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    Saphire Rx 580 Nitro + 8 GB - Black Screen

    I bought my RX 580 card 2 years ago. I saw it getting very hot while playing New World and I changed the thermal paste. I used it for a long time after that. I didn't do anything other than that. My monitor was going black but pc wouldn't turn off. At first, I thought it was PSU-related or ram...
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    RX 470 OC No voltage on the card and zero ohm on vcore

    Hi I have a Sapphire RX 470 4GB OC which is behaving quite strangely. No voltage is present on the card except 12V 3.3V and 5V. Another strange thing is that the vcore has 0.3 Ohms to ground. And I tried to apply power here but nothing got hot and I don't want to disassemble the whole card...
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    Finding a short on a graphics card

    I have a Zotac 960 mini and a R9 280X from Asus with a short to ground - the 960 on vMem and the 280X on the upper two vCore phases. Since there is no visible damage on both cards i proceeded to hooking up my power supply and setting it to 0,9V/1,5V. After slowly increasing the current up to 10A...
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    GTX 1050 Ti extremely low memory resistance

    I have I a PNY 1050 Ti I want to repair - no visible damage or shorts on any voltage rails beside VMem. The resistance to GND is 1.2 ohms - probably a short I thought. Then I hooked my power supply up at 0.9V and slowly increasing the current but the GPU got hot and all memory modules as well...
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    Are BIOS chips interchangeable?

    I have a few GPUs with probably defective BIOS chips. Since they are different and I would like to not have every single eeprom chip in existence in stock in case I need them some time I was curious how far interchangeability goes. Can I just use any SPI eeprom with enough capacity for the bios...
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    Graphics card gets stuck on login screen

    I had a few cards on my hands by now with the same problem - crash on loading windows or login screen. Since I wasn't able to fix any of them I'm curious what can potentially cause this issue. I know about Vram damage, BGA damage, faulty BIOS installation or defective BIOS chip and of course die...
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    Can a graphics card run on different vram-chips

    I just accidentaly bought a gpu on eBay on which de owner had exchanged the ram-chip without me realizing in the offer. I dont think that in this case the card will work this way due to poor soldering and probably the wrong chip. This made me curious though and now im wondering - can a gpu...
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    Useful components for GPU repair to keep in stock

    I have started my own small "graphics card repair shop" in which i focus mostly on the generations between Kepler and Maxwell (AMD equivalents in this time periode as well) and would like to know if there are some components which are very comon and prone to breaking and therefor good to keep...
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    GPU is getting power but no image

    I have two graphics cards which are both getting power on their main and memory phases and become hot really quickly when powered on. That's why I concluded the their power supply ist working correctly but they still won't show an image. I'm new in the graphics card repair section and therefore...
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    RTX 2080 short or something else?

    So I've got an ASUS ROG Strix 2080 that doesn't work. The LEDs on the housing come on but there are no other signs of life and I thought this GPU would make a good project to learn electronic repair - I've been trying to get into this for some time. I could really use some help as I think I'm...
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    Broken Aorus GTX 1080ti. Seeking help diagnose problem and to replace broken module.

    Hello I am not new to system components but I am new to GPU repair and PCB circuitry. I recently purchased a broken Aorus 1080ti locally for 60 dollars with the intent to fix. I have diagnosed the problem to be a blown module located in the vcore. I dont know exactly if it is a mosfet but I do...
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