Broken component on mb...

[kyoshozx]

I accidently broke off a surface mounted component off my motherboard. I attempted to repair it by supergluing the component back on and using conductive pen to make sure it was making contact. However due to the fact surface mounted components are extremely small i'm not sure if my repairs were successful.

After my repairs, i looped my system overnight in quake3 and it never crashed. Then I looped 3dmark for a while and haven't noticed any problems. I've been using my system for close to 2 days without any signs of instability.

Should I replace the motherboard?


Oh my MB is Asus A7V333 with Raid.

 

[LoverBoyJ]

It may depend on what that "component" is used for and the type of component (i.e. capacitor, resistor, voltage regulator...etc). If its for non-serious application such as sound then there may not be a noticeble "defect" found until you use the sound extensively, otherwise your motherboard will not work at all.

I once broke a very small surface mount capacitor on the opposite side of the board close to the processor, and the system never turned on again. Surface mount components have a very weak solder joints and even if you think that its soldered back properly the insides may have been broken off already. Superglueing a component may be a bad idea bec. it will induce leakage currents accross the component and may cause some other connected components to malfunction. It would be a better idea if you soldered the component back with a hot iron and clean it with alcohol then let dry.

my $0.02

 

[kyoshozx]

Soldering was not an option because I don't have a solder iron with such a small tip.