broke off mobo capacitor and bent another

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I'm not going to say what led up to this, but one of my capacitors was knocked out of its legs, and the other is badly bent, I was wondering if it would be safe to start it, I have the BIOSTAR Hi-Fi A85S3 FM2 AMD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138369
the one circled in green is the one that is bent, and the one circled in red is the one that is off, I was wondering what kind of errors I should expect if I start it? or where to get a new one?
https://a.pomf.cat/razwcm.jpg

here's some pictures of it
http://imgur.com/a/Xpo9e

I feel that i should mention that this is my first build, just got it all together 1/11/16.
I'm still pretty new to a lot of this.
 
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If you want you can possibly solder on the capacitor that broke off. You can find a soldering iron and solder at almost any store that specializes in electronics, and there are heaps of guides online on how to solder. It's quite easy and will save you money, but if you are not confident on modifying your motherboard then I suggest that you buy another one, because this will potentially void your warranty and you could damage your motherboard in the process if you are not careful. But if you do a good soldering job then they might not notice :)

After seeing the images I realized that you cannot solder it back on as the legs are ripped clean off the capacitor. If the legs were still attached you could have soldered it back on. I guess if...
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Would it be possible for me to put the capacitor back on the legs? http://a.pomf.cat/cawptk.jpg

Straightened the legs as much as I could http://imgur.com/a/78aTd

Pushed bent one back in, I think it might be ok.
a.pomf.cat/qsnjde.jpg

Gonna wait to see if anyone else has an answer before attempting to put the other back on its legs
 
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If you want you can possibly solder on the capacitor that broke off. You can find a soldering iron and solder at almost any store that specializes in electronics, and there are heaps of guides online on how to solder. It's quite easy and will save you money, but if you are not confident on modifying your motherboard then I suggest that you buy another one, because this will potentially void your warranty and you could damage your motherboard in the process if you are not careful. But if you do a good soldering job then they might not notice :)

After seeing the images I realized that you cannot solder it back on as the legs are ripped clean off the capacitor. If the legs were still attached you could have soldered it back on. I guess if you're really thrifty you can get a replacement capacitor of the same type and capacitance
 
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