Damaged 980ti. Will some doofus buy it with this mining craze?

[wunkley]

I have a palit super jet stream 980ti that's now faulty after I removed custom heat sinks.

I used Akasa thermal tape and was really careful but had to be quite forceful to pull a couple off and I think a memory module might be borked.

It boots into windows but won't install drivers and then there are black and white lines across the screen.

I upgraded to a 1080ti a few months back so Rather than bin it, do you think someone might buy a faulty 980ti at a knock down price? Especially in this crazy mining time. Can gpus be fixed?
Would only sell on the MM by the way, don't use eBay or owt else.

 

[Diagro]

It's dead. Bin it

 

[britain4]

I'd be up for having a go at fixing it... but I don't have access to the MM, if you decide to list it for sale anywhere else then please give me a shout!

 

[FoxEye]

Even before mining people on eBay were paying silly money for "spare parts" GPUs.

People on eBay tho. They're a funny bunch.

 

[8 Pack]

Reflowing the card may well fix this.

 

[Pulseammo]

People buy broken GPUs at auction with practically zero description.

If you were pulling up on the ram, then possibly you've broken the solder joints or ripped a pad, I suppose depending how much the ram module was flexing you could have damaged that too.

Perhaps re-flowing the ram modules would fix it, and by that I don't mean shoving it in an oven well below solder melting point, I mean with a hot air rework station... perhaps someone on eBay will have the necessary equipment and skills.

Edit: Beaten to it :/

 

[Nasher]

It's got to the point where people will buy broken GPUs and repair them. Like back in the old TV and VHS repair man days

This is what crazy prices brings us to.

 

[britain4]

It's got to the point where people will buy broken GPUs and repair them. Like back in the old TV and VHS repair man days

This is what crazy prices brings us to.

Buying broken stuff to repair is a hobby of mine, quite rewarding and quite profitable on occasion (although profiting from the mining craze would not be on my radar...)

 

[0h_no_not_again]

Reflowing the card may well fix this.

Most likely not worth the effort. Memory is fine pitch Ball Grid Array (BGA) that are placed by robots and verified by X-Ray.

I'm curious though, did you damage the package, or did the device move. What makes you think it's a memory module you damaged?

I guess you could have cracked a ball, in which case hitting it with 300-400C air for 5-10 seconds might do the trick... But yeah, proper reworking station is probably needed.

 

[AiiR]

If it runs nicehash as a secondary card, then someone will pay over £200 for it guaranteed.

 

[wunkley]

Thanks for the replies folks.

I'm not sure obviously but I would assume the damage was done when I removed the heatsinks. Whether this is to one or more memory modules or the pcb itself I don't know.

As said though it's not completely dead. It boots into windows but like I said won't install drivers and then gets black and white corruption lines.

So, is the consensus that it is worth putting up for sale then? What sort of price for a faulty damaged 980ti? Honest helpful answers please appreciated....

 

[Geck0]

TBF I'd put it up at $1 and let the bidders decide.

 

[JediFragger]

I'd be tempted to list it but be completely honest in what happened, and that a re-flow might fix it. Probably get someone handy giving you £100 for it!!!

 

[Thekwango]

TBF I'd put it up at $1 and let the bidders decide.

OP stated he would only be selling on the MM, not eBay. So bidding ain't gonna happen

 

[BS Dave]

I have a palit super jet stream 980ti that's now faulty after I removed custom heat sinks.

I used Akasa thermal tape and was really careful but had to be quite forceful to pull a couple off and I think a memory module might be borked.

It boots into windows but won't install drivers and then there are black and white lines across the screen.

I upgraded to a 1080ti a few months back so Rather than bin it, do you think someone might buy a faulty 980ti at a knock down price? Especially in this crazy mining time. Can gpus be fixed?
Would only sell on the MM by the way, don't use eBay or owt else.

That Akasa stuff is way too sticky - i've used some on my motherboard mosfets waterblock, and i want to change it but am too scared. i found twisting rather than pulling helped when i used them ages ago on an old gfx card thankfully that was ok, i know it's too late late for you (but someone else might be reading this), and i've heard warming up the pad can help as well - to get the glue softer...

if it's in warranty you could always chance your arm and send it back...

 

[Akagi]

I'll give you 20 quid. lol

 

[JediFragger]

i've used some on my motherboard mosfets waterblock, and i want to change it but am too scared.

Also, run something intensive for 20-30 mins that will heat the mosfets up a bit and that should help when trying to remove. Should make it a bit more gooey.

 

[BS Dave]

Also, run something intensive for 20-30 mins that will heat the mosfets up a bit and that should help when trying to remove. Should make it a bit more gooey.

thanks for the tip - i'll try that when if i ever get round to it. it's an x79 board so i want to keep hold of it as my 3930k is becoming a true vintage...

 

[Speed]

It's got to the point where people will buy broken GPUs and repair them. Like back in the old TV and VHS repair man days

This is what crazy prices brings us to.

Not really, most non-silicone issues can be fixed quite easily. It just requires a skilled technician and the right tools. Frankly considering the resources put into making a GPU they should be repaired not just recycled or worse yet, thrown away.

Gigabyte are pretty good at this, they'll even do some out of warranty stuff for a fee.

 

[willhub]

Could I get 200 quid on ebay for my old 7970 AMD card? Some crazy miner who's lost his mind might want it?