overseer486

Took me some time to reply Here are some photos of the connector.

@Canada EH the problem is the connector soldered to the board, not the cable part. @RorzNZ what do you mean by crc? I'd prefer not to use a soldering iron to the board. I doubt i would be able to solder anything so sturdy properly with the tools i currently have. I thought maybe i could remove/pull the plastic, and get better access to the pins themselves.

I will get that photo as soon as i get home. I forgot to mention that i used some oil/wd40 while trying to clean the surface of the pins (no, nothin leaked on the board) and while the oil was still on the pins, GPU was rock stable for a couple of days. Now that it's dried out / evaporated, it started randomly crashing again.

Hello lads. I 've got an overclocked Windforce r9 290, which i watercooled, overclocked, overused, over-everything, and eventually used for a little bit of mining. Apparently something had to give after stressing it so much The 8pin connector overheated and melt inside the GPU's respectable connector. The plastic didn't stick or anything, i was able to remove what was left inside with a toothpick, but the thing is that the board's pins are charred, thus not making good contact with the (new) 8pin i'm using. edit: The 6pin also seems charred. And only the power pins are like this, the ground ones seem to be brand new Does anyone know how i can clean them? I tried using alcohol, toothpicks, cloths, cotton buds, a gospel or two, but nothing seems to work. Ideally i'd like to remove the plastic receptacle from the gfx, clean the pins with very fine sanding paper, and reinstall the plastic. But how do i do that without causing any damage?