Pulsar2: what problems with a missing-detached capacitor?

[Polarity]

Hello.
what problems do you think that a detached-missing capacitor could give to a Pulsar 2?
It got unstuck during shipping when I got it (second hand) in december 2005:
so it's 7 years it worked without that
and for now it seemed not to be a big problem for the card.
But I wonder...
Thanks in advance

I attach photo for evaulation:
as you can see it's the one in the center

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[Polarity]

oopps, sorry for the huge photo!!
(and still it's at 50% of the original)

[jhulk]

its a bypass cap for the nearest chip

they are there to smooth out any ripple in the dc by giving a constant voltage the cap charges up and the voltage 5v or 3 v then becomes a steady voltage

they will work with out them they are put there as added benefit to keep a constant voltage to the ic

[jhulk]

who put the heat synks on the sharc dsp

[HUROLURA]

I was wondering the same ...

[jhulk]

they dont leave enough room for putting a adjacent card you would need a slot free for that card

[Polarity]

I have put the heat synks..
on Pulsar 2 and on Pulsar 1 card as well.
They are specific for chipsets-
They are not tall... they are lower than the Pulsar2 connectors board.
no problems of room with adjacent cards.
Infact I had two adjacent Pulsar cards for all these years.

Thankyou for the reply.
I guessed it could be inherent to voltage.
So working with one missing can give a crackle in audio sometimes?

[garyb]

maybe, but probably not. there is redundancy in the system. if you know the direction the cap was sitting in, you could replace it...

[Polarity]

well it should be the same as the others near..
however when I looked in the box a week ago I didn't find the capacitor: I was sure I had left it inside.
I remember that it fits back in the right way in his location.

[garyb]

it's not a special cap. you should be able to find another. put it in the wrong way and it'll explode, though....

[Polarity]

ooppps!