HELP! 2080ti failed to show signal after liquid metal application

[swordlife]

Guys, i think im in shit.

After the failed post of 2080ti with liquid metal, i think it is fried, but i would like a second opinion, there is one small capacitator/periphral core missing after reopen the assembly.

 

Check the pics, the one right next to the corner of N letter for nvidia is missing/gone?

 

Confirm me if im wrong, should i do a retry?

Or is it dead and gone to heaven?

 

Is there any, tbh not a lot, chance/action should i take to save it? I mean it is afterall a 2080ti....

Anything more should i do or try?

 

Edited August 1, 2019 by swordlife
picture have been updated for the after reopen

[xhackforeverxdx]

1 minute ago, swordlife said:

Guys, i think im in shit.

After the failed post of 2080ti with liquid metal, i think it is fried, but i would like a second opinion, there is one small capacitator/periphral core missing after reopen the assembly.

 

Check the pics, the one right next to the corner of N letter for nvidia is missing/gone?

 

Confirm me if im wrong, should i do a retry?

Or is it dead and gone to heaven?

 

Is there any, tbh not a lot, chance/action should i take to save it? I mean it is afterall a 2080ti....

Anything more should i do or try?

 

If u cant reball the chip ur out of luck what i would do is put it back togehter and send it in for repair say it just stopped working maybe they belive u that the chip just fall off ^^ 

[Lipe123]

I don't see anything missing, you'd have to do before and after pics.

 

What I do see is a ton of thermal paste all over and inbetween those components. Take a toothbrush and some rubbing alcohol or whatever, windex if you must, and clean all of that properly then take a new picture thats in focus.

Maybe then its possible to see if something is broken off or not.

[xhackforeverxdx]

2 minutes ago, Lipe123 said:

I don't see anything missing, you'd have to do before and after pics.

 

What I do see is a ton of thermal paste all over and inbetween those components. Take a toothbrush and some rubbing alcohol or whatever, windex if you must, and clean all of that properly then take a new picture thats in focus.

Maybe then its possible to see if something is broken off or not.

As far as i can see it there is a hole chip missing bro xDDD 

[swordlife]

3 minutes ago, Lipe123 said:

I don't see anything missing, you'd have to do before and after pics.

 

What I do see is a ton of thermal paste all over and inbetween those components. Take a toothbrush and some rubbing alcohol or whatever, windex if you must, and clean all of that properly then take a new picture thats in focus.

Maybe then its possible to see if something is broken off or not.

this one more focused on the missing part

[swordlife]

1 minute ago, xhackforeverxdx said:

As far as i can see it there is a hole chip missing bro xDDD 

2080ti is always missing one pcs vram

[mr moose]

That's a memory chip,  do you still  have it somewhere?  surely you didn't lose that?

 

EDIT: is there anyway to get a cleaner photo? the PCB looks very messy.

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, xhackforeverxdx said:

As far as i can see it there is a hole chip missing bro xDDD 

That's a GDDR6 module placeholder that's empty on all 2080 Ti's... only the RTX TITAN uses it.

[xhackforeverxdx]

Just now, Princess Luna said:

That's a GDDR6 module placeholder that's empty on all 2080 Ti's... only the RTX TITAN uses it.

Oh than i am stupid i just googled a image of it and there was no open place like this ^^ for me it looked like a ram chip came off sry 

[Levent]

If thats liquid metal between those surface mount components, there is a good chance you shorted them out.

[swordlife]

1 minute ago, mr moose said:

That's a memory chip,  do you still  have it somewhere?  surely you didn't loose that?

 

i got to tell you, i have absolutely no idea atm.

if, lets say if, i find this chip smaller than a toothpick-head, can i save the card?

[swordlife]

2 minutes ago, Levent said:

If thats liquid metal between those surface mount components, there is a good chance you shorted them out.

if the liquid metal shorts it, is it suppose to go missing?

[mr moose]

2 minutes ago, swordlife said:

i got to tell you, i have absolutely no idea atm.

if, lets say if, i find this chip smaller than a toothpick-head, can i save the card?

Oh I see now, you are talking about the SMD on the top left hand corner.  If so then you are fucked, if you can't find it then it's going to be hard to find the correct value to replace it.

[mr moose]

1 minute ago, swordlife said:

if the liquid metal shorts it, is it suppose to go missing?

no, it has likely come of when you removed the old heat sink.  Is it still stuck to the heat spreader?

[Lipe123]

6 minutes ago, swordlife said:

this one more focused on the missing part

Are you talking about the two tiny dots above the "R" ? That does look like there might have been something but you should have known if you banged it and something broke off?

My money is still just on the excessive amount of junk between those little components.

[Fakmykak]

You may have shorted out some of the SMD's. You also did not use nail polish to protect them at all.... Very bad idea.

 

Usually LM does not provide much benefit compared to good thermal paste on GPU's due to the cooler already having direct contact to the GPU die. The reason it helps so much on CPU's is because there is a IHS over the actual CPU silicon. Preventing your cooler from having direct contact on the CPU compared to direct contact on the GPU.

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, swordlife said:

if the liquid metal shorts it, is it suppose to go missing?

If your application of liquid metal wasn't perfect there's indeed chances of short circuit and if that happened the GPU is dead.

 

There's an amazing guide here you can check about it:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/liquid-metal-explained-how-it-works-why-it-fails-and-how-to-use-it.809332/

[swordlife]

Just now, mr moose said:

no, it has likely come of when you removed the old heat sink.  Is it still stuck to the heat spreader?

what is this SMD short for? i have no idea where this small bee-leg size thing went to. Lemme search. i dont think its there tho.

[mr moose]

Is that the bit you are talking about?

[mr moose]

Just now, swordlife said:

what is this SMD short for? i have no idea where this small bee-leg size thing went to. Lemme search. i dont think its there tho.

Surface Mount Device,  very small components designed to be soldered to the surface of a PCB rather than have wires that go through the board.

[Fakmykak]

Just now, swordlife said:

what is this SMD short for? i have no idea where this small bee-leg size thing went to. Lemme search. i dont think its there tho.

SMD= Surface Mounted Device 

[swordlife]

1 minute ago, mr moose said:

Is that the bit you are talking about?

yes

[xhackforeverxdx]

20 minutes ago, swordlife said:

Guys, i think im in shit.

After the failed post of 2080ti with liquid metal, i think it is fried, but i would like a second opinion, there is one small capacitator/periphral core missing after reopen the assembly.

 

Check the pics, the one right next to the corner of N letter for nvidia is missing/gone?

 

Confirm me if im wrong, should i do a retry?

Or is it dead and gone to heaven?

 

Is there any, tbh not a lot, chance/action should i take to save it? I mean it is afterall a 2080ti....

Anything more should i do or try?

 

i would like i said just clean it as good as possible send it back and hope they replace it like others said u did not cover it with nailpolish etc so its very possible u killed stuff and u cant repair that ^^ 

[swordlife]

2 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

If your application of liquid metal wasn't perfect there's indeed chances of short circuit and if that happened the GPU is dead.

 

There's an amazing guide here you can check about it:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/liquid-metal-explained-how-it-works-why-it-fails-and-how-to-use-it.809332/

i didnt know how to or hope recover, i just wanna know if there is chances, and where did that SMD went to if it was shortcircuited

[swordlife]

2 minutes ago, mr moose said:

Surface Mount Device,  very small components designed to be soldered to the surface of a PCB rather than have wires that go through the board.

so theoraticaly i can go and find a broken 2080ti and rip the other SMD and slap it on mine?