Small Piece Came Off Motherboard

Ladywriter1968

When I was cleaning insides of my pc, and small chip or metal piece came off I think it was the motherboard.

Someone told me its something to do with after a time it drops off, to do with guarantee or something.

Can someone here explain?

diable

A photo would help as there are lots of "bits" on a MOBO

shaven-monkey

There are no components on a motherboard designed to fall off after "a time". They may melt, burn out or blow up but they don't drop off.
Does The PC power up and function?
If not then you broke it, if purchased from a retailer then you voided the warranty by opening the cases so....
A picture would be helpful.

Ladywriter1968

diable wrote: »

A photo would help as there are lots of "bits" on a MOBO

Dont have pc at mo its at pc docs

Ladywriter1968

shaven-monkey wrote: »

There are no components on a motherboard designed to fall off after "a time". They may melt, burn out or blow up but they don't drop off.
Does The PC power up and function?
If not then you broke it, if purchased from a retailer then you voided the warranty by opening the cases so....
A picture would be helpful.

It was a small piece of metal, I was very careful when cleaning the insides of it. Plus I have had the pc for 7ish years now as well.

When it was booting up before it was taking ages. Thats why it now at pc docs, he said he had a lot of trouble with it, It would take over half hour just to boot up. Well I think it was the motherboard but not really sure. It was a square board thingy and I found a piece of loose metal rolling around inside which had come off this board.

Its still at the docs the pc man said it was not loading Explorer I think he said. I hope it will be repairable, I wont know until morrow when I ring him and find out the result.

diable

It could be the heat sink but a 7 year old PC would be like having a 30 year old Lada that had been used as a chicken coop.......

kwikbreaks

If you can't fix a 7 year old PC yourself using spare arts then the cheapest solution would be to take it on a short trip to the local tip and buy another - anything spent on it above £20 is likely to exceed its market value.

moonrakerz

A "shorting" link .............?

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/2518503.html

tronator

shaven-monkey wrote: »

... if purchased from a retailer then you voided the warranty by opening the cases so....

You will never void the warranty by opening the computer case. PCs are designed to be opened in order to install/upgrade components. It's a dfferent story if you open one component e.g. the hard disk etc.

gordikin

Never?...what if you open the pc and accidently cause damage?

millwalll

kwikbreaks wrote: »

If you can't fix a 7 year old PC yourself using spare arts then the cheapest solution would be to take it on a short trip to the local tip and buy another - anything spent on it above £20 is likely to exceed its market value.

But dont forget to remove the hard drive as you dont want other being able to get your data!