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Topic: I killed a GPU can you help me fix (Read 138 times)

legendary
Activity: 1834
Merit: 1136
April 14, 2022, 04:35:37 AM
#7
You can take apart the fan shroud and see if there is anything which blew up. If it’s something common like a capacitor you can find a replacement for it and see if it works.

Most likely you will see lots of burn marks and even PCB can be damaged. However you might get lucky and just need to replace a few capacitors.

Not the first time it happened. It happened to miners other times. Usually when they are in a rush to build a rig and end up plugging it in backwards.
It is unlikely that you will find blew up elements on the video card board. There is no protection on these power lines. If the voltage is too high, then it gets to the video chip and this is a serious consequence. Diagnosis is possible only in a specialized workshop, it is better not to do it yourself. Even such a video card can be sold for spare parts for 30-50% of the cost.
member
Activity: 237
Merit: 19
April 14, 2022, 03:49:56 AM
#6
I doubt you can fix this on your own, you need to find a qualified GPU repairer and send it to them, I also suspect the PCB, if you can't see any traces of burnt part on the GPU then it's bad news but I don't want to just into conclusions.
legendary
Activity: 3808
Merit: 1723
April 13, 2022, 10:14:57 PM
#5
You can take apart the fan shroud and see if there is anything which blew up. If it’s something common like a capacitor you can find a replacement for it and see if it works.

Most likely you will see lots of burn marks and even PCB can be damaged. However you might get lucky and just need to replace a few capacitors.

Not the first time it happened. It happened to miners other times. Usually when they are in a rush to build a rig and end up plugging it in backwards.
newbie
Activity: 1
Merit: 1
April 13, 2022, 05:10:17 PM
#4
When you plug the little riser adapter in backwards on the PCIE slot you will send unwanted voltage down the wrong likes into the GPU. The result 9 out of 10 times is that you send 12V into the GPU where it's expecting a very low voltage (<1v).

I only know this because I did the same thing once.  Cry

Now I use riserless boards like the BTC-S37 or I put a zip tie through that tiny hole on the riser adapter so I don't repeat the same mistake.

Hopefully it wasn't a super expensive card.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D5ONed5srbHWZSSVja9CcCCQjgbKtACr/view?usp=sharing

~
member
Activity: 208
Merit: 10
April 10, 2022, 12:57:36 PM
#3
Thanks for replying, the Riser got smoked and I quickly turn the mobo off but the GPU isn't working anymore, I've even put it in my other rig thats running using hiveOS its still not working, the fan of the GPU is running so slow, I think something cut off.
legendary
Activity: 4326
Merit: 8950
'The right to privacy matters'
April 10, 2022, 12:44:34 PM
#2
Lesson learned the hard way, I killed one GPU today by mistake, I was supposed to use riser the right way but I turned it the other way, I was not in my right state of mind because of what happened at home( family issue ) so now the GPU seems dead, no display and fan is just running slow.



did it arc,spark,shut the rig down?

it may still mine on a rig with a few cards.


did you toss the riser?

if you are lucky the riser took the hit not the gpu.

try a different riser.


i did something like you did and killed a mobo board  slot but the gpu worked in other slots.
member
Activity: 208
Merit: 10
April 10, 2022, 12:38:13 PM
#1
Lesson learned the hard way, I killed one GPU today by mistake, I was supposed to use riser the right way but I turned it the other way, I was not in my right state of mind because of what happened at home( family issue ) so now the GPU seems dead, no display and fan is just running slow.
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