Blown up capacitor

nfrayers

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Thanks for the link but they want to charge me $75 as shipping cost :pt1cable: lol
Do you know any other shops?
 

wiggbot

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Hmm, I don't know who ships there. Sites to try are digikey, mouser, and farnell.

What I can tell you is that you essentially want a capacitor that is:

-rated for 16v
-270 uF
-low ESR
-through-hole
-general purpose




 

nfrayers

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Thank you :) btw the card is still working fine even when playing games like Skyrim on 1080p. Any ideas what is the function of that capacitor?
 

wiggbot

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Capacitors are generally used for filtering duties. The fact that your card still works is kind of interesting though.

I've replaced caps in tvs and routers that had gone kaput. They certainly did not function with damaged caps.