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  • expertreader
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    • Sep 2025
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    • Australia

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    Found a blown capacitor - is it necessary to replace?

    Hi all, Acer Nitro 5 - GH51M LA-K862P Rev 1A motherboard. I went through all the troubleshooting steps but couldnt find a short on any coils. By chance, ended up finding a blown capacitor PCZ49 which is suppose to be 2.2uF. I can see plenty of 2.2uF in the same +5VALW line which will all parallel up anyway - do you guys think it is critical for this cap to be replaced or i can get away without one?

  • mon2
    Badcaps Legend
    • Dec 2019
    • 14636
    • Canada

    #2
    You should be fine to operate without this capacitor. If available, you can use another capacitor here with the same or higher voltage rating. For example, 4.7uf or 10uf.

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    • expertreader
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      • Sep 2025
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      #3
      Originally posted by mon2
      You should be fine to operate without this capacitor. If available, you can use another capacitor here with the same or higher voltage rating. For example, 4.7uf or 10uf.
      Thanks a lot for that. This capacitor is ultra small and I am afraid of effectively soldering another one in its place and hence the question. This was bringing the whole +5v rail that is always on and laptop wouldn’t show any signs of life. I am hoping that this is the only fault on the board as I believe always on 5v line controls all the other voltages as well and can explain why I didn’t even have +19v power rail present.

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