As long as he is only removing caps from the 12V rail or the VRM, the card will work even with half of them missing. But even one missing cap on near the VRAM or on the back of the GPU can cause stability problems. The same goes for the decoupling caps on the PCIe slot.
Most capacitors on a GPU are to stabilise the voltage for the microchip near it. So removing some capacitors mostly has bad influence on the GPU's stability
Honestly with the total amount. You wouldn't mis a couple of them. I would even bet that if you were to take a year old graphic card and tested every single a few of them might have died already. Though the question remains how many can die untill you notice instability.
@@darkm9347yeah, there’s probably a couple capacitors which have died, so there’s most likely a few backup ones as well, though, I’m not too sure if there is or not
Eh, sometimes. If you have a great PSU, it probably won't ever make a difference. It has a larger impact the dirtier your power to your GPU is. Cheap PSU + bad caps = instability. Any other combo and you're probably ok.
Well it depends on what capacitors you remove. Those ones that make the voltage ripple smaller aren't so crucial, but remove just a single capacitor used for some digital stuff(like timing) and you get no video
Inferring from my electronics professor, boards like these have a LOT of capacitors on them, and many of them share the same purpose so as a result removing one of them wont kill it.
You could likely remove the The majority of them before it actually becomes too unstable to post. A lot of caps on gpus and motherboards are just decoupling caps. They're just used to reduce emi.
True, I think most of them are just for redundancy also, odds are that in the life span of the card you may lose 1 or 2 or maybe a few. I've taken apart and repaired enough boards to know that dead caps are not uncommon with age.
Depends greatly on the circuit you removed it from. Capacitors are used the smooth out voltage spikes in most application, and the smaller ones are usually on lower voltage rails. Try removing one of the larger power rail caps lol.
Depends. Of they're in parallel ( as they were in this case) It doesn't do much problems.( Although it can become unstable under full load) But if its an capacitor in series , get one of that off the board and the GPU is out.
Its to stabilize power before hitting important components i believe, so if you went in educated about each rail, you could probably get rid of at least 20%-30% of them if not more, but it'd be like a game of minesweeper
in theory you could remove EVERY capacitor and still have a workiing device. a capacitor is just a battery that regulates the current flow to a given component to ensure that power flow is never too little or to much. so with out on the given component(s) that it regulates would still work as long as there was no spike or dip in power flow . But in reality powerflow never stays so consistant as to run any electronic device with out capacitors in it.
Depends on the capacitor , i was mounting a vintage PC with my first graphics card a 9800GT and when monting the GPU i hit the case and broke a capacitor and the GPU didn't work after giving a black screen. So all depends on the capacitor you remove.
small capacitors is just to reduce noise from signal, it just atenuates high frequency oscilation caused by EMI from environment obviously the gpu will still work without some of them, but maybe less stable
If you remove it from major power rails which have dozens of caps then nothing will happen. But some of them you remove, like startup delay cap for some controller IC, then it's gone.
This happened to my gtx 680 when I was cleaning it. I was removing the back 4 screw's of the heatsink and idk how but my screwdriver slipped and removed like 2 out . I was soo scared that it was dead that I put everything back together. And it worked soo I cleaned and replaced the terminal paste and it's been holding since I upgraded to a 3070 in 2023
would be fairly boring and worn out. with a good psu and mains, most of the capacitors aren't doing anything. the most important ones being the vrm output filtering capacitors(which these aren't) would be the most damaging and would will stop the gpu from working(or accidentally over-volt it) if you get rid of enough, stress tests will also fail after enough are removed
Removing a capacitor won't stop your GPU from working but it will definitely increase the chance of unstable power delivery to the die, most probably leading to some data glitch
If there's a capacitor, it's because it's needed there. Production can cut as much as it can for saving money, even on a single smd component. Maybe you are not seeing a direct effect immediately, and maybe the vga will crash as you launch a 3D application, or fry one of its memory chips... who knows.
it's probably like the cpu pins, there are backup points. a lot of electronics tries to make connections parallel so incase a single element breaks, it won't shut the entire line down. that's why old icicle lights were burning out
capacitors keep voltages stable so it will just be like old age to it. might contribute to an unstable os or gpu throttling in the future. its not detrimental but over time.
It can work with all the capacitors removed most likely. Just that your gpu will instantly get fried if you have a current spike, or unplug the gpu while running
Day 152 of asking you to use paint as thermal paste. Also, get a wire or 0-ohm resistor to bridge the connection for the capacitor to ensure that the gpu still works, sorta. (And yes, there are resistors that don't resist. They are for ease of use for factories that want to make 1 pcb that can be changed without changing the entire design.)
god this was helpful, i broke a capacitor a month ago while trying to repaste my RX 580 and i was scared that it would not work anymore but it seemed to work fortunately, tho i am worried about potential hazards or shortened lifespan
I did this to a gtx 680 only it was a like a standing battery cap and it still worked I thought I broke my gpu but it worked great up until I upgraded in 2018.
You need to do a full set of tests, including Cuda stress test. Because your limits it’s power correction in high discharge consumption. Of course it will work, but works it on every workflow or game. Have fun
I ripped 3 of them ( accidentally ) from RX 580 8GB where the one memory module was located and actually, if your details are low, you can even game on it but try to play at 1080p max, your game will crash 100% for sure
I don't think it's exactly a question of how many but more so which ones, power delivery ones can be redundant or precautionary even so if you remove some or all of them it may still work, but capacitors for other parts of the pcb may be more lethal
Aliens could easily access your corrupted device. Maybe they use it for a Invasion. You should get rid of it, i would take it and properly "recycle" it :)
Back when the GTX 780 was popular mine just randomly popped while gaming but it still worked 😂 went straight to MSI and they gave me a GTX 1060 6GB in return
@@kilgarraghoh thanks for letting me know, I don’t know much about electronics. By the looks of them I thought they were In series. Thanks for letting me know.
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bro started murdering am4 cpus with removing the pins but now hes removing capacitors from gpus damn
💀💀💀
At least he can solder the capacitors back
@@SantoPunhafor a while..
next removing pins from lga 1700 socket
Wrong. That was AM3
my man is slowly and painfully killing this gpu 💀
*An entire setup
He already make a series about cutting pins off a am4 cpu
@@F1dude.Unfortunately not just one
By the way, I liked your channel. How to you not have more likes or views?
Death by a thousand caps
hey you could just solder it back
This needs to be a series! Break a capacitor till the gpu dies
Hell yeah!
Yeah! A *_parallel_* would be cool!
I'm rooting for this
I broke 3 off replaceing fans and thermal paste the rx 580 is officially dead after 8 years of service
As long as he is only removing caps from the 12V rail or the VRM, the card will work even with half of them missing.
But even one missing cap on near the VRAM or on the back of the GPU can cause stability problems. The same goes for the decoupling caps on the PCIe slot.
Most capacitors on a GPU are to stabilise the voltage for the microchip near it. So removing some capacitors mostly has bad influence on the GPU's stability
Honestly with the total amount. You wouldn't mis a couple of them. I would even bet that if you were to take a year old graphic card and tested every single a few of them might have died already.
Though the question remains how many can die untill you notice instability.
@@darkm9347yeah, there’s probably some redundancy anyways to prolong the gpu life
@@darkm9347yeah, there’s probably a couple capacitors which have died, so there’s most likely a few backup ones as well, though, I’m not too sure if there is or not
Eh, sometimes. If you have a great PSU, it probably won't ever make a difference. It has a larger impact the dirtier your power to your GPU is. Cheap PSU + bad caps = instability. Any other combo and you're probably ok.
noooo totally wrong
Redundancy is important in case of failure. You have removed a redundancy and now it is more susceptible to failure.
I don't think it's a matter of how many you can remove its more a matter of which ones can you remove
Depends on the power rail you can basically remove many...if not most of them.
I only now realized this video was realeased a minute ago
You also didn't realize that no one asked
@@tristanmartinez4023you also didn’t realize that yes I did
@@III_lxrd_III and you didn't realize that I would've realized that you did
This guy's workshop is like the unit 731 equivalent for PC components.
Well it depends on what capacitors you remove. Those ones that make the voltage ripple smaller aren't so crucial, but remove just a single capacitor used for some digital stuff(like timing) and you get no video
Bro has the oldest monitor imagine playing fn on that 💀
Inferring from my electronics professor, boards like these have a LOT of capacitors on them, and many of them share the same purpose so as a result removing one of them wont kill it.
breaking pins off a cpu comeback!
You could likely remove the The majority of them before it actually becomes too unstable to post. A lot of caps on gpus and motherboards are just decoupling caps. They're just used to reduce emi.
Also it’s to they’re also used to smooth out DC voltage by removing unwanted frequencies in the signal
True, I think most of them are just for redundancy also, odds are that in the life span of the card you may lose 1 or 2 or maybe a few. I've taken apart and repaired enough boards to know that dead caps are not uncommon with age.
Depends greatly on the circuit you removed it from. Capacitors are used the smooth out voltage spikes in most application, and the smaller ones are usually on lower voltage rails. Try removing one of the larger power rail caps lol.
Its not matter "how many capacitor"
Even a single capacitor can destroy gpu
We need to just remove the right one
Depends.
Of they're in parallel ( as they were in this case)
It doesn't do much problems.( Although it can become unstable under full load)
But if its an capacitor in series , get one of that off the board and the GPU is out.
it just makes the voltaje a bit more unstable, at some point itll be so unstable that it just wont work
Its to stabilize power before hitting important components i believe, so if you went in educated about each rail, you could probably get rid of at least 20%-30% of them if not more, but it'd be like a game of minesweeper
never seen a video, never thought i would watch one like this.
These capacitors mostly prevent current spikes and stabilize the voltage.
in theory you could remove EVERY capacitor and still have a workiing device. a capacitor is just a battery that regulates the current flow to a given component to ensure that power flow is never too little or to much. so with out on the given component(s) that it regulates would still work as long as there was no spike or dip in power flow . But in reality powerflow never stays so consistant as to run any electronic device with out capacitors in it.
Depends on the capacitor , i was mounting a vintage PC with my first graphics card a 9800GT and when monting the GPU i hit the case and broke a capacitor and the GPU didn't work after giving a black screen. So all depends on the capacitor you remove.
small capacitors is just to reduce noise from signal, it just atenuates high frequency oscilation caused by EMI from environment obviously the gpu will still work without some of them, but maybe less stable
If you remove it from major power rails which have dozens of caps then nothing will happen.
But some of them you remove, like startup delay cap for some controller IC, then it's gone.
Of course that man has the PC building simulator 2 on his EGS account, of fricking course!
This happened to my gtx 680 when I was cleaning it. I was removing the back 4 screw's of the heatsink and idk how but my screwdriver slipped and removed like 2 out . I was soo scared that it was dead that I put everything back together. And it worked soo I cleaned and replaced the terminal paste and it's been holding since I upgraded to a 3070 in 2023
Bro just give it to me instead of destroying it😭
Please make a series of this where you:
Remove 1 capacitor
Attempt boot
Stress test
stress
would be fairly boring and worn out. with a good psu and mains, most of the capacitors aren't doing anything.
the most important ones being the vrm output filtering capacitors(which these aren't) would be the most damaging and would will stop the gpu from working(or accidentally over-volt it) if you get rid of enough, stress tests will also fail after enough are removed
Removing a capacitor won't stop your GPU from working but it will definitely increase the chance of unstable power delivery to the die, most probably leading to some data glitch
This man is a menace
That GPU is being tortured
Your soldering technique is terrifying.
“Do not try this at home” okay i will try it outside with my pc
I had an old GT 8500. It was missing about 15% of the capacitors, but it worked like that for years.
It all depends what the capacitor is doing , some are only there to prevent current or voltage overloads and are placed in parallel.
If there's a capacitor, it's because it's needed there. Production can cut as much as it can for saving money, even on a single smd component. Maybe you are not seeing a direct effect immediately, and maybe the vga will crash as you launch a 3D application, or fry one of its memory chips... who knows.
Its all fun and games until the remaining caps are starting to age and you receive random crashes
that man aint afraid of nothing
It Makes you wonder how many of these compasitors arent even working from factory
"Doktor, remove my graphics capacitor"
Bluescreens will occur on heavy loads, so doing a stress test after removing one would have been more scientific my dude.
Next removing half the GPU dye until it breaks
it's probably like the cpu pins, there are backup points. a lot of electronics tries to make connections parallel so incase a single element breaks, it won't shut the entire line down. that's why old icicle lights were burning out
This dude is the reason gpu prices are rising
Please do a part 2 man cause it'll be epic
capacitors keep voltages stable so it will just be like old age to it. might contribute to an unstable os or gpu throttling in the future. its not detrimental but over time.
This should be illegal
It can work with all the capacitors removed most likely. Just that your gpu will instantly get fried if you have a current spike, or unplug the gpu while running
bro fliped us off and didnt think we would notice
No capacitor, no shorted capacitor!
He can't keep getting away with it 😭
It really depends. You could probably pull out a single one and fry the whole thing
Man has a lot of unused tech
Capasitor is a passive component, so it’s removed can’t cause serious damage
Bro likes to play with our pain 💀
Those are PASSIVE components. Just wait until you get to an active cap in a buck converter circuit. Then, it's lights out
Depends on which one you remove
Day 152 of asking you to use paint as thermal paste.
Also, get a wire or 0-ohm resistor to bridge the connection for the capacitor to ensure that the gpu still works, sorta.
(And yes, there are resistors that don't resist. They are for ease of use for factories that want to make 1 pcb that can be changed without changing the entire design.)
I think some of the capacitors are standby to deliver power when it needed like in overclocking.
Try playing a game with a capacitor removed and see how long the GPU will last until it stops responding.
This because most of the capacitors on any pcb are either just filtering or decoupling ones.
Imagine if this was an RTX 4090 💀💀💀
"Don't try at home" Not like I have a gpu at home
god this was helpful, i broke a capacitor a month ago while trying to repaste my RX 580 and i was scared that it would not work anymore but it seemed to work fortunately, tho i am worried about potential hazards or shortened lifespan
Day 1 of removing a capacitor till my gpu dies…..
It depends on what capacitor you removed though 😊
Bro im actually struggling to get a good pc and this mf be obliterating gpu's now? Im flabbergasted 💀
my man is slowly and painfully removing nails from this gpu
the answer is simple: it depends.
im assuming most of those caps are just extras so a few caps can blow or get knocked off and still function normally
i think purpose of those are for redundancy "just in case" like this happen.
Filtering capacitor. Yes you can remove them but the gpu will slowly get more and more unstable as you do
Raises the question, not begs the question
Justice for my gpu boi
I did this to a gtx 680 only it was a like a standing battery cap and it still worked I thought I broke my gpu but it worked great up until I upgraded in 2018.
Then you see the GPU usage going to 120% and it blows up
DOH please don't ruin the last few EVGA cards in existence haha dismantle it and turn it into one of those framed display pieces haha
Remove as much as possible while the graphics car is running.
I would NOT do that with a grounded soldering iron.
Before you destroy it give me the graphics card 😢😂
You need to do a full set of tests, including Cuda stress test. Because your limits it’s power correction in high discharge consumption.
Of course it will work, but works it on every workflow or game.
Have fun
I ripped 3 of them ( accidentally ) from RX 580 8GB where the one memory module was located and actually, if your details are low, you can even game on it but try to play at 1080p max, your game will crash 100% for sure
I don't think it's exactly a question of how many but more so which ones, power delivery ones can be redundant or precautionary even so if you remove some or all of them it may still work, but capacitors for other parts of the pcb may be more lethal
Dude decided to monetize his hatred of this specific GPU I see 😂
This happened on a 3090 of mine, still works to this day 🤷
Aliens could easily access your corrupted device. Maybe they use it for a Invasion. You should get rid of it, i would take it and properly "recycle" it :)
i bought a 10 core xeon online for like 20 bucks, was missing 2 capacitors on the cpu, still going strong 4 years later. i use it for a plex server.
It’s funny how many sensitive components there are on a gpu board compared to a laptop motherboard. Yet laptop board always fail so often
My Prediction: not a lot, most capacitors are for getting more stable power and only needed for getting stability and reproducability
Old Nvidia cards can be modded if you change a couple of caps, then PC will detect it as another graphics card, even more powerful
These are just power filter and the actual architecture is within SoC
Man, murdering an EVGA card at this point is hard to watch
I did this on my gpu, and I am still using it to this day.
Just leave one capacitor per phase because if you have nothing 12v will be sent directly to the gpu or mem.
Now do it while it’s on
They’re backups in case some of them fall off or something
Back when the GTX 780 was popular mine just randomly popped while gaming but it still worked 😂 went straight to MSI and they gave me a GTX 1060 6GB in return
the instructions unclear, my gpu blows up
As a man who has the exact same gpu it breaks my heart
I have a gt 630 with one of its electrolytic capacitors completely ripped out somehow and it still works and the hdmi audio aswell
You need to put a wire to short where the capacitor was.
filtering capacitors go between a power rail and ground. doing this would just short out the cards vram rail and at best, fail safely in post
@@kilgarraghoh thanks for letting me know, I don’t know much about electronics. By the looks of them I thought they were In series. Thanks for letting me know.
Bro took it personal with his GPU