So, I had some issues with installing the GPU in the case, and the GPU bottom (those metals things at the bottom) ended up scratching part of the motherboard. From what I can tell, there’s a bunch of similar components all the way up, so I’d think there’s redundancy, so I guess it’s not that important. Here is a picture:
https://i.postimg.cc/7LBwkr3h/62e626.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/62e626.jpg
PC boots fine into bios, fans work, stuff are recognized, mouse and keyboard also works, but I haven’t really done much beyond that.
Motherboard is: MSI B650 Gaming Plus Wifi
It’s located here, and on them, it is written K72 then vertically smaller K2 (the 2 has an underline):
https://i.postimg.cc/XJNcnppT/modelblock-gaming-pd.png
https://files.catbox.moe/7otcn6.png
Should I get a new motherboard?
Edit: Better quality image, and new image host added.
Looks like a mosfet got broken. I am no electro-ologist, but it is probably going to have weird voltages wherever that mosfet serves. Might be okay for a while or maybe not.
If I wanted to save the board, I’d order a replacement from Digikey or elsewhere. Just ID one next to it and order it up. Have a finer tip on the soldering iron and Bob’s your uncle!
I first read that as “finger tip” and was wondering why you were telling OP to burn themselves
I don’t know enough about motherboards to really say for sure, and hopefully someone more knowledgeable can come in to correct anything, but I’d be concerned if that chipped off piece happens to be part of the voltage regulator module. My call is to play it safe with electronics, because worst case scenario is that it could fry other components or catch on fire
K72s are transistors typically used in power management. I would guess that when it was intact, it controlled power for one or more of the the PCIe slots to the right, or the USB-C port above it.
If the affected port isn’t in use, it probably won’t cause any issues.
