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Hi, thanks for all the useful advice. Sorry it took me so long to reply. I tried to solder the broken legs with a standard soldering iron (thanks rebornonline for the suggestion). In particular, I followed the tips given in this video that details soldering of SMD components:

http://www.mygsmtube ...

Hi. Thanks for all the support.

I didn't even try to solder the DSP legs. I don't think I have the right tools. The tip of my soldering iron is too big and have no experience in doing this kind of job. If you could point me to any web page which explains how this can be done with a soldering iron ...

Unfortunately the story has a sad end.

I made sure all the DSP legs were separated:

http://homes.stat.unipd.it/mgri/board_damaged_6.jpeg

Then I resoldered the capacitor:

http://homes.stat.unipd.it/mgri/board_damaged_7.jpeg
http://homes.stat.unipd.it/mgri/board_damaged_8.jpeg

When installing the ...

Hi,

the broken cap prevented me from installing me the board at all. I guess the suggestion coming from all these comments is to first try it anyway. I will do it tomorrow, hoping I find the time.

I bought this card off Ebay last week. The guy who sold it seems in good faith when he says that the ...

Thank you.This is all invaluable advice. The leads of the fallen capacitor are very short, see here:

http://homes.stat.unipd.it/mgri/board_damaged_5.jpeg

I think I will then solder solid wire to the leads, using a soldering heat sink clip in order to protect the plastic base of the capacitor ...

Thanks for the advice. Knowing that the board might work even without that cap is an enormous relief.

I have some soldering experience, so I would like to solder the capacitor back on. Since the capacitor appears to me as polarized, my next problem is: which way should I solder it? I think the ...

Hello, this is my first post and I am rather sad. I just bought a used scope card, but the card turns out to be damaged: in the box that contained the board there was an electronic component floating around. See here the component near the spot where it belongs:

http://homes.stat.unipd.it/mgri ...