Fried PCIe Chip

[Xlithan]

Hello there,

 

So apparently, powering up the PC without power connectors plugged in to the GPU causes the PCIe chip to fry. I have a Strix B450-F gaming motherboard.

 

The chip is ASM1480, im sure a quick google will show you this issue happening to other people too.

 

My question is, can this chip be replaced?

[Djole123]

9 minutes ago, Xlithan said:

So apparently, powering up the PC without power connectors plugged in to the GPU causes the PCIe chip to fry.

Good that you realized that trying to pull 300+W from a slot designed to handle 65W will cause a chip to be fried.

 

I would suggest just playing naive and RMAing the motherboard, they might replace it for you.

[NZKshatriya]

If you can source the chips, and can reflow them?  Possibly.

Most likely scenario is needing to get a new board.

[Falkentyne]

The last time I heard, trying to power up a GPU without the PCIE power connected results in "Check PCIE cable", either on the monitor or no VGA post signal.

Since when does it fry a PCIE chip?  That's not supposed to happen.

[Xlithan]

I would RMA it but its well over the time period, and this already happened twice to me in the past (One time actually wasnt the same scenario, but who tf puts an 8 and a 6 pin connector on a gpu??). Im not bothered about throwing it in the bin, but for the sake of a chip just wondered if it was worth saving ifnit can be easily repaired at home. Whats the process of replacing these chips?

[Xlithan]

Nevermind did some more research and its impossible to replace the chips with hand tools. Its a shame that theres no security in place to prevent this from happening.