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Gigabyte GTX 480 damaged during cooler removal

vader4

vader4

vader4

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Hi guys. well I have went and damaged my pride and joy possibly beyond repair tryin to remove the referance cooler. Wanted to fit the zalman cooler so i started unscrewin the screws on the referance cooler but 1 screw would not move. I was extremly tired at this point and was just wantin this cooler off. So i ended up wedgin it of using a screw driver, i know HUGE mistake. The cooler finnaly came of at the cost of me scratchin the card and I have cut a cuple of traces.

I then took a pair of pliers to the screw that was stuck on the referance cooler and it still would not move, the head ended up breakin away.

Well i was so angry with myself for lettin this happen I could have cried as i dont have the cash to replace it till next month. And sure enough with both coolers, zalman and referance, card wont display nothing. The PC beeps 4 times (1 long 3 short) then boots into windows

I have voided my warranty and Im wondering if this can be repaired.

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Sorry for bad image quality, will get better pics soon. Thaks guys for your time.
 
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Shac i have been building pc's for years u think i am gonna listen to u tellin me to stay away from insides of computers.
Also dont se what harm it would have done to try it anyway.

A moment of madness on my part, if the screw would have come off like its supposed to i would not have this problem.

Emailed a electronics repair service hope this can be saved
 
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Been eyin up the Gainward GeForce GTX 570 Phantom. 2 of these in sli should keep me goin for a while and no need to mod the cooler lol
 
I have the P67 Sabertooth this should work i think. Also have a 780watt OCZ PSU will be upgrading that to a corsair by end of year. In the meantime i have 3 weeks to wait before i can get my replacment card/s. Does anyone have any suggestions on a budget card that would play black ops and new dues ex, cheers
 
The tracks that have been damaged are really close together dont know if this will be possible i am makin some new pics of better quality will post soon. thanks for your time guys.
 
Thanks a lot guys for all the comments, i am unable to get a decent camera for the job, got a mates android phone and the pics were no better than mine. Anyway i sent in what i had to Gigabyte and they reckon its not repairable as more than 2 lines are damaged. The lines are tiny and really close together thats why i cant get a good pic. Looks like a 570 or 580 will be gettin ordered soon. Cheers lads
 
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