Who can i send a dead GPU to for a possible repair?

Bluntwrapped · 3 Jan 2018 at 13:33

Any chance of some photos of the PCB?

Are you sure it’s the card and not your pci slot?

Goose · 3 Jan 2018 at 14:38

Bluntwrapped said:
Any chance of some photos of the PCB?

Are you sure it’s the card and not your pci slot?

Its not the slot, I have a 970 in it right now working fine.

Images are linked below, in three of them i have tried to highlight with a red circle the only bits that look "burnt". One the power connector the third silver thingy has a very dark patch on it that the others dont.

My camera is kinda rubbish so please excuse the quality.

https://imgur.com/a/7xfPO

hondo · 3 Jan 2018 at 15:15

WD40 All I can say is, it worked a treat on what I considered to be a totally dead USB key & obviously there's a fair bit of delicate electronic gubbins in those.

Goose · 4 Jan 2018 at 16:46

If i did try and use WD40 how exactly should i use it? Spray it on and leave it or spray and scrub lightly with a cloth?

Are there any parts of the card i shouldn't spray?

henson0115 · 4 Jan 2018 at 18:42

don't scrub it, spray it on and let it dry thoroughly in some rice is probably the best bet.
not gunna lie though, i wouldn't get your hopes up.
edit: might be worth explaining the situation to palit and see if they can look at it and repair it for you for a cost, its not unknown that some companies will look after you even if the warranty is gone.

famas · 4 Jan 2018 at 20:38

I wouldn't put it in rice after spraying it with WD40, your'll have a sloppy rice pudding GPU mess!

I'd contact Palit first and be honest with them, they might be able to sort something out.

BriT · 4 Jan 2018 at 21:00

They may help. Gigabyte fixed mine for free even though it was my fault breaking it.

Razor Time · 4 Jan 2018 at 21:39

This company fixes pc hardware.

https://www.tfix.co.uk

sreeve1993 · 5 Jan 2018 at 19:47

I'd also recommend contacting Palit and being honest before attempting to fix your card.

Id only try to fix the issue myself as a last resort. You have a 970, which is still good enough for games so taking the time to contact Palit would be the most sensible idea

britain4 · 6 Jan 2018 at 23:24

I find WD40 most useful for removing sticker residue!

Thekwango · 6 Jan 2018 at 23:38

Curlyriff said:
However using it as a lubricant isn't it's primary job

but does it work as a lubricant, even if only short term?

Curlyriff said:
In terms of rust, again it isn't for removing but for breaking the bond between the metal and the rust.

thus allowing the rust to be removed, sounds a lot like a rust remover to me

passifid · 7 Jan 2018 at 00:38

Thekwango said:
but does it work as a lubricant, even if only short term?

thus allowing the rust to be removed, sounds a lot like a rust remover to me

Water can be used as a lubricant too but I'll leave that off my hinges?
Wd is a strange jobby useful but awful at thousands of things a bit like a liquid duct tape. You're far better off with the right stuff but not everyone has space for 4 types of lubricant, a dedicated rust remover and a light oil in their toolkit with them.

Thekwango · 7 Jan 2018 at 00:55

passifid said:
Water can be used as a lubricant too but I'll leave that off my hinges?
Wd is a strange jobby useful but awful at thousands of things a bit like a liquid duct tape. You're far better off with the right stuff but not everyone has space for 4 types of lubricant, a dedicated rust remover and a light oil in their toolkit with them.

WD40 won't rust your hinges so why use the comparison?!

also, note my sticky out tongue thingy - I was pointing out or rather trying to poke fun at the fact the chap I quoted had sort of said wd40 couldn't those things he then proceeded to explain how it could do

Curlyriff · 7 Jan 2018 at 03:00

Thekwango said:
but does it work as a lubricant, even if only short term?

thus allowing the rust to be removed, sounds a lot like a rust remover to me

Sorry but that's literearly not the same thing.

Thekwango · 7 Jan 2018 at 03:13

Curlyriff said:
Sorry but that's literearly not the same thing.

aww come on, how is it not?
WD40 acts as a lubricant? yes?
WD40 breaks the bond between the metal and rust thereby along the rust to be removed? yes?

it'll take some fancy word gymnastics but go ahead, tell me how it's not.

edit: did you actually need to use the word 'literally'?

David Bisset · 7 Jan 2018 at 19:08

As covered many things act as lubricants including water. It's not a lubricant. It should also not be your goto for damaged parts, clean & dry them properly instead.

hondo · 8 Jan 2018 at 09:33

If there's one thing that WD40 is not, it's not conductive to electricity.
Back in the day of carburettors & distributers, on damp mornings if your car wouldn't start, the first thing any experienced motorist would go for would have been a can of WD40.

I've done this myself umpteen times, I've sprayed both inside & outside of the distributer cap & soaked the high tension leads, plus what you could see of the spark plugs. After which the car would invariably start.

I know not if it would solve the OPs issue but if it was me with the choice of binning the card I'd certainly give it a try.

Curlyriff · 8 Jan 2018 at 10:31

Thekwango said:
aww come on, how is it not?
WD40 acts as a lubricant? yes?
WD40 breaks the bond between the metal and rust thereby along the rust to be removed? yes?

it'll take some fancy word gymnastics but go ahead, tell me how it's not.

edit: did you actually need to use the word 'literally'?

Acting as something doesn't make it that something. Sorry but the company is utilising it as something it can do because its a temporary solution and has done very well to market it but its certainly not a lubricant.

It for a start hasnt got the correct consistency to be used as a lubricant and its the reason the manufactures of chains for motorcycles, push bikes and chainsaws says to use WD40 as to clean moisture off it but to use a proper lubricant after accordingly.

Its like using a wok as a frying pan. Yeah you can do it but its not what it was originally designed for and an actual frying pan does the job better.

So if someone has a squeaky door I would used WD40 first, use a toothbrush and wipe clean after to clean out the grim build up and then I would use a low viscosity lubricant and wipe drips as that would resolve it for years not weeks or months.

It is the same for say bearings in hubs or for tooling. They clean the stuff with WD40 and place new lubricant in it. Using WD40 in a bearing for instance would fail very quickly as it isn't an actual lubricant.

This is my dads view who's been an engineer for 50 years and I used to do the same for WD40 till he explained why it is not but sometimes when ypur wife moans the door is squeaky and you cant be bothered a quick blast is a short term solution to make her quite lol.

Goose · 8 Jan 2018 at 11:50

Palit finally got back to me and told they dont handle warranty claims/repairs from end users so i guess i'll have to contact OCUK and see if they can do something.

Thekwango · 8 Jan 2018 at 12:11

Curlyriff said:
snip

wow. you've spending a lot of effort trying to say it can't be used as a lubricant and then saying it can.

no one is disputing it's not the best product to use and if it is used it's only a stop gap/temporary fix.

Goose said:
Palit finally got back to me and told they dont handle warranty claims/repairs from end users so i guess i'll have to contact OCUK and see if they can do something.

don't point them towards this thread whatever you do!