Motherboard help?

[Matkillah]

does anyone know the name of those TINY little brown things near or under chipsets? well there prettymuch EVERYWhere on a motherboard lol. but mostly around the chipsets and CPU.
because i kinda broke one... well.. it broke in one place.. so i was able to move it back onto the metal where it was soldered.. as if it was never hurt.. and the PC is working ok... just.. in games i get some LAG ( graphical ) and the little brown thing i broke was under my northbridge chipset for SLI. ( wich im running )..

am i Fuxored?

there small usually brown. and are soldered on in two places..

like this




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lol best pic i can make haha..

[amberjade]

It's named a "capacitor"

If you have broken one, I would recommend getting the PC checked over by a specialised. Leaving it as is could cause over heating problems or even worse the PC could eventually stop working.