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[[BDS] Morgo_mpx]

I loaded up SC2 for the first time and twice the pc turned off. I got rid of the trojan in my pc so its nothing to do with that.

So i took my pc to the garage for a clean and will doing so i found an Inductor on the HDD. It's a DR73-1R0.

Anyone know what part this could be from, im thinking my motherboard since it has a ferrite core but im not 100%.
My pc turns on and works fine.
Im going to stress it out and see what happens.

[[BDS] Fog]

So i took my pc to the garage for a clean and will doing so i found an Inductor on the HDD. It's a DR73-1R0.

Anyone know what part this could be from, im thinking my motherboard since it has a ferrite core but im not 100%.

My intuition is that the inductor is part of an LRC circuit associated with power switching to smooth out any spikes in instantaneous power when you switch the power on or off and/or with DC-to-DC conversion.

Mobo is most likely (probably near the header where you connect your case and/or at the power taps where you connect the power supply).  Next most likely is the case itself (some kind of LRC circuit in the power switch?).  While inductors are going to be found in your power supply, I don't know how it something that is likely to be so big can fall out of the power supply enclosure.  Could also be part of a video card (especially PCI-E), if it has to step down the voltage used for the memory (I imagine that the GPU and GDDR run at different supply voltages).  If it is on a PCI-E video card, it is still most likely to be close to where the power connector connects to the video card.

On the mobo, also consider looking near where ethernet and modem jacks connect to the board (overvoltage protection in case of lightning, etc.).

[[BDS] The Rock]

Did you figure out where it came from?  I've not had components fall off a MB before, but I then the oldest I've kept a build is only about 2.5 years...how old is the board?  I'd agree with Fog that it's probably part of a passive filter.

[[BDS] Morgo_mpx]

nar i dont know where its from. but my pc is working fine. My monitor shat itself but where it was in the case was no where near the gpu.