UK based advanced GPU repair service recommendations?

[SnarlingFox]

Hi folks,

I have a Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual card that has no video output and either blue screens or displays a Code 10 (or 43, can't remember which, been a while) in Windows / driver init error in Linux.

I have reflowed the main GPU IC myself (using some flux and a hot air rework station.. I repair other electronics as a hobby, namely car ECU's) however this made it no better and no worse.

I suspect another IC has failed (probably power or RAM), can anyone recommend a GPU repair service in the UK that is more than just your average BGA rework service?

Ideally I'm looking for someone / a company that has a lot of experience and will do a deep diagnosis rather than just sticking it under a glorified hot air gun

 

[Dontrocktheboat]

Oven cook time or take it to taiwan mate.

 

[Harlequin]

Have you contacted Palit about an out of warranty repair?

 

[SnarlingFox]

@Dontrocktheboat Have already tried the oven and then a reflow myself using a hot air rework station. I don't fancy a trip to Taiwan in these difficult times

@Harlequin I have not, I doubt they'll touch it and I imagine they'll probably charge £ROFL ?

Edit: I have emailed Palit just in case but would still like a third party to look at the card.

 

[mattyg]

Its going to cost.. Unless you can find a qualified bench engineer who only wants to make min wage. You could be charged £60 just to be told its beyond economical repair. Plus now you've messed with it you'll be lucky to find someone that will want to touch it

 

[SnarlingFox]

Response from Palit: "We don't stock the parts anymore, sorry we can't help". Kudos for a fast response from them though.

@mattyg Agreed - I don't mind spending some money on this but if it's gonna be £150+ it's not worth it.

 

[Maldoror]

It sounds like you've already done about as much as your average BGA repair service will do. It's unlikely anyone has schematics of a Palit 1060 and once you move beyond the obvious business of checking blown caps, damaged traces and checking for shorts, etc. it'll get very tricky. If it was a £5k+ GPU, or a TitanV CEO edition or something, then maybe it would be worth it but I find it hard to imagine anyone with the tech to pursue this would do it for a fee that makes sense for a 1060, unfortunately. An unrecognised device also doesn't give much to work with - worse than say, instant failure in 3d mode when ramping clocks, or showing no external power even with 8pins are plugged in. With a driver init fail like that, there is a danger of the core itself having failed and being beyond (sensible) repair.

I would still try flashing different 1060 bioses onto it, though (either via a second card or if you have the tools, force-flashing). Long shot but bios corruption can do the driver init error, and switching around different bioses will also roll the dice on a few components (the working displayport/HDMI outs may vary in fuctionality on off-manufacturer bioses, try them all).

 

[SnarlingFox]

@Maldoror Not a bad shout, thank you

 

[CuriousTomCat]

Too expensive. At least £40 per hour minimum and perhaps 3 hours work? So £120 minimum. Not worth it for a 1060.

They wouldn't offer a discount for low end hardware.

 

[Sasahara]

Problem fixing a GTX 1060 or any GPU is it's too niche, so not many repairers would have worked on them, if any.

If these were like iphones and they were fixing dozens a week the costs come down.

 

[sparkymark75]

In these crazy times, probably best to sell it for parts only, you might be surprised how much someone will pay for it.