MT6460 - power capacitor

Should there be a power capacitor on the PC234 connection on the Gateway MT6460 notebook motherboard 31MA3MB00B1?

This connection has three power capacitor connections in a column next to each other, PC266, PC265, and PC234. The pc266 and 265 have capacitors on them. When I opened the mobo, PC 234 was missing a capacitor and it sorta looks like something used to be soldered on there. I can't tell.

Trying to fix this old laptop from a year ago, and my sister isn't sure if a tiny capacitor part ever fell out of the computer or not. It looks like this mobo is used for other Gateway notebooks, so there is an even chance there shouldn't be a capacitor there (needed for a different notebook with different features). Could be dangerous to put one there if it's not supposed to have one.

The notebook has all the telltale signs of a bad capacitor, rebooting after 10 seconds, not posting, etc...

No visible signs of damage on any other capacitor.


Furthermore -- The main problem is the computer won't post and will reboot every 5 seconds. I tried taking out the ram and the hard drive,... same result.

If I reseat the processor and disconnect the cmos battery, sometimes I can get the computer to work for about an hour, then it will crash and get me right back to the rebooting loop. Seems like a bad capacitor somewhere, but I know looking at the heatsink it should be repasted with the thermal glue now. I don't have any on hand. Could it be possible the only problem is it needs to be reapplyed thermal paste?

 

Here's a picture. Sorry it is fuzzy. I live in a cave I guess...