Capacitor in Inno3D 1070Ti Herculez SMD burned during assembly.
Capacitor in Inno3D 1070Ti Herculez SMD burned during assembly.
Hey there, yesterday the monitors stopped working and after restarting the machine the SMD cap on the 5mOhm sensing resistor failed. I cleaned the area and replaced the bad capacitor, but I’m not sure how to get the exact value or if it’s safe to solder a new one without special PCB tools. The exposed copper seems connected to a power plane (possibly a +12 or +5V plane) and the other side of the blown cap is touching ground—probably a filtering capacitor behind the sensing resistor. I assume there are no other shorts. Should I skip one of the caps? It might be a big deal if there’s nothing else connected. I don’t know why this happened and think my PSU isn’t the problem, since I didn’t buy a cheap unit. Any advice would be great!
Unfortunately, the pads are missing and soldering wasn’t straightforward—some copper melted significantly, though it didn’t reach the following layer. There’s a second cap at the top, but my basic multimeter reading shows no short circuit, even with melted copper nearby.
I don’t have access to that equipment. I removed the residue using a vintage toothbrush to eliminate the charred material.
Resolved; eliminated the burnt tops, sanitized the space, and plan to apply an insulating material—GPU functions properly and we’ll reduce clock speed for safety. Thank you all!