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2019/06/10 10:36:47 (permalink)
i have a evga gtx 1060 6gb sc single fan graphics card that has no display and fans run at 100% on start up. i have opened the card up and have noticed the 3 LR22 coil/inductor has a crack going through each of them! my question is will i be able to replace these and try and fix the card or will these have caused damage to other components such as the chip and basically there is no point in trying to fix it ? 
serial number has been removed from card and box so cant register the product to try and get help from evga. 
 
cant post link to picture because i am a new member but they are square grey chips about 1cm x 1cm with LR22 marked on top 
 
 

post edited by Cool GTX - 2019/06/10 11:07:55
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    Re: broken inductors/coils on gtx 1060 6gb sc is it fixable ? 2019/06/10 11:07:28 (permalink)
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    Re: broken inductors/coils on gtx 1060 6gb sc is it fixable ? 2019/06/10 11:08:23 (permalink)
    Whoa, that is kind of strange...

    You should be able to replace them if you are good with soldering. I am very curious as to what exactly caused that.

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    Re: broken inductors/coils on gtx 1060 6gb sc is it fixable ? 2019/06/10 11:11:55 (permalink)

    You must have 5G already
     
    there is a sad story that goes with those photos
     
    No Idea if card is "toast" --> did other damage cause this or did this cause other damage ?
     
     

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    Re: broken inductors/coils on gtx 1060 6gb sc is it fixable ? 2019/06/10 11:24:32 (permalink)
    thank you i will try and order some replacements then. i bought the card faulty with the idea of trying to fix it up but when i got the card i noticed straight away that it has not been looked after, there are deep scratches on the back of the card that might also have done some damage to the pcb and the pcb also seems to be twisted and there is a small dent in the heatsink but the main damage seems to be the coils/inductors, i just wanted to know if these break does the chip get too much voltage and die or not ? 
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    Re: broken inductors/coils on gtx 1060 6gb sc is it fixable ? 2019/06/10 12:07:37 (permalink)
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     i just wanted to know if these break does the chip get too much voltage and die or not ? 



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    Re: broken inductors/coils on gtx 1060 6gb sc is it fixable ? 2019/06/10 16:59:29 (permalink)
    It's a buck converter circuit. If the inductor breaks, it should get too little voltage (no voltage out of that phase), not too much voltage. Assuming that there isn't any other unseen fatal damage, replacing the inductors should be pretty simple and fix it right up. Hard to say for sure though. The inductor might not have actually electrically failed. You said the card looks twisted and scratched, so there might be other things wrong with it. Just because the case of the inductor is chipped/cracked doesn't mean that it is actually electrically faulty.

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    Re: broken inductors/coils on gtx 1060 6gb sc is it fixable ? 2020/07/06 14:53:38 (permalink)
    I have somewhat same problem but my card the 1R0 inductor I'm guessing is cracked. Can anyone help in pointing me in the right direction to fix it. I rather repair it than throw it away.
    post edited by tonydatiger77 - 2020/07/06 15:58:06
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    Re: broken inductors/coils on gtx 1060 6gb sc is it fixable ? 2020/07/06 17:02:24 (permalink)
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    I have somewhat same problem but my card the 1R0 inductor I'm guessing is cracked. Can anyone help in pointing me in the right direction to fix it. I rather repair it than throw it away.



    Could try a local PC shop, likely one of them does solder work or they will know one that does. 


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    Re: broken inductors/coils on gtx 1060 6gb sc is it fixable ? 2020/07/06 17:31:40 (permalink)
    Did that and got told its not worth yada yada yada spend more money on newer card. I rather just find the part and solder it myself.
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    Re: broken inductors/coils on gtx 1060 6gb sc is it fixable ? 2020/07/06 17:51:37 (permalink)
    Then do it. The inductors are one of the easiest things on a video card to solder. The only hang-up is that the inductors have large power planes on either side, so you will need to have a fairly high wattage soldering iron to melt the solder; otherwise the heat will convect away before the solder has a chance to melt.

    Just search digikey or mouser for one which is the same size and has the same markings.

    It's a 1μH inductor (1R0). Operating voltage is 12 volts or less (not that it probably matters to you). Operating frequency is probably around 250 kHz (not that it probably matters to you). Amperage capacity? I don't know. Probably somewhere around 50 amps. Maybe more, maybe less. Fairly certainly somewhere in the range of 25 amps to 75 amps if for the core voltage. If the one yours burnt out was for memory voltage, it may be rated for less than 25 amps, but no worry if you go overkill. If it is by the power plug, I am not sure ... maybe still in the 50 amp range? Size will dictate the amperage rating a lot, so, if you measure yours and search for inductors which are the same size, you will probably find that most options have around the same amperage rating.

    Get the one with the highest amperage rating (within reason), that is available at a reasonable price, which will fit, and is 1μH. No worries if you go overkill on the amperage rating. Underkill is where you should worry. Then, hope that there is nothing else wrong with your video card.

    If you gave a picture, it would be easier to figure out which function that inductor is for and speculate about its amperage rating. There are a bunch of different versions of the GTX 1060 with different inductors in different locations.
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    Re: broken inductors/coils on gtx 1060 6gb sc is it fixable ? 2020/07/06 17:55:01 (permalink)
    THank you!
    Its right above the RoHS label on the bottom edge of the image. And in the process of looking at mouser for the part. Thanks again for the pointer.
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    Re: broken inductors/coils on gtx 1060 6gb sc is it fixable ? 2020/07/07 14:46:13 (permalink)
    Go for it. Dead cards are sold by the bucketload on ebay too.
     
    A crack is weird, but it may be a good thing. I had an inductor blow up on a Titan Black hydro, unfortunately it voltage spiked the video RAM so it wasn't worth the cost of repair. But just a cracked part could be fine...


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    Re: broken inductors/coils on gtx 1060 6gb sc is it fixable ? 2020/08/28 12:34:53 (permalink)
    I don't mean to necro a month+ old thread, but did you have any luck? I have literally the same inductor blow out, and replacing it with a donor from another PCI-E card (old ssd, not graphics) it just blew out again.

    I'm hopeful the replacement, which admittedly was smaller, was just not rated high enough and that's why it blew. But I know there's a chance some other component failed and is giving too much current to the inductor.
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    Re: broken inductors/coils on gtx 1060 6gb sc is it fixable ? 2020/09/25 11:01:33 (permalink)
    Any idea on where to get these LR22 inductors for GPUs? I got a 2070S Black and the inductor is straight up missing, wasn't even soldered on to begin with and the card won't boot. No fan spin, nothing. In need of a place to get a replacement to fix it.
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    Re: broken inductors/coils on gtx 1060 6gb sc is it fixable ? 2020/09/28 09:02:52 (permalink)
    thank you
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    Re: broken inductors/coils on gtx 1060 6gb sc is it fixable ? 2020/09/29 02:04:59 (permalink)
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    Any idea on where to get these LR22 inductors for GPUs? I got a 2070S Black and the inductor is straight up missing, wasn't even soldered on to begin with and the card won't boot. No fan spin, nothing. In need of a place to get a replacement to fix it.



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    Re: broken inductors/coils on gtx 1060 6gb sc is it fixable ? 2020/09/29 02:58:56 (permalink)
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    Any idea on where to get these LR22 inductors for GPUs? I got a 2070S Black and the inductor is straight up missing, wasn't even soldered on to begin with and the card won't boot. No fan spin, nothing. In need of a place to get a replacement to fix it.




    LR22's are a  pretty common component, find some cheap dead cards for parts and you can then use google to find bare PCB shots of the cards. 
     
    That being said brand new GPUs ship with components never having been installed. You can see it even on the 3080 FEs, so you had better be sure your card was meant to have the part.


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    Re: broken inductors/coils on gtx 1060 6gb sc is it fixable ? 2020/12/31 13:01:02 (permalink)
    I hope I'm not jacking someone's post by replying here with this, if so I sincerely apologize.
     
    Did anyone identify what 1r0 specs are, and a possible link to replace?  I have an OEM GTX 1070 from an HP that the inductor literally fell off.  I have no idea the maker because the board matches up to several, it was working and got placed in a box, moved around a few times, went to put it in the nephew's PC and there was a rattle.  Took it apart and L19 (1r0 - near the power port) was off, but not at the solder, it looks like it was shaved off right at the edge of the inductor.  Solder on the image was my pathetic attempt at doing the impossible. 
     

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    Re: broken inductors/coils on gtx 1060 6gb sc is it fixable ? 2021/01/02 13:52:37 (permalink)
    Good thing you noticed, that inductor is right by the main power plug! 
     
    I have no idea on the specs, but it's a common part you can even see it on the 1070 reference design here: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-gtx-1070.c2840
     
    Find a GPU for parts and just take the chip off that one. You can use techpowerup for board PCB photos of many specific GPUs to ensure you are buying a donor card with the exact chip you need. 


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