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Did I fix an artefacting videocard?

SooWhat
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So I just bought an artefacting gpu for its fans. Upon taking a look at it, it seemed like it had some minor rust on the back of the pcb. After scrubbing it off with a plastic brush and having almost all of the rusty area off ,I went to try it out if it was actually artefacting. Furmark worked fine for 5min and 3DMark is currenty running just fine (it finished just fine)

Am I just lucky to have it so easy? 

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5 minutes ago, SooWhat said:

So I just bought an artefacting gpu for its fans. Upon taking a look at it, it seemed like it had some minor rust on the back of the pcb. After scrubbing it off with a plastic brush and having almost all of the rusty area off ,I went to try it out if it was actually artefacting. Furmark worked fine for 5min and 3DMark is currenty running just fine (it finished just fine)

Am I just lucky to have it so easy? 

Sometimes things just work that way. Looks like luck was on your side today. :) 

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2 minutes ago, BrinkGG said:

Sometimes things just work that way. Looks like luck was on your side today. :) 

Its an R9 270X , nothing fancy but it games just fine for me.

I got this card for 15€ (you cant even get a HD 5850 for this kind of money where I live)

My prettycheap mouse costs more

Guess its my lucky day after all! ?

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15 minutes ago, SooWhat said:

So I just bought an artefacting gpu for its fans. Upon taking a look at it, it seemed like it had some minor rust on the back of the pcb. After scrubbing it off with a plastic brush and having almost all of the rusty area off ,I went to try it out if it was actually artefacting. Furmark worked fine for 5min and 3DMark is currenty running just fine (it finished just fine)

Am I just lucky to have it so easy? 

It might come back, by the sound of it you cleaned some corrosion off. But without a proper cleaning and re solder it may come back but hey, even that type of repair isn't too bad if you know the infected area.

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9 minutes ago, YoFavRussian said:

It might come back

It MIGHT ;)

All jokes aside, it was properly (i repeat, properly) scrubbed and checked. Everything seemed in good condition but I wouldnt be too bummed about it still artefacting because as I said earlier, it was actually only bought for better fans for my other gpu.

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2 minutes ago, SooWhat said:

It MIGHT ;)

All jokes aside, it was properly (i repeat, properly) scrubbed and checked. Everything seemed in good condition but I wouldnt be too bummed about it still artefacting because as I said earlier, it was actually only bought for better fans for my other gpu.


Pretty nice, I was thinking it might have gotten corrosion on the pads under the solder joints.

 

 

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