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Need help! What is this and where was it from? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey folks, I hope anyone can help me. I was just installing new hardware when I noticed this little guy laying around (https://i.postimg.cc/gj9f3JXs/IMG-20231122-184323.jpg). I'm pretty sure it's from the mainboard. Can anyone tell me what this is and where this belongs to on the mainboard? I think it's from that corner (https://i.postimg.cc/s27Pvgzs/IMG-20231122-184333.jpg), because it was right next to this place but I can't find any place where something like this is missing. What should I do know? I'm so helpless right now.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It looks like a capacitor to me. Fairly good chance the board still works without it. Most caps are decoupling capacitor to help filter out noise in the power.