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Onlypro

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Cut one resistor off my radeon 9500np while taking off the shim, severed another resistor. :/ I lost the resistor!

Comp still boots with card. Since I have no hs on it I cant really test it yet.
 
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That would have been nice to know 2 hours ago :D

Card still works, I cant find anythign really wrong with it. But I kinda wanna replace the resistor that flew off.

Any Ideas what I should do?

I ran 3dmark and it works, it seems like its dropping a few frames, but no artifacts.

Edit: Actually I think is running fine. Could It be that trace wasnt actually doing anything? Or is my card going to explod with a few hours of usage?
 
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Here is a pic I found on the web.

The big red circle is where I totally cut off a resistor, the smaller one is where i just severed one end of the resistor, but pushed it back down to make contact.

Now you have an idea which ones I cut.
 
i say if it works fine leave it alone. you were lucky that you didn't have to flush the whole card down the toilet imo

[edit] spelling
 
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