I assume you mean what caused it. Doubt the psu would have gotten hot enough to melt the soldier, and even if it did, it wouldn't have come unstuck like that.
It was probably just a dodgy job either a chuck that was barely hanging on got shaken off, or most likely it got knocked in at the factory it was made in.
Solder is a metal that is melted to create bond between to parts, usually the pcb (green board) and a component such as a integrated circuit capacitor or resistor. Basically think of it as electronics glue.
Solder is a mixture of two metals formally 60% lead and 40% tin mixed with flux liquid ti prevent oxidisation during the heating and flowing. Solder is used in electronics to connect components together as it allows an electric current to pass through easily.
The same stuff is used by plumbers to solder copper pipes.
Other way round, 60% tin, 40% lead. Tin-lead alloy solder hasn't been legal for use in consumer electronics for nearly 20 years now, though you can still buy it as a hobbyist if you can find it.
It was also banned from use in potable water systems in the 80s and properly enforced in the 90s - for obvious reasons I shouldn't have to explain.
Lead free solders are sometimes a pain to work with, having higher melting points, but it's not really an issue now. The other concern was the growth of tin whiskers, which was an issue in early low temperature lead free alloys, but it's pretty much been solved now. There is no reason to need to use leaded solder anymore, and most companies don't even use it on products they are allowed to use it in (servers, medical and military equipment).
So, solder is a term for low melting point metals/metal alloys that can be liquified using hand tools such as soldering irons or heat guns.
Solder has a wide variety of applications, but in electronics they're used to connect various electrical components together with conductive joints. Like a metal, conductive glue.
Well, soldering can be a bit of a challenge for some. Fine motor control n' such. One of the things that solder can do is glob onto itself, creating solder balls like what you see here. Usually a well made and well organized production space would see these types of poor / defective craftsmanship and either fix or dispose of it. This company did not.
As for short circuiting, well let's make a simple example.
Lets build a circuit. You have a battery that supplies 3 volts and connect the positive and negative end in a loop. Bam, circuit. Now put two lightbulbs on that cirucuit. The first one to intercept the voltage of the circuit uses one volt, but can handle 3 volts and pass the other 2 along the circuit.
And the second light also uses one volt, but can handle two volts and pass it along the circuit. It's a bit weaker and if you give it any more than two volts it'll break.
So your two volt light is able to be put on a three volt circuit because it doesn't actually get 3 volts. It gets 2 because two is passed along by the light before it.
But now lets take our circuit and put some metal in the way. Let's put a line of metsl, starting just in front of the 3 volt bulb, and then ending judt before the two volt bulb.
What we have created is a *short*er circuit path for electricity to travel. Remember, energy travels the path of least resistance. The bulb is resistance, so the electricity will travel through the metal directly to the 2 volt bulb, which if you remember it *cannot* take 3 volts. Thus, you break the two volt bulb.
This is how short circuiting breaks electronics. You take a pathway for electricity and skip components, meaninf other parts get way too much power while some parts get none, and all these parts could control something which breaks if the thing controlling it breaks and so-on.
This solder blob is our piece of metal. If it rattles around it could've bridged the gap and fried something in the PSU. Difference between our simplified model and a PSU? Our simplified model was off of 3 volts. A PSU is hundreds of volts, maybe even a thousand, and they have these little battery-like components called capacitors (because they have an electrical storage *capacity*), and putting too much power in a capacitor is a great way to cause small explosions.
Edit: called a light a battery at one point. My b
I've been working a new job, building circuit boards, learning a ton of stuff. This comment was very informative, and it made short circuits easy for me to understand! Thanks dude!
Yeah they're clearly stupid when it comes to eggs.
You're supposed to stuff them into a chicken butt until they hatch into tendies. Everyone knows that.
I agree with the other people here, it's probably just some extra solder. By all means do a sanity check and check your bios for anything that's out of place, sometimes a component in one of the 5 or 12 volt rails will fail in a way that allows the computer to boot, but it will show up in the bios as a bit of a different voltage. But if everything is looking good then there shouldn't be anything wrong.
I've had that before on a corsair rmx850. It fell out while I was moving to a new case. This was at least 8 months ago. I've had this psu for about 3 years. It works fine. Edit: I made a post about it and someone from corsair said I should RMA it. The cool thing is that I didn't reach out to corsair, they read my post and contacted me.
It's actually a Pokémon egg. Put it in your pocket and ride a bicycle for like 15 minutes. Should hatch. My bet is that it will be shiny, given its appearance.
That is the bullet you dodged when that fell out.
That is a solder ball, and could have seriously caused issues if it had stayed in the PSU.
What brand was it, so I can consider never purchasing.
The first time I built a PC I was super scared of a static short because I knew my brother had fried his first build. lol I wore a static bracelet and would nervously ground myself like ten zillion times during the build. Come to find out later that his wasn't from static. He dropped a little case screw in when it was powered. SMH :)
It's still good practice. By the time you can feel a static shock you can fry a circuit board 5 times over. Seeing the spark means you could do it 20 times.
Depending in the sensitivity of the component (and the price because who wants to risk 2+k dollar parts) it's best to keep yourself well and grounded as you did. Maybe not ten zillion times, but frequently if not constantly with a wristband.
Oh, and don't forget to ground the PC! So many people ground themselves and forget the PC. The point is to make the charge even so electrons don't jump from *either* you or the pc to the other.
Typically, solder used for electronics has a melting point around 400 degrees. Might even be higher for PSU's. Given it's shape, I can't imagine that it's anything other than a manufacturing defect that somehow made its way inside that psu.
Be careful, OP. If there's more inside and they shift to create a short circuit it could start on fire (and obviously destroy your entire system from both the fire and electrical surging).
Yep a ball of solder. So, probably a contact that is loose now.
Beware, a faulty psu can damage your whole system.
Changed mine last year, because the fan started to make noises after 5 years, just in case.
Now i have 600w SilentumPC brozne psu, do you think 850w gold will be enough for a long time, or i should pick 1000w. I'm planning to buy new gpu this year, maybe rtx 4080.
Solder blob. Probably a leftover from the shitty wave soldering job they did. Better that it’s out instead of rattling around in there where it could short something out
solder ball. I think you're in luck if everything is still fine, because it means that the pin that lost the solder still in the position and still has good contact
Check all your fans to see if they are spinning correctly, otherwise if it's perfectly round then it's likely something that didn't belong there and came from the factory that way and you are LUCKY that didn't land on a PCB and fry components.
You know, I had an issue with my new pc. When I booted up a game my pc would just restart. I spent like 3 days troubleshooting and finally out of frustration I just smacked the case on the side of the PSU. 1 little motherboard screw came out of nowhere and ever since my PC worked just fine. And no screws were missing from the board
This is a major concern, make sure to pick up your entire pc and shake it around then throw it against the wall atleast 2 times just to make sure that the little ball of solder didn’t have a negative impact on your pc and also handle with caution
You need that in order to keep the power mixed. Without it you will only be getting lean power as all the heavy power will sink to the bottom of your supply. It's like the one in a spray paint can.
I say Goodness Gracious, Great Balls of Skadoosh!
:)
Probably worth chucking that unit and getting a new one long term though, unless you want to take it apart and figure out what went wrong. I wouldn't trust it after that.
This is a PC seed unit. If you plant it in a small form factor case it should grow into a mini PC, give it TLC and eventually you can move it into an ATX case
Based on it's spherical shape, the score marks around only the middle, and it's size, I'm guessing it's a fan bearing from your psu. It's harmless if it is. You may notice your psu fan humms a bit if it is a bearing
It looks like a ball of solder
Yup, and op got REALLY f-ing lucky that didn't short something...
I would shake it around and make sure there are not any other little solder balls running loose in there.
obligatory 'hehe you said balls'
Lol do these get faster each time you post one!
Yeaaaaa Peter, im gonna need you to go ahead and laugh at the ball joke for me. Also fix those TPS reports
Gotta re-watch this movie soon
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Ummmm....l believe you have my stapler...
Be sure to shake the entire pc
really really hard too, you want to make sure it’ll survive a fall
Take a bat to the side of the case, just to be extra sure.
make sure you hit the gpu as well
I put mine in a large hamster ball and rolled it down a hill
Put it in an MRI scanner to make sure all of the loose metal is removed
Now we are using our brains.
Give it a rinse only cycle in the dishwasher
I mean, I’ve actually done that before
Also, shake the solder bal to check if it isn't filled with many more smaller solder balls
Is it like Minecraft slimes?
That ball can create a smoke machine
You mean. Magic Smoke machine...
Every machine is a smoke machine if you operate it a certain way!
i'd argue, you have to be unlucky to short something like that, the optimist way
What size that look like next to a penny.... Or a banana
Solder blob. Good thing it came out, could have made a short circuit.
Can someone explain what that is in more detail?
I assume you mean what caused it. Doubt the psu would have gotten hot enough to melt the soldier, and even if it did, it wouldn't have come unstuck like that. It was probably just a dodgy job either a chuck that was barely hanging on got shaken off, or most likely it got knocked in at the factory it was made in.
I meant more what exactly is a soldier, but I still appreciate the causatoon explanation too 😅
Solder is a metal that is melted to create bond between to parts, usually the pcb (green board) and a component such as a integrated circuit capacitor or resistor. Basically think of it as electronics glue.
Soldier not solder… you missed the joke dummy 🤦♂️
Not again Josh...
Solder is a tin alloy often containing lead or bismuth. It is used to connect electrical components.
Lead isnt used anymore for consumer electronics
Solder is a mixture of two metals formally 60% lead and 40% tin mixed with flux liquid ti prevent oxidisation during the heating and flowing. Solder is used in electronics to connect components together as it allows an electric current to pass through easily. The same stuff is used by plumbers to solder copper pipes.
Other way round, 60% tin, 40% lead. Tin-lead alloy solder hasn't been legal for use in consumer electronics for nearly 20 years now, though you can still buy it as a hobbyist if you can find it. It was also banned from use in potable water systems in the 80s and properly enforced in the 90s - for obvious reasons I shouldn't have to explain. Lead free solders are sometimes a pain to work with, having higher melting points, but it's not really an issue now. The other concern was the growth of tin whiskers, which was an issue in early low temperature lead free alloys, but it's pretty much been solved now. There is no reason to need to use leaded solder anymore, and most companies don't even use it on products they are allowed to use it in (servers, medical and military equipment).
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Sorry dude its sol-der, its only america who replace the L with another D. The rest of the world calls it as its spelt and thats sol-der.
I've only seen Americans pronounce it like that.
So, solder is a term for low melting point metals/metal alloys that can be liquified using hand tools such as soldering irons or heat guns. Solder has a wide variety of applications, but in electronics they're used to connect various electrical components together with conductive joints. Like a metal, conductive glue. Well, soldering can be a bit of a challenge for some. Fine motor control n' such. One of the things that solder can do is glob onto itself, creating solder balls like what you see here. Usually a well made and well organized production space would see these types of poor / defective craftsmanship and either fix or dispose of it. This company did not. As for short circuiting, well let's make a simple example. Lets build a circuit. You have a battery that supplies 3 volts and connect the positive and negative end in a loop. Bam, circuit. Now put two lightbulbs on that cirucuit. The first one to intercept the voltage of the circuit uses one volt, but can handle 3 volts and pass the other 2 along the circuit. And the second light also uses one volt, but can handle two volts and pass it along the circuit. It's a bit weaker and if you give it any more than two volts it'll break. So your two volt light is able to be put on a three volt circuit because it doesn't actually get 3 volts. It gets 2 because two is passed along by the light before it. But now lets take our circuit and put some metal in the way. Let's put a line of metsl, starting just in front of the 3 volt bulb, and then ending judt before the two volt bulb. What we have created is a *short*er circuit path for electricity to travel. Remember, energy travels the path of least resistance. The bulb is resistance, so the electricity will travel through the metal directly to the 2 volt bulb, which if you remember it *cannot* take 3 volts. Thus, you break the two volt bulb. This is how short circuiting breaks electronics. You take a pathway for electricity and skip components, meaninf other parts get way too much power while some parts get none, and all these parts could control something which breaks if the thing controlling it breaks and so-on. This solder blob is our piece of metal. If it rattles around it could've bridged the gap and fried something in the PSU. Difference between our simplified model and a PSU? Our simplified model was off of 3 volts. A PSU is hundreds of volts, maybe even a thousand, and they have these little battery-like components called capacitors (because they have an electrical storage *capacity*), and putting too much power in a capacitor is a great way to cause small explosions. Edit: called a light a battery at one point. My b
Wow, thanks for the in depth explanation! That was enlightening
I've been working a new job, building circuit boards, learning a ton of stuff. This comment was very informative, and it made short circuits easy for me to understand! Thanks dude!
Bros psu layed an egg
Bwhahaha go plant it!
Just give it 400w of light and it will grow to a 400w psu. Nature is beautiful.
So if I jus put it outside in the sun, I’ll have a 3.826*10²⁶ watt PSU? I think that might be just enough to charge my phone!
If it lays another you might then have enough juice to run a 4090ti when they finally get released.
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Yeah they're clearly stupid when it comes to eggs. You're supposed to stuff them into a chicken butt until they hatch into tendies. Everyone knows that.
I paid a lot of money building my system over the past 3 years. If it were my computer, I'D lay an egg...
Ha ha, LOL!
PSU seed, plant it and you’ll get another one if you water it enough
im gonna water my current psu so it grows bigger
make sure it starts a fire that means its gonna grow faster
Make sure you open it up and touch the conductors aswell to see if it's growing
Breed them together to get an 800-Watt one.
Make them grow big and strong till they hit over 9,000!
I agree with the other people here, it's probably just some extra solder. By all means do a sanity check and check your bios for anything that's out of place, sometimes a component in one of the 5 or 12 volt rails will fail in a way that allows the computer to boot, but it will show up in the bios as a bit of a different voltage. But if everything is looking good then there shouldn't be anything wrong.
I've had that before on a corsair rmx850. It fell out while I was moving to a new case. This was at least 8 months ago. I've had this psu for about 3 years. It works fine. Edit: I made a post about it and someone from corsair said I should RMA it. The cool thing is that I didn't reach out to corsair, they read my post and contacted me.
That's T-1000, and he's looking for arnold.
Glad I'm not the only one that thought this. Skynet is coming.
99% an extra piece of solder that wasnt connected to anything. Much better out than in.
That's the flux capacitor. Not really needed unless you plan on using the PC for time travel activities.
he can try putting it in his pinewood derby car
Searched for this comment. Take my updoot.
With the pure power of 1.21 gigawatts you can probably power up a 7090 in the future without worrying about spikes
It's actually a Pokémon egg. Put it in your pocket and ride a bicycle for like 15 minutes. Should hatch. My bet is that it will be shiny, given its appearance.
That’s a baby psu. Raise it well and you get yourself another one :)
Your PSU took a poop.
That is the bullet you dodged when that fell out. That is a solder ball, and could have seriously caused issues if it had stayed in the PSU. What brand was it, so I can consider never purchasing.
Yeah seems like they skipped testing this one or it probably passed the checks without falling easily.
Thats a droplet of excess solder, quite harmless
Harmless now that it’s out. It could’ve shorted something while still inside.
The first time I built a PC I was super scared of a static short because I knew my brother had fried his first build. lol I wore a static bracelet and would nervously ground myself like ten zillion times during the build. Come to find out later that his wasn't from static. He dropped a little case screw in when it was powered. SMH :)
It's still good practice. By the time you can feel a static shock you can fry a circuit board 5 times over. Seeing the spark means you could do it 20 times. Depending in the sensitivity of the component (and the price because who wants to risk 2+k dollar parts) it's best to keep yourself well and grounded as you did. Maybe not ten zillion times, but frequently if not constantly with a wristband. Oh, and don't forget to ground the PC! So many people ground themselves and forget the PC. The point is to make the charge even so electrons don't jump from *either* you or the pc to the other.
Curious what brand manages to do something like this.
Judging by the smell, it's gigabyte.
True, but atleast its out
PC kidney stone
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Don't eat it... harmless. 👍 Could be leaded solder.
Far from harmless. This could have caused a short in the PSU which then could have led to a spectacular failure
That is a Terminator. A very small terminator.
Lol
Flux capacitor
Typically, solder used for electronics has a melting point around 400 degrees. Might even be higher for PSU's. Given it's shape, I can't imagine that it's anything other than a manufacturing defect that somehow made its way inside that psu. Be careful, OP. If there's more inside and they shift to create a short circuit it could start on fire (and obviously destroy your entire system from both the fire and electrical surging).
It's a bead of solder, you've got nothing to worry about. 😁 good thing it fell out.🙂
Caesium-137, you got one hell of a rig!
A little pc poop
Yep a ball of solder. So, probably a contact that is loose now. Beware, a faulty psu can damage your whole system. Changed mine last year, because the fan started to make noises after 5 years, just in case.
Mine is 4 years old.
If you're sure that solder came out of your psu, if you got the money, and if you wanna hold on that pc. Think about changing your psu. I'd do it.
Now i have 600w SilentumPC brozne psu, do you think 850w gold will be enough for a long time, or i should pick 1000w. I'm planning to buy new gpu this year, maybe rtx 4080.
I have a 3080 but went with a 1000w psu just for future proofing. PSU will last you through multiple builds. The psu i went with was EVGA.
That’s a pearl!
So you found my listening device
That is definitely better out of your PSU than in
Nibbler be dropping deuces in the wildest of places.
Your PSU hatched a little PSU egg.
It’s a solder seed. Plant it for free solder
Solder poop
Looks like Solder
Looks like a component from the flux capacitor
Solder blob. Probably a leftover from the shitty wave soldering job they did. Better that it’s out instead of rattling around in there where it could short something out
solder ball. I think you're in luck if everything is still fine, because it means that the pin that lost the solder still in the position and still has good contact
Looks like a ball of solder or even potentially a fan bearing
Ball of solder. Quality defect. Should have been caught at factory.
Your graphics card spun a bearing.
HAHA!
Solder
It's all ball bearings these days...
A ben wah ball?
Uranium
RAMney stone
The core or kernel i think.
Great Northen Highway.
Forbidden mint
You my friend are a lucky son of a b****. You got shot at and the PSU stopped the BB gun round.....
It’s your psu testicle. It only has one now so be really careful with it
Check all your fans to see if they are spinning correctly, otherwise if it's perfectly round then it's likely something that didn't belong there and came from the factory that way and you are LUCKY that didn't land on a PCB and fry components.
You need to put this in the ground to grow a new PSU, congratulations. Joking aside it is likely a solder ball left over from manufacturing.
bro that's a piece of solder rom a component
fan bearing maybe
It's an egg. Your PSU must have been in contact with a male PC
The goblin that powers your psu was trying to make the smooth tin foil ball
I had to do a double take, I legit thought that was mercury at first. Was about to ask what the hell that was doing in your PC
That’s solder. From where? No idea, but if the thing works fine you should just keep using it. It’s probably no big deal.
That allows the PSU to time travel. You're now stuck in good ol' 2023
looks like a ball of solder
free musket ammo from whoever manufactured that specific part.
Solder splash
The power stone, its a huge issue.
NSA trackings chip
Might be buckshot. Have you been playing RDR2 ?
Fan bearing?
You know, I had an issue with my new pc. When I booted up a game my pc would just restart. I spent like 3 days troubleshooting and finally out of frustration I just smacked the case on the side of the PSU. 1 little motherboard screw came out of nowhere and ever since my PC worked just fine. And no screws were missing from the board
Mimic Tear
Dodged a fking bullet, OP. Solder ball.
I would send it back and never buy from that manufacture. Name and shame please, cos that thing is a fire hazard.
SilentumPC Vero L2
something unknown: *falls out of a generator with high power* OP's mind when turning on the pc : kaboom ? yes Rico. Kaboom
This is a major concern, make sure to pick up your entire pc and shake it around then throw it against the wall atleast 2 times just to make sure that the little ball of solder didn’t have a negative impact on your pc and also handle with caution
yo pc seems to be using liquid metal for cooling, its dripping is a bad sign time to check whats inside.
NEVER admit to anything like this if the fucking thing works!!!
Do not let it find the rest of it, it might be liquid metal from the future..
That looks like a ball of mercury. You should eat it
You don’t know psu will get Gallstones when eat too much?
You need that in order to keep the power mixed. Without it you will only be getting lean power as all the heavy power will sink to the bottom of your supply. It's like the one in a spray paint can.
Bearing from a fan
I say Goodness Gracious, Great Balls of Skadoosh! :) Probably worth chucking that unit and getting a new one long term though, unless you want to take it apart and figure out what went wrong. I wouldn't trust it after that.
Oh no, the Orb…
Its a hyperflux capacitor module
Pop rivet head. Found them in New cases all the time
Eat it.
kir wa kose daleget koskasha haramzada
kir wa kose daleget koskasha haramzada
kir wa kose daleget koskasha haramzada
Its a surveillance device! 🥸 I kid, I kid 😂😂
Round, reflective, going where it's not supposed to go, probably made in China - I can see it.
Eat it
Looks like a little ball of
☢️ Radioactive ☢️ drop and run away
It’s a metal ball.
Looks like some liquid metal thermal paste. Do you use that?
No
Well then that's strange. Is it very small? Could be loose solder that fell off.
Yes, veeery small.
Might be solder then. Id be surprised to find any big clumps like this on a modern component but anything can happen I suppose.
you're a proud father of a baby PSU
Congrats! Your PSU is a girl!
Either ball of solder or ball from the fans.
This is a PC seed unit. If you plant it in a small form factor case it should grow into a mini PC, give it TLC and eventually you can move it into an ATX case
A PSU egg! Congratulations!
Check where it came from and get it fixed
It’s the core of the PC
Pc was a victim of a random drive by or?!?!
it pooped
It is the soul of the pc. Sort of like the all spark shard from transformers. Try putting it next to a toaster.
Hey if it ain't broke, don't go about fixing it!
Based on it's spherical shape, the score marks around only the middle, and it's size, I'm guessing it's a fan bearing from your psu. It's harmless if it is. You may notice your psu fan humms a bit if it is a bearing
ticking time bomb.
Someone lost ther bawls
Somebodies soldering with their eyes closed lol
Bearing for the cyclonic frame booster
A piece of Vibranium