eBay GTX 1070 faulty card with no display but fans spin up and lights work?

[Sandypants92]

Is it worth buying one of these cards off eBay for cheap? or are they not able to be fixed? Im in the market for one but I would prefer to pay less, can i have some help please guys? many thanks/ 

[Monkey Dust]

Unlikely to be fixable, at least by amateurs. I wouldn't touch with a 60 foot pole.

[Sandypants92]

Thank you for the reply  it just looks interesting seeing a gtx 1070 for round about £100 haha, thought it might be worth a go but obviously I should stay away.

 

[A Silver]

8 minutes ago, Sandypants92 said:

Thank you for the reply  it just looks interesting seeing a gtx 1070 for round about £100 haha, thought it might be worth a go but obviously I should stay away.

 

Unless you don't mind potentially loosing £100 i wouldn't. Could be user error which is why it isn't working but it is better to avoid it just in case it is a bigger fault.

[Lord Nicoll]

23 minutes ago, Sandypants92 said:

Is it worth buying one of these cards off eBay for cheap? or are they not able to be fixed? Im in the market for one but I would prefer to pay less, can i have some help please guys? many thanks/ 

Not working price should only ever be shipping plus maybe 20 pounds, It really is a gamble and people need to stop expecting someone to pay a significant fraction of a working cards value, because the card isn't working. Often it's impossible to fix, sometimes it is possible but some of my scopes and soldering equipment costs more than a brand new GTX 1080. (I bought 2nd hand, saved a fortune but it still wasn't cheap, however recently I've been selling it on for Vega if it's good, Pascal if it isn't)