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So after reading a few things, people say that the importance of 1 small mount capacitor is either a hit or miss. I decided to go through with installing the heatsink, and voila..the blissful noise of the POST beep. So far so good, has been running a solid 15 mins with no hiccups. I will...

I accidently broke this piece off my mobo when i was installing a back plate for a new heatsink i got. Question is: what exactly is this component and is this fixable? It's located on the underside of the motherboard where the CPU is. Am i screwed and have to buy a new motherboard?