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MrMann

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  • CPU
    AMD FX 8320
  • Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-970 Gaming
  • RAM
    Hyper X 4gb
  • GPU
    GTX 670 Windforce 2gb
  • Case
    Zalman R1
  • Cooling
    CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO
  • Mouse
    Logitech g900 Spectrum
  • Operating System
    Windows 10

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  1. Would a r7 370 4gb run games better than gtx 670 2gb?
  2. Hello there fellow PC enthusiast! (tl;dr at the bottom) First off thank you for clicking on my thread, because I'll be needing any and all help I can get and any info at all would be great. Okay so I was browsing a certain popular New Zealand auction site and I found a deal. The deal was for a Radeon HD 7970 $30 NZD, faulty. So I decided to take it upon myself to repair it. I am already running a Gigabyte Windforce GTX 670. I have never repaired a GPU before so I am pretty much a level 0 noob at repairing this type of thing. But I am %110 willing to learn. I've made an imgur album with all the pictures, and don't worry there is no such thing as a potato quality camera on the Note 4. The guy I brought it from stated that.. "Found out that the previous owner had baked it but didn't know what he was doing as he most likely left it in there a bit too long. I would think about 2-3 hours and a steady hand to resolder some of the components down and you would be good to go" Once I received the GPU I put in my system and powered it on only to find that the fans spin, the logo shines bright and it doesn't display. So the dude who sold it to me was an honest one and didn't sell me a completely dead GPU only to say no refunds, thank the non-existent god I don't believe in. I have taken apart GPUs in the past to clean/reapply thermal paste so it was a relatively easy process. Upon first glance I saw no exploded capacitors or burnt out microchips. I took off a metal cooling bracket to find the problem. A series of small silver microchips had become de soldered, I guess when the previous owner put it in the oven. My guess is that that the chips solder melted and due to the placement of the GPU fans down they came slightly away from the board. Thus making it even more dead. Any help would greatly be appreciated. If you've gotten this far thanks for reading my post. Leave a comment with your thoughts. Links: GPU Specs: https://www.cnet.com/products/sapphire-vapor-x-hd-7970-ghz-edition-graphics-card-radeon-hd-7970-6-gb/specs/ Imgur Album:http://imgur.com/a/IhhkC Tl:Dr Microchips on the board have been heated up in the past. The have fallen off, how do I re solder them back on/ check to see if they still work?
  3. Could you please explain I would do that and the process? I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to bios installation and such.
  4. I can replace one, I know that it's just is there any BIOS diagnostic tools out there that can give me a definitive answer?
  5. Alright so I bought a bunch of pc parts off a guy on an auction site. He claimed that one of the motherboards is stuck in a boot loop and needs the BIOS chip replaced. I have just tested it outside of my case. I ran windows 10 off my SSD and it booted into the windows loading screen and continued to load. After about five minutes I turned it off. Now this is where I need your help, I need a diagnosis tool that can tell me if it actually is the BIOS playing up (which I'm pretty sure it is). I just want to be sure before I fork out $20 for a new BIOS chip. And is there anyway I could just reinstall the BIOS, would that fix the problem? I don't plan on using both the Mobo and CPU I just want to test out both things before I sell them. Any help would be appreciated, thanks. Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 CPU: Intel I7 950 Ram: 4GB Kingston HyperX BIOS Chip replacement: http://www.ebay.com/itm/BIOS-CHIP-GIGABYTE-GA-X58-USB3-GA-X38-DQ6-GA-X48-DQ6-GA-X58A-UD7-REV-1-0-2-0-/380658450115?hash=item58a102fec3:g:o~YAAOSwmrlUsyu9 PSU: Aywun MEGAPOWER 650w GPU: Colorful GTS 450
  6. I'm running a Nvidia GTS 250, it can barely run anything please send help.
  7. I'm running a Nvidia GTS 250, it can barely run anything please send help.
  8. I'm running a Nvidia GTS 250, it can barely run anything please send help.
  9. I'm running a Nvidia GTS 250, it can barely run anything please send help.
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