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What is this SMD that’s broken DOS PCI Card

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I’ve got 2 identical PCI DOS compatible cards, one working perfectly and the other I’ve had sitting around for a while but had no way to test it until the other one turned up yesterday with the relevant GIMO cable!

I compared the two cards and found the one that doesn’t work (Bus error when the control panel loads) has a damaged component of some sorts. It’s a coil of some sort but I have no idea what it’s correct name is nor what ratings it would have (nor do I even know id that’s causing the issue.. could be sound related as the ports are there?)

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Oh perfect thank you! Interestingly there’s no dots on top to indicate what it is (on either the working card or the broken one)
 
Interestingly I’ve removed the component and the car now no longer causes a bus error on start up, but it doesn’t output any video when switched to PC mode so there’s clearly something wrong with the card. I’ll do a recap of the board before doing any other troubleshooting.. may as well get the easy bits out of the way!
 
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