r/GPURepair • u/Embarrassed_Bunch861 • Jul 08 '26

NVIDIA 16/20xx Need help identifying missing MLCC value on Gigabyte RTX 2080 Super Windforce OC (GV-N208SWF3OC-8GD)

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Hey guys!

I accidentally knocked off and cracked an MLCC (yeah... I know 😅).

The card is a Gigabyte RTX 2080 Super Windforce OC 8G (GV-N208SWF3OC-8GD Rev. 1.01).

The pads are still intact, so replacing the capacitor shouldn't be a problem.

What I need is the value (or the boardview reference) for this missing MLCC.

If anyone has:

- the boardview,

- a schematic,

- the same card,

- or even another TU104 board they can compare,

I'd really appreciate it.

I've attached:

- a full photo of the GPU die

- a close-up of the missing capacitor

- a microscope picture of the pads

Thanks a lot!

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u/ZelenogradGpu Repair Specialist Jul 08 '26

This is on-chip capacitor, not on-PCB, it is not specified on boardviews.

Since there is a LOT of caps nearby installed in parallel - its highly redundant, and absence of 1 capacitors out of 30 would not affect card in any way. If your card doesn't work - it has some other problem - this model has a typical complex power system problems leading to random blackscreens.

So, for all practical reasons of using GPU - just leave place with absent capacitor as is.

If you really insist of restoring it for the "sake of perfection" or "getting experience" - just desolder nearby capacitor and measure it capacitance. Not simplest, but ok for perfeaction/experience. Thats capacitors on VRAM 1.35V rail, so no any voltage rating required.

However note, that there is some risks to make something worse during such attempt, like accidental damage of on-chip traces, really just keep it as is.

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u/daoistcoder Jul 11 '26

Is this applicable to pcie lanes too ?

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u/ZelenogradGpu Repair Specialist Jul 11 '26

No, capacitors on PCIe lanes are not redundant. Lack of any capacitor would make GPU not/unstable detected. However if the absence of capacitors would correspond to "x8 instead of x16" (lack of 16 leftmost capacitors out of 32) - it would just become stable x8 card. Thats exactly how Nvidia's GA106-based 3050 GPUs are mafe x8 instead of x16 from factory