Any body else done this?

[stuartbat]

was replacing gpu gunk with arctic silver, removed nv 5 blower (6800gt glacier) put the blower back on and ohhhh **** i knocked to tiny little resistors off, near the top mounting. Thought ohh my god ive killed my card!!
Put back in to see and wahey it still WORKS!!!!! Question are they important resistors as they are 2 very tiny 1s and i can always rip them off a spare ps2 board that i have got lying around. what do u think will supply pictures later as im at work atm.

 

[Mr Men]

You might find it will randomly crash when gaming now I would imagine, and no I dont think you can just rip some random ones of a PS2 board to replace them

 

[stuartbat]

No crashing runs all benchies the same! I should be able to use the resitors as they r the same size and rating as the resistors either side of the ones i knocked off, and i am very good with a soldering iron . So is it worth repalcing them if all works fine or just ebay the card and mobo and go pcie mmmmmmm what to do.

 

[Semiskimmed]

if youre selling the card, you really do need to tell the person buying it thats its got possible problems. id just stick with it and put the bit back on if youre that good with a soldering iron. see how it goes...

 

[smiley]

just solder it back on and if it goes all right great if it doent it doesnt matter because the card not exactley the lastest model lol

 

[stuartbat]

So what its old tech but im a single income family and cant afford 300 + note on a new set up

 

[Behemoth]

If it had been one of the surface mounted capacitors I son't think you'd have been so lucky.

Had a cap fall of my 6800 GT was lukcy that my Dad has access to surface mount soldering equipment were he works and was able to put it back on for me and the card lived on.

 

[stuartbat]

well soldered 2 new tiny itty bitty resistors back on and all is still workin perfectly, lol i must have been really lucky