[fatboyjim]

Hi all,

I had a bit of a mishap tonight and knocked a component off of my nVidia GeForce 6600GT AGP card... it looks like a capacitor, but slightly different (it is entirely silver, rather than silver with protective coating on all but the top)

Printed on the top is a third of blue paint, indicating the direction it should be soldered onto the board, also
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I did this whilst the computer was turned off, but decided to bite the bullet and turn it back on. I've been using Windows for an hour, then played SWAT 4 for a while and didn't notice any ill effects, everything is running at its normal speed and the temperature monitor isn't any higher/lower than normal

Have I got lucky and broken off a useless component? Or am I likely to notice problems later down the line?

Also, is there any danger of this board now doing something crazy like flying a fire? I'm not really into electronics so don't know the importance of certain components

Cheers
Jim