1080 pins blown up

[PGtheeos]

A few days ago the GPU stopped working and when I went to investigate, there was damage to some of the pins (looks like they were blown up). I tried contacting evga to see if they could do something but I was denied saying they don't deal with these issues. It's really frustrating and I have no idea what to do since I can't even buy a new card (I'm in high shcool) and I'm dead in the water during these times of self isolation. Is there any way to fix this or am I really out of luck

This is a evga 1080 sc btw

[Whiro]

1 hour ago, PGtheeos said:

Is there any way to fix this or am I really out of luck

I don’t think you can do anything about it tbh. Also I would check closely the pcie port it may be damaged as well what means possibly swapping mobo (or using different pcie slot if ypur mobo have it) 

[PGtheeos]

37 minutes ago, Whiro said:

I don’t think you can do anything about it tbh. Also I would check closely the pcie port it may be damaged as well what means possibly swapping mobo (or using different pcie slot if ypur mobo have it) 

I don't know how I'm going to get the supplies, but what about soldering on pins that I take off from something else or something like that?

[RAS_3885]

36 minutes ago, PGtheeos said:

I don't know how I'm going to get the supplies, but what about soldering on pins that I take off from something else or something like that?

Soldering on replacement pins isn't going to work for a PCIe connector. I'm afraid for all practical purposes the card is dead. Sorry.

 

What does the PCIe slot it was plugged into look like? Based on the damage it looks like it shorted and started melting the traces.

[PGtheeos]

9 minutes ago, RAS_3885 said:

Soldering on replacement pins isn't going to work for a PCIe connector. I'm afraid for all practical purposes the card is dead. Sorry.

 

What does the PCIe slot it was plugged into look like? Based on the damage it looks like it shorted and started melting the traces.

it was just a normal 16x slot and after looking into it, I did see traces of the old pins. At least my mobo has another 16x slot so I won't need to replace it. Also, do you mind elaborating why replacing the pins won't work?

[RAS_3885]

2 minutes ago, PGtheeos said:

it was just a normal 16x slot and after looking into it, I did see traces of the old pins. At least my mobo has another 16x slot so I won't need to replace it. Also, do you mind elaborating why replacing the pins won't work?

Because they're not pins, they're copper PCB traces. Simple taking another piece of metal and trying to solder it on in place of the damage won't work.

 

Okay, technically, it CAN be repaired. Look up PCB trace repair and you'll find a bunch of different information. The thin profile of the traces (since the PCIe socket is built to a very specific dimensional standard) and the proximity to the adjacent traces means successfully rebuilding the traces will be quite difficult. That's why I said for all practical purposes it's dead. This is also assuming that the visible trace damage is the only thing wrong with the card. If it was a short/power spike issue there could also be damage to other components on the board.

 

If you have an electronics repair shop near you you could ask their opinion, but the'll likely say the same thing.

[PGtheeos]

2 hours ago, RAS_3885 said:

Because they're not pins, they're copper PCB traces. Simple taking another piece of metal and trying to solder it on in place of the damage won't work.

 

Okay, technically, it CAN be repaired. Look up PCB trace repair and you'll find a bunch of different information. The thin profile of the traces (since the PCIe socket is built to a very specific dimensional standard) and the proximity to the adjacent traces means successfully rebuilding the traces will be quite difficult. That's why I said for all practical purposes it's dead. This is also assuming that the visible trace damage is the only thing wrong with the card. If it was a short/power spike issue there could also be damage to other components on the board.

 

If you have an electronics repair shop near you you could ask their opinion, but the'll likely say the same thing.

Do you think something like this silver conductive pen could work? It would probably be relatively easy to have the same shape as the what was originally on the board.

 

[RAS_3885]

7 hours ago, PGtheeos said:

Do you think something like this silver conductive pen could work? It would probably be relatively easy to have the same shape as the what was originally on the board.

 

I don't think it will, but try it if you really want. That looks ink-based, so my guess is it will just get scrapped off the PCIe connector when you try to slide the card into the slot on the motherboard. Best case it doesn't work; worst case you've know smeared conductive material in the remaining good PCIe slot on your motherboard and short that one out too.