Help!!

[cerb]

I've been bringing my G400 DualHead to work lately (in an anti-static bag in a box from a network card) and I just got to work and took my G400 out of the box only to find a part has come off the card!!

I have not put the card in a pc yet, and am not willing to do so unitl I get some advice on:

a) What the missing part is, and
b) Whether or not it is safe to solder the part back on ourselves (the part appears to be completely undamaged, as does the board) and if so, which way does it go!!

Short of putting the card on the scanner here at work, I can't really get a pic of the card itself, but here's one I found (of a MAX - I couldn't find a picture of a vanilla G400 DH at such short notice) and I've indicated the part that's come adrift. It's the big silver bit (I know a bit about electronics - resistors, surface-mount-resistors, capacitors, etc, but I can't recognize what this is)

<img src="http://gallery.ausgamers.com/g400.jpg" alt="Bad bad bad bad bad bad bad. ">

It appears that the part was only glued to the pcb - should this be right?

Oh, the piece that fell off has "R2700BA9" on the top of it.

Any help would be <b>greatly</b> appreciated.

Thanks,
cerb

[Greebe]

It's the timebase crystal... it was soldered on (not glued). If undamaged and you (or an esteamed friend) can, solder that puppy on. Polarity shouldn't matter, but just in case solder it back on with it oriented so it is read properly from the view inwhich this pic is shot.

[cerb]

Thanks Greebe.

I'd kinda already made the decision to attempt to solder it back on (or get someone with steady hands to do so!).

The only thing is that we think - looking at the marks from where the pins were - that it may have been mounted with the writing upside down when looking at the card as shown in the pic. I have talked to a friend on irc who has a MAX and his is upside down as well, so we'll give it a go that way.

I'll let you know how it goes.
/me crosses his fingers.

[Greebe]

My Max has the lettering oriented in the manner I stated... but as I said before it shouldn't matter.

[cerb]

Woohoo!

A friend brought his soldering iron around yesterday and my card is now functional again.

Thanks for your help, Greebe.

[Greebe]