loveordieSo long story short this GPU died when gaming, so I cleaned the PCB up best I could it looks like the 2nd from the top most of the tracer is missing due to where the resistor popped, any one know if this is repairable or is it now just a paper weight?
HoggleIt looks like some very serious damage and anyone trying to repair it would probably charge a lot.
loveordieIn the bin it goes then looking closer i don't think anything can be done as its burnt the PCB.
Cool GTXloveordieIn the bin it goes then looking closer i don't think anything can be done as its burnt the PCB. Always sad when hardware finally dies 1) You would be surprised how much people pay for parts card ... 2) Most places require electronics Not be placed in common trash ... some big box stores take electronics 3) Wall art ... yep some people keep the old stuff for display
loveordieA PCB repair shop thinks its repairable they replace the tracers and pads worth a shot I guess.
kougarEVGA offers a repair service at $65 an hour, you can ask them directly about it. I had them attempt to fix a blown choke on a Titan Black, unfortunately the failure voltage spiked the VRAM so the GPU wasn't worth the cost of fixing.
ty_ger07kougarEVGA offers a repair service at $65 an hour, you can ask them directly about it. I had them attempt to fix a blown choke on a Titan Black, unfortunately the failure voltage spiked the VRAM so the GPU wasn't worth the cost of fixing. No they don't. They terminated their repair service quite a while ago. ... Unless they just recently secretly re-instated it. Have a link?
ty_ger07loveordieA PCB repair shop thinks its repairable they replace the tracers and pads worth a shot I guess.Definitely worth a shot. The value of the capacitors is a total unknown though. There might be a "typical application" example circuit in the datasheet for that memory power stage which will make a viable capacitor value easier to select. Edit:Nevermind, they can just chinese blueprint it off of the other phase which has the same layout. De-solder those other ones, check their values, and then duplicate. Easy. Well, you know... easy if they can easily find where those missing pads connect. If the missing pads tunnel immediately into an inner layer though, they might be quite in trouble trying to dig at it. It is VERY odd though that that the one capacitor in green (above) is damaged and so far from the others which were damaged. Very odd. Capacitors aren't normally susceptible to failure due to loads in other parts of the circuit. It should be a pretty high impedance circuit, and shorting out one part of the circuit should have minimal affect on that other capacitor which is miles away. If the ones which failed are so far apart, it seems that heat or shock isn't what caused them to fail, and instead, it is more likely the failure was caused by higher voltage than normal being present there ... like if they are powered by a 5 volt drive circuit but that failed and was put out 12 volts instead. Which begs the question, which part of your video card is ACTUALLY broken and is what caused those capacitors to fail?
ty_ger07 No they don't. They terminated their repair service quite a while ago. ... Unless they just recently secretly re-instated it. Have a link?
kougarty_ger07 No they don't. They terminated their repair service quite a while ago. ... Unless they just recently secretly re-instated it. Have a link?Nope, it was never documented and I only found the details buried on some page a few years ago when I used it. It would be pretty unfortunate if EVGA did officially cancel this repair service, maybe a forum mod can confirm?
EVGATech_AdamBUnfortunately, we do not offer a repair service either. We apologize for any inconvenience.
EVGATech_DavidRCDavisonI found a thread online that said EVGA offers a pay-for-repair service on their cards if out of warranty, is that still available? I purchased an unregistered card secondhand and it died shortly after... As Scarlet stated, we stopped offering out of warranty repair service a while ago, as in many cases it was more costly to repair (if a repair was even possible) than it was to purchase a new product. No only that, but in most cases of an out of warranty item, the components necessary for repairs may no longer be available. If there is something repairable on a product, in most cases, a local electronics repair shop would be your best option.
CDavisonI found a thread online that said EVGA offers a pay-for-repair service on their cards if out of warranty, is that still available? I purchased an unregistered card secondhand and it died shortly after...
HeavyHemiloveordieA PCB repair shop thinks its repairable they replace the tracers and pads worth a shot I guess.They do eh...and what are they charging you? As ty_ger07 intimated, two sites with damage are concerning. Particularly the one were the copper pad and via looks like it's blown out. That's a lot of current and does not appear to be a typical SMD cap failure.
loveordieHeavyHemiloveordieA PCB repair shop thinks its repairable they replace the tracers and pads worth a shot I guess.They do eh...and what are they charging you? As ty_ger07 intimated, two sites with damage are concerning. Particularly the one were the copper pad and via looks like it's blown out. That's a lot of current and does not appear to be a typical SMD cap failure.Its possible it arced which is why the damage is located in two spots anything is possible, its also possible the card is toast.