Broken capacitor leg

[pork_sword]

Got this Radeon 3850 with a bent capacitor that after a closer inspection ended up having a broken leg. Warranty is not an option. I melted the solder and removed the capacitor. I soldered the broken leg back onto the cap but it wont take much to knock it off again. So I want to replace it.

The markings on the cap are:
PS78L
270
16v

It is a solid cap and it is blue. I dug around Digi-Key and the closest thing I found was: Digi-Key

If I don't find a solid capacitor can I replace it with a non-solid one? What about the capacitance, what if its higher than 270uf?

 

[Baez]

If you aren't rough with the card the cap should stay on fine. All it really is doing is sitting in your motherboard in the first place.

 

[S0ULphIRE]

?!?!?! wow, weird cap...usually it has a 3-digit code instead of that weird PS78L string.
The capacitor you found seems to match close enough to the original, but why would you bother getting a new one? why don't you just solder a bit more wire onto the original cap's broken leg, then voila!

 

[gurusan]

the capacitance rating can be higher and depending on what the capacitors job is higher may even be better if you are overclocking

I would change it with something like this Digi-Key - P12372-ND (Panasonic - ECG - EEU-FM1C331) or even the 470uF

it's a low ESR cap, very cheap, and very good.

 

[KurrentEweser]

This should work just fine just as long as you get the polarity correct.

 

[CalcProgrammer1]

I'd think that as long as you keep the capacitance and voltage the same, the replacement would work. Note that bigger capacitors have polarity and you must solder them correctly (+ and - lined up right). Though you could reuse the old one by soldering a new lead to it and maybe applying a bit of superglue around the joint to protect it.