have SLI. Here is a pic:

I have tried to solder it back on but the leads on the capacitor are just too short (like 2 or 3mm). Will the card run okay without the capacitor? Can I get a new capacitor somewhere (like Radioshack)? Will someplace be able to fix it for a small fee?

This seems to be the only issue with the card.

 

[CrAzY_GaMeR_07]

I would just wait for the new card, If you have to send back the old one and they see you played around with it they might get mad.

 

[lazerman]

I don't have to send it back.... What is UPS going to do with a broken video card?

 

[CrAzY_GaMeR_07]

oh, so you get to keep it and you get a new one?

 

[lazerman]

Yep, which is why I can work on this one.... Enough of this just talk on aim for this sort of stuff....

 

[Sevoma]

You should not have messed with it. They will see you have tampered with it and might not take a refund.

Don't try the card without the capacitor; something bad WILL happen.

If they won't take the card back, find the information on the capacitor and try to order it online. It is a easy fix, but you need a fine-tipped soder iron.

 

[Elbatrop1]

Well, by the looks of your soldering you might have soldered a couple traces on the PCB together (I cant say for sure without a closer pic). If thats the case, then I wouldnt put that in your comp at all, as it might damage something. And, no it wont work without that capacitor.

 

[lazerman]

No there aren't any traces there, just outlines.... They don't want it back....

 

[lazerman]

Okay here is the capacitor:

Any ideas on what kind of capacitor I need to buy?

 

[Elbatrop1]

Its a 5.3 pF capacitor. That means 5.3 picoFarad.
It doesnt look like it has anything that specifies what kind of tolerance it has, but I would go with one that has really low tolerance. Tolerance is a measure of how much that value of capacitance can vary. Likely one less than 1% tolerance should do.