So, I had some issues with installing the GPU in the case, and the GPU bottom (those metals things at the bottom) ended up scratching part of the motherboard. From what I can tell, there’s a bunch of similar components all the way up, so I’d think there’s redundancy, so I guess it’s not that important. Here is a picture (I was told some people couldn’t open postimg, both links have same image):

https://i.postimg.cc/7LBwkr3h/62e626.jpg

https://files.catbox.moe/62e626.jpg

PC boots fine into bios, fans work, stuff are recognized, mouse and keyboard also works, but I haven’t really done much beyond that.

Motherboard is: MSI B650 Gaming Plus Wifi

It’s located here, and on them, it is written K72 then vertically smaller K2 (the 2 has an underline), as you can see in the above image too:

https://i.postimg.cc/XJNcnppT/modelblock-gaming-pd.png

https://files.catbox.moe/7otcn6.png

I was told to ask here, and the best guess from what I’ve been told is that this is this:

Paralleling power metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) is a common wayto reduce conduction losses and spread power dissipation over multiple devices to limit the maximum junction temperature.

Which could mean that the others could pick up the slack.

Should I get a new motherboard?

  • Decq@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    You can also solder a new one on (if the old one is too ripped up). They are pretty cheap. Even with a new soldering iron it’s still much cheaper than possibly a new motherboard. But i don’t know whether these are at all that important, so i don’t know if it’s worth it.

    • IsoKiero@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      But i don’t know whether these are at all that important, so i don’t know if it’s worth it.

      Well, they’re not for decoration either. The board is designed for that component to be in place. But, as already mentioned, there’s reundancy, so it might not be an immediate problem, or not a problem at all. It might have affect on how long the board lasts, it might be a problem with different components in place, cause stability issues under certain kinds of load and so on.

      For OP, if it works, I’d keep just using it. Replacing the component would be the best option, but if you don’t have experience on soldering (or know someone who does) I’d skip that. Looks like the pads are at least damaged if not missing altogether and replacing that isn’t really trivial job. Not impossible either by any stretch, but not something you’d want to do for your first soldering job.

      Cascading failure could, at least in theory, damage more expensive components on the machine, but that’s pretty unlikely. And it won’t catch on fire because of that.