Have I just killed my 1080ti???

[Boothy128]

Hi guys,

 

I was just removing some screws from the back of my 1080ti to fit an EK water block. 

 

Somehow, I managed to knock something off it. (See image). 

 

I immediately started sweating, swearing, and headed straight to plug the card back into my computer. 

 

The card puts out a signal and I fired up a game and that works fine too. HOWEVER, I now get a whining noise from the card. Sort of an electrical, high pitched whine noise that changes frequency.

 

The noise is audible when im gaming only. I wouldnt be able to compare it to coil whine because I've never had a card that suffered from it before. 

 

The card didn't do this yesterday which is when I bought and tested it.

 

Now I'm worried that I've done enough damage to mean that the card is unsafe to use. 

 

Does anyone know what part I have knocked off and what it does? 

 

This is an EVGA 1080ti Founders Edition card 

 

Cheers 

Mike

 

[Orangeator]

Just make an RMA saying you are hearing a high pitch sound and that you noticed that piece was missing off the back of the PCB the day you got it. They will generally just fix the one you send it and send you a replacement.

[Constantin]

Feels bad man....

[Princess Luna]

You're in big time luck you bought from EVGA you might actually manage to RMA it

[FloRolf]

2 minutes ago, Orangeator said:

Just make an RMA saying you are hearing a high pitch sound and that you noticed that piece was missing off the back of the PCB the day you got it. They will generally just fix the one you send it and send you a replacement.

I wouldnt even mention the broken part tbh. Just the noise.

[DarkBlade2117]

2 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

You're in big time luck you bought from EVGA you might actually manage to RMA it

There are other very good companies with support. I don't even know if I'd put EVGA at #1 for me personally

[zMeul]

you shouldn't've plugged it in, especially since you removed a component

 

EVGA are not stupid and there's a strong chance might deny your RMA

[Technomancer__]

9 minutes ago, Orangeator said:

Just make an RMA saying you are hearing a high pitch sound and that you noticed that piece was missing off the back of the PCB the day you got it. They will generally just fix the one you send it and send you a replacement.

no need to mention the thing

is so small they wont notice and if thy do say you dont know

[Boothy128]

Ok, some differing opinions here. Does anyone know what the bit that is missing does? 

 

I don't want to try to RMA it if I can safely run the card. If it ends up being noisy it's my own stupid fault 

[Mr.Cunt]

its a capasitor for VRAM, atleast it looks like it

 

[Boothy128]

3 minutes ago, Mr.Cunt said:

its a capasitor for VRAM, atleast it looks like it

 

Yeah that could be it, it's on the backside of the card and is lined up with the vram module. 

[Windows7ge]

Judging by the position and identical formation of other components nearby it I think it has something to do with a GDDR5 chip on the other side of the PCB. You might have just lost 512MB, or 1GB of VRAM.

 

My knowledge of componentry on this level is limited but I believe it is called a surface mount resistor. It's designed to limit the voltage or current going to something.

 

Edit: I was wrong. It's a capacitor, not a resistor. Still, I think it has something to do with a VRAM module.

[Mr.Cunt]

you still have it? if so - try soldering it back on. tho, dont touch pcb with soldering iron. and dont heat it up too much

[Mr.Cunt]

2 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Judging by the position and identical formation of other components nearby it I think it has something to do with a GDDR5 chip on the other side of the PCB. You might have just lost 512MB, or 1GB of VRAM.

 

My knowledge of componentry on this level is limited but I believe it is called a surface mount resistor. It's designed to limit the voltage or current going to something.

https://www.google.lt/search?q=smd+capacitor&rlz=1C1ASRM_enLT719LT719&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijxP35n8DTAhXpDZoKHb42CoIQ_AUICCgB&biw=1920&bih=950#imgrc=KuqLojg6YDz4TM:

its a capacitor. most likely it changes some timing or just reduces voltage noise. hopefully second one

[Boothy128]

51 minutes ago, Mr.Cunt said:

https://www.google.lt/search?q=smd+capacitor&rlz=1C1ASRM_enLT719LT719&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijxP35n8DTAhXpDZoKHb42CoIQ_AUICCgB&biw=1920&bih=950#imgrc=KuqLojg6YDz4TM:

its a capacitor. most likely it changes some timing or just reduces voltage noise. hopefully second one

I never thought I'd say this but thanks "Mr. Cunt" haha

[Mr.Cunt]

This Cunt feels honored

[microchip_one]

Hi, this is an smd capacitor. Fairly easy to replace with the right tools, skill and the value of the component.
Some capacitors are used as "small batteries" to keep the voltage constant along all the board at the same time this capacitors "smooth" switching frequencies. If the frequency that was filtering was in the audible range probably that is what you hear.

If it is working let it as it. If not let me know

[MrWulf]

What are the odds? I managed to break off exactly the same component when unscrewing the spacer nearby. Probably it's just very unlucky positioning of that SMD-component.

 

I "kind of" soldered it back there and my multimeter says the contacts are connected. Yay!I dont really want to touch it again since it might work like that, I don't care if it looks unprofessional.

[MrWulf]

It does work, however I have the notorious high pitched noiced described by the threadstarter, however in my case the noise gets lower and eventually disappears after a few minutes. After the card got the opportunity to cool down in 2D mode and I start a new game, the noise starts again.

[Boothy128]

Haven't logged in in a long time.... 

 

However I RMA'd the card and it was replaced no questions asked. 

 

EVGA earned my GPU custom for a lifetime....but we all know how that's going