I broke it! | RTX 3090 Water block install gone wrong

JediFragger · 19 Jan 2021 at 17:31

Yeah guys who WC 3090's have balls of steel! :cool:

FTP-FPS-Duck · 19 Jan 2021 at 17:33

CuriousTomCat said:
Only dismantle what you can afford in my opinion. I wouldn't even dismantle a £200 GPU because if it fails, that's £200 lost. I'd dismantle a £50 GPU and play around with it because I could afford to loose £50. I spend that on a night out.

Liar. Who even goes out nowadays, hahaha!

IICIIEII · 19 Jan 2021 at 18:15

TR1PL3D said:
Top man, thanks

Soooo... I have the diagnostic, sadly it is not good

"It's unlikely that that's repairable. He's most likely shorted a power rail, which means that not only are the regulators fried, but also power rail tracks which could be on internal layers are also burnt through. The card is well and truly fried."

It seems that is probably botched for good.

philo-sofa · 19 Jan 2021 at 18:31

TR1PL3D said:
Thanks for the suggestions guys, and also the condolences!

Its on eBay now. There isn't anyone around where I live (North Devon) that I know who could attempt to fix it.

I'm a very impatient individual and blindly thought I could fix it myself. As some have said, expensive lesson learnt!

I don't feel so bad about bending the pins on my USB 3 internal header now.

Cheers for sharing the laugh mate, glad you can laugh it off

I did something similar with motherboard pins a few years back.

Flack88 · 19 Jan 2021 at 18:40

Jesus Christ £1400+ down the crapper just like that...... :eek:

HoneyBadger · 19 Jan 2021 at 18:40

Another vote for house insurance. I once accidentally stepped on my Titan Xp and bent the card, PCIE connector that goes into the motherboard wasn’t straight, but arched.

I was completely honest, submitted a claim online and photos, got a call within 3 hours asking some questions and day after got a payout minus my excess.

Doobedoo · 19 Jan 2021 at 18:43

Yep it’s too much money to at least not try the insurance route.

P.B · 19 Jan 2021 at 18:46

Flack88 said:
Jesus Christ £1400+ down the crapper just like that......

Be about 1700 and then the block 2k in total

jaybee · 19 Jan 2021 at 18:47

If your house insurance has accidental damage then you go through that and pay the excess. If it were something like an iphone or macbook that are much more commonly repaired and known inside out by pro repair shops, you would have a chance even on majorly burned PCBs like that. But with it being such a new specialist item I can't see that having a high chance of being repairable. Some of the required replacement parts may not be readily available at economically viable prices as well. No repair shop is going to have donor 3090s lying around either.

P.B · 19 Jan 2021 at 18:47

I'm going my 3090 fe at weekend

Zeeflyboy · 19 Jan 2021 at 18:49

Milkybk said:
Why did you try to reattach them with a MIG welder?

this was my first thought too lol.

That’s a very upsetting picture, kudos for your attitude.

it’s hard to tell exactly what’s happened under that mess, but if it isn’t as bad as it looks it’s not out the realm of possibility that someone handy with repairing traces and a slightly more.... delicate... soldering ability may be able to rescue it.

Flack88 · 19 Jan 2021 at 18:52

Zeeflyboy said:
this was my first thought too lol.

That’s a very upsetting picture, kudos for your attitude.

it’s hard to tell exactly what’s happened under that mess, but if it isn’t as bad as it looks it’s not out the realm of possibility that someone handy with repairing traces and a slightly more.... delicate... soldering ability may be able to rescue it.

You mean using a TIG welder instead?

Semple · 19 Jan 2021 at 18:56

OP seemed awfully calm about it.

Gerard · 19 Jan 2021 at 18:57

P.B said:
I'm going my 3090 fe at weekend

Really 0_o

Kelt · 19 Jan 2021 at 19:09

Flack88 said:
Jesus Christ £1400+ down the crapper just like that......

To say I'd be gutted would be an understatement.

tommoT.Striker · 19 Jan 2021 at 19:09

Semple said:
OP seemed awfully calm about it.

He's gone through all the phases. Acceptance is a good place to be.

Thanks for the story/lesson OP.

P.B · 19 Jan 2021 at 19:31

Gerard said:
Really 0_o

Corsair fe block comes tomorrow got its own 3x 180mm 80mm thick rad

sk3lph · 19 Jan 2021 at 19:34

Absolutely brutal.

I built a new system over Christmas with a 3090 and there was some nerves that I didn't botch it and break something due to what I spent, even though it wasn’t doing anything as advanced as this.

Gutted for you - even worse that you waited a long time for it, no laughter at you from here.

WildRAID · 19 Jan 2021 at 20:02

Maybe you could buy another broken card of this type and ask somebody to make 1 working card out of 2 broken ones.

It is still risky, but better than losing the full amount.

TR1PL3D · 19 Jan 2021 at 20:11

IICIIEII said:
Soooo... I have the diagnostic, sadly it is not good

"It's unlikely that that's repairable. He's most likely shorted a power rail, which means that not only are the regulators fried, but also power rail tracks which could be on internal layers are also burnt through. The card is well and truly fried."

It seems that is probably botched for good.

Oh well, that's a shame. But thanks so much for trying for me, I really appreciate it. Botched being the operative word!