What should someone do when this happens? Asking for a friend.

[Dennis Hogemann]

I believe the die broke and the entire gpu let loose.

[WhitetailAni]

The GPU die has somehow separated from the PCB, yes.

It's as good as broken.

Though if said friend wants to save the die as a keepsake, they may.

[Skiiwee29]

yikes... F's in chat...

 

but in all seriousness.. nothing you can do unless you can find a specialist who can resolder the BGA contacts back in place. Time to get a new GPU. 

[RAS_3885]

I have NOT seen that one before.

 

Sorry for your loss.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

4 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

 

but in all seriousness.. nothing you can do unless you can find a specialist who can resolder the BGA contacts back in place. Time to get a new GPU.

You can't even do that, a chuncb of the die is on the cooler!

[tkitch]

2 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

You can't even do that, a chuncb of the die is on the cooler!

don't say can't.  Just VERY unlikely.

 

OP:  It's dead, Jim.  

[akio123008]

7 minutes ago, Nacht said:

How you managed to pull that off

I love the double meaning of that haha.

[Skiiwee29]

5 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

You can't even do that, a chuncb of the die is on the cooler!

oh, you're right. I took a closer look and you can definitely see the die stuck to it. I had just assumed it was rock hard paste and just looked funky from that. 

[Skiiwee29]

4 minutes ago, tkitch said:

don't say can't.  Just VERY unlikely.

 

OP:  It's dead, Jim.  

there is legit zero ways to put the physical die back together since all the connectors are invisible to the human eye, and I highly doubt anyone has the specialized equipment anywhere in the world necessary to physically reconnect billions of transistors that are on a die. 

[ProjectBox153]

Step 1: Figure out why glue was used instead of thermal paste.

Step 2: Accept that you won't be using that card again. 

[IkeaGnome]

It kind of looks like the temp sensor went bad, a super high voltage BIOS or thermal throttle didn't kick in. It got hot enough to melt the IHS, and the corners of the TP on the die look like they actually got crispy like in a fire.

 

[Kilrah]

Only good for the trash.

[Dennis Hogemann]

On 3/4/2021 at 10:59 PM, Nacht said:

How you managed to pull that off, was the thermal paste that old and dry that it became one with the die and the cooler ?

I have no clue ,we were all just in a discord call and suddenly he sends a picture of what had happened and all of us were confused. I feel like thermal epoxy was used or something.

[Dennis Hogemann]

On 3/4/2021 at 11:09 PM, Nacht said:

Now im kinda curious to what kind of thermal/glue paste was used this could happen to anyone.

probably thermal epoxy but I don't think they used that on a 8800 gt

[Dennis Hogemann]

On 3/4/2021 at 11:26 PM, Voluspa said:

It kind of looks like the temp sensor went bad, a super high voltage BIOS or thermal throttle didn't kick in. It got hot enough to melt the IHS, and the corners of the TP on the die look like they actually got crispy like in a fire.

 

someone probably abused the poor thing it was a 8800 gt so enough time to get abused

[Dennis Hogemann]

On 3/4/2021 at 10:56 PM, FakeKGB said:

The GPU die has somehow separated from the PCB, yes.

It's as good as broken.

Though if said friend wants to save the die as a keepsake, they may.

I believe he threw away the pcb but kept the gpu it self and kept it as an ornament.

[hihihi8]

Mehh... line it up as best you can and apply an extra 5Nm torque to the mounting screws! 

 

[Mister Woof]

Curse. Repeatedly. 

[Dennis Hogemann]

15 hours ago, Mister Woof said:

Curse. Repeatedly. 

best advise I've gotten