Posted November 28, 2019 An old GTX 770, 5 years old. How severe is the damage and is it repairable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 28, 2019 6 minutes ago, Sophrosyne said: An old GTX 770, 5 years old. How severe is the damage and is it repairable? By a professional? Possibly. Is it worth it? Most likely not. To clarify: It's hard to diagnose what's wrong from an image. Might be stuff is just dirty and some cleaning is all that's needed. But if stuff it broken, you'd need to know the exact parts, be able to procure replacements and have the necessary equipment to actually replace them. You'd probably end up paying more for repairs than for a new GPU that is as fast or faster. Remember to either quote or @mention others, so they are notified of your reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 28, 2019 12 minutes ago, Sophrosyne said: An old GTX 770, 5 years old. To add what @Eigenvektor said, it depends, what issues are you seeing with the card? If nothing, then it's just cosmetic and an alcohol rub will solve it If you get other issues, it's certainly not worth fixing a card that old, unless you are *really* handy with a soldering gun and a parts catalogue. NOTE: I no longer frequent this site. If you really need help, PM/DM me and my e.mail will alert me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 28, 2019 Author 2 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said: To add what @Eigenvektor said, it depends, what issues are you seeing with the card? If nothing, then it's just cosmetic and an alcohol rub will solve it If you get other issues, it's certainly not worth fixing a card that old, unless you are *really* handy with a soldering gun and a parts catalogue. It's completely dead, no image shows and fan blows at 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 28, 2019 Just now, Sophrosyne said: It's completely dead, no image shows and fan blows at 100% I wouldn't use it, until whatever that is has been cleaned off, because it might cause a short which can further damage it, if it isn't completely broken already (Looks almost like battery acid to me) Remember to either quote or @mention others, so they are notified of your reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 28, 2019 Try rubbing that smudge off with a bit of alcohol. If that doesnt work. Give up. Resistors are so annoying to fix. You can replace them but they'd probably die out within a month if you dont take special care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 28, 2019 The blue around the hole at the top is chemical corrosion indeed from a battery or something, it's pretty likely it'll have attacked PCB traces as well, and can do so in internal layers. Would need someone to see it in person and take the heatsink block off to see how it looks on the other side, but as already said it's likely not worth it. F@H Desktop: i9-13900K, ASUS Z790-E, 64GB DDR5-6000 CL36, RTX3080, 2TB MP600 Pro XT, 2TB SX8200Pro, 2x16TB Ironwolf RAID0, Corsair HX1200, Antec Vortex 360 AIO, Thermaltake Versa H25 TG, Samsung 4K curved 49" TV, 23" secondary, Mountain Everest Max Mobile SFF rig: i9-9900K, Noctua NH-L9i, Asrock Z390 Phantom ITX-AC, 32GB, GTX1070, 2x1TB SX8200Pro RAID0, 2x5TB 2.5" HDD RAID0, Athena 500W Flex (Noctua fan), Custom 4.7l 3D printed case Asus Zenbook UM325UA, Ryzen 7 5700u, 16GB, 1TB, OLED GPD Win 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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