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Hey 

I'm currently writing a tutorial and information for LTT (partial raid), but I'm looking ahead to my next one. I want to know how many people here would benefit from this. 

 

I want to know what dead GPUs you have lying around. 

 

GPU Type: Dedicated, Onboard, MXM (no APUs)

GPU Model:

What is the problem: (Physical Damage, Power Surge, Artifacts on Screen, no output, crashes drivers or works intermittently, does nothing)

What do you wish to do with it : (fix it yourself, sell it broken, Fix and Sell, Keep in a bin )

Would you be interested in tips to fix it? (not all problems can be fixed, obviously)

Would you be interested in donating it as a part to fix in a tutorial? (I'll likely just buy a few dead GPUs off of ebay, but it's good to ask)

 

Thanks! 

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Cool survey, regrettably font have any dead gpus, but i look forward to seeing your results. 

I'm also looking to do a really really general survey about broken laptops in the future, but I'm waiting. I want to write a general laptop repair guide, but it's a complicated thing. But both for that and this I want a good idea of the common problems and where people stand. 

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GPU Type: Dedicated

GPU Model:ATI 4870 1GB

What is the problem: Artifacts on screen 

What do you wish to do with it : Fix and Sell (I fixed it 2 or 3 times already by baking it in the oven) 

Would you be interested in tips to fix it? If it was cheap and would last for a long time,so i can sell it without guilt 

Would you be interested in donating it as a part to fix in a tutorial? YESS!!! but not happening you live light years away... (+ 12450 miles)

Current system - ThinkPad Yoga 460

ExSystems

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Laptop - ASUS FX503VD

|| Case: NZXT H440 ❤️|| MB: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI || CPU: Skylake Chip || Graphics card : GTX 970 Strix || RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB || Storage:1TB WD+500GB WD + 120Gb HyperX savage|| Monitor: Dell U2412M+LG 24MP55HQ+Philips TV ||  PSU CX600M || 

 

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GPU Type: Dedicated

GPU Model: nVidia 8200GS (XFX) 512MB DDR2

What is the problem: DEAD, Corrosion on board, fan failure, possible ESD damage...

What do you wish to do with it : Display on top of my setup...

Would you be interested in tips to fix it? Nope... too outdated...

Would you be interested in donating it as a part to fix in a tutorial? Nope...

 


GPU Type: Dedicated

GPU Model: SiS 650 AGP

What is the problem: DEAD, no idea what happened but most likely death by heat...

What do you wish to do with it : Display on top of my setup...

Would you be interested in tips to fix it? Nope... too outdated...

Would you be interested in donating it as a part to fix in a tutorial? Nope...

Mutsuki:

CPU: AMD A8 5600K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 (rev. 1.0) | RAM: 2 x Kingston Low Profile 4GB 1333MHz | GPU: Sapphire R7 260X OC 2GB DDR5 2xDVI | HDD0: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM 3.5" (SATA II) | HDD1: WD Elements (WD Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA II) connected via USB 2.0 | HDD2: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm (SATA II) | DVD: Samsung DVD+RW combo drive | PSU: FSP Hexa 600W | Case: Aerocool PGS V | Cooling: DeepCool Gammaxx S40 (stock fan), 2x 120mm Aerocool fan 1xDeepCool 120mm fan from a scrapped heatsink

eMachines D732Z | CPU: Intel Pentium D P6100 | GPU: Intel HD 3000 | RAM: 2x Kingston ValueRAM 2GB 1066MHz SODIMM | HDD: Hitachi 320GB 5600RPM

Acer ES13 | CPU: Intel Pentium N4200 | GPU:  Intel HD 505 | RAM: 1x 4GB (unidentified) DDR3L | HDD: (unidentified) 500GB 5600RPM

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Well the only dead GPU I ever had I've gotten rid of... But it was a Gainward GeForce GTX 9800+, cause of death: dead fan.

In case the moderators do not ban me as requested, this is a notice that I have left and am not coming back.

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If I fry something while OCing it, like my GPUs (I do BIOS modding so I OC extreme) they go into the trashcan unless it is an EVGA card. Other than that if I get a DOA GPU I'll just RMA it. And I change GPUs in my highend machine very frequently (every 3-9 months depending what's coming out), so I don't have any old stuff laying around. People say a lot about me but they don't call me nostalgic and keeping old damaged hardware ;) .

 

Intel i7 7820X (delidded) @ 4.9GHz - MSI X299 M7 ACK + EKWB Fullcover Block - G.Skill Trident Z 32GB @ 3466MHz - nVidia Titan Xp + EKWB Fullcover Block @ 2.1GHz - Samsung 960Pro 2x - WDD Blue 2TB - Seasonic 750W Platinum - modded Corsair 600C - Hardtubed Custom Watercooling

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BFGTech 8800 GTX OC.

Powercolor PCS+ 7950. <-- and no, it doesn't fail as a coffee coaster.

R9 3900XT | Tomahawk B550 | Ventus OC RTX 3090 | Photon 1050W | 32GB DDR4 | TUF GT501 Case | Vizio 4K 50'' HDR

 

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GPU Type: Dedicated

GPU Model:ATI 4870 1GB

What is the problem: Artifacts on screen 

What do you wish to do with it : Fix and Sell (I fixed it 2 or 3 times already by baking it in the oven) 

Would you be interested in tips to fix it? If it was cheap and would last for a long time,so i can sell it without guilt 

Would you be interested in donating it as a part to fix in a tutorial? YESS!!! but not happening you live light years away... (+ 12450 miles)

Did it work temporarily?

Depending on how you did the bake, there's really not much more you can do aside from using a proper reflow oven.

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All my GPU's are alive and kicking, never had one die on me in my entire time playing games on PC. (About 13 years now.)

 

I've got an X800, a 4850, 2 270X's and a 7870 in some form or another all completely functional.  Sold my 5850's to a friend for LTC mining and I have no idea if they're still alive, so I guess I'll never have the closure I need with those.  There's also a Nvidia TNT2 pro lying around somewhere but I haven't plugged that PC in for about 8 years now.

4K // R5 3600 // RTX2080Ti

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GPU Type: Integrated

GPU Model: HD-3000

What is the problem: When I tried sending it for warranty they said it was water damage (bullshit) they fixed it eventually

What do you wish to do with it : the laptop is still working under the gentle care of my dad (hahaha cracked touch screen and frame and multiple scratches)

Would you be interested in tips to fix it? Already fixed you just have to shout at the right people

Would you be interested in donating it as a part to fix in a tutorial? Its still in use so no

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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GPU Type: Dedicated

GPU Model: Nvidia Geforce 256 32MB

What is the problem: Dead fan, doesn't work after being in storage for over 10 years

What do you wish to do with it : Slowly diagnosing faults and repairing as I find them, replacing heatsink and fan with something beefier

Would you be interested in tips to fix it? If I can't fix it myself If I can't fix it myself yes

Would you be interested in donating it as a part to fix in a tutorial? Possibly, if the Asus card can be repaired
 

GPU Type: Dedicated

GPU Model: Forgotten, but its an early 64MB Asus card (one of the first)

What is the problem: Doesn't work after being in storage for over 10 years (similar deal to the 256, passively cooled)

What do you wish to do with it : Slowly diagnosing faults and repairing as I find them (same as 256)

Would you be interested in tips to fix it? If I can't fix it myself yes

Would you be interested in donating it as a part to fix in a tutorial? Only if I can't fix it myself

I have a Diamond Stealth 3D Pro 2000 (pci,8MB) and a Diamond Stealth 3 S540 Savage (AGP, 32MB) that both work as well.

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None.

Current PC build: [CPU: Intel i7 8700k] [GPU: GTX 1070 Asus ROG Strix] [Ram: Corsair LPX 32GB 3000MHz] [Mobo: Asus Prime Z370-A] [SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 500GB primary + Samsung 860 Evo 1TB secondary] [PSU: EVGA SuperNova G2 750w 80plus] [Monitors: Dual Dell Ultrasharp U2718Qs, 4k IPS] [Case: Fractal Design R5]

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Did it work temporarily?

Depending on how you did the bake, there's really not much more you can do aside from using a proper reflow oven.

  • First time when I baked it,stayed for about 5 months or so 
  • Second time when I baked it,stayed for 3 months or so 
  • Third time I am not sure...
  • I didn't bother trying again,though i feel it will work again but i have been using my IGPU for the past few months and waiting for me to get the 970 (I haven't played a single game......since then) 

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Current system - ThinkPad Yoga 460

ExSystems

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Laptop - ASUS FX503VD

|| Case: NZXT H440 ❤️|| MB: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI || CPU: Skylake Chip || Graphics card : GTX 970 Strix || RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB || Storage:1TB WD+500GB WD + 120Gb HyperX savage|| Monitor: Dell U2412M+LG 24MP55HQ+Philips TV ||  PSU CX600M || 

 

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wow never had a gpu die, i mean i threw out two AGP cards that were working the last time i checked one nvidia(64mb) and one ati(128mb), my nvidia 7300 lived through water, dust, static,overclocked, never missed a beat, threw it out it by accident i should have set it on fire..... i have a 220 on the shelf with a broken fan, im going to hot snot a 120mm fan and throw it in my mcpc.
 

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Hi,

 

GPU Type: Dedicated

GPU Model: 7300GS / 9600SE

What is the problem: Artifacts on screen, faulty vram / No display

What do you wish to do with it : baked both long time ago ;)

Would you be interested in tips to fix it? yes

Would you be interested in donating it as a part to fix in a tutorial? I dont have them anymore

 

And I'm really interested in a tutorial for fixing graphics cards, especially because I have a faulty 660 now. But the problem is a bit difficult, details are here http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/299974-possibly-dead-graphics-card/ , if you might want to have a look at it, thanks a lot :)

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GPU Type: MSI Twin Frozr III, w/ 7970 reference PCB

 

What is the problem: Don't know

 

Would you be interested to donate them in a tutorial: No, as I am sending them back for RMA

Main Gaming PC (new): HP Omen 30L || i9 10850K || RTX 3070 || 512GB WD Blue NVME || 2TB HDD, 4TB HDD, 8TB HDD ||  750W P2 ||  16GB HyperX Black DDR4

Main Gaming PC (old, still own) : Intel Core i7 7700K @5.0Ghz || GPU: GTX 1080 Seahawk EK X || Motherboard: Maximus VIII Impact || Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S || RAM : 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 

Cooling: EK XRES D5 100mm || Alphacool ST30 280mm w/ Vardars || Alphacool ST30 240mm w/ Vardars || Swiftech 3/8 x 1/2'' Lok-Seal Compressions || Swiftech EVGA Hydrocopper Block || Primochill Advanced LRT Orange || Distilled Water

Folding@Home Rig: 2x X5690s @4.6Ghz || GPUs: 2x Radeon HD 7990 || Motherboard: EVGA SR-2 || Case: Corsair 900D || RAM: 48GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000Mhz CL9

Ethereum Mining Rig: Pentium G4400 || Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH || 2x GTX 1060s (Samsung & Hynix) 1x GTX 1070 (Micron), 2x RX480s BIOS modded (Samsung), 1x R9 290X 8GB, 1x GTX 1660 Super = ~ 195 Mh/s

Peripherals: 3x U2412M (5760x1200), 1x U3011 (2560x1600) || Logitech G710 (Cherry Blues) || Logitech G600 || Brainwavz HM5 with @Gofspar Mod 

Laptop: Dell XPS 15 || "Infinity Edge" 4K IPS Screen || i7 7700HQ || GTX 1050 || 16GB 2400Mhz RAM 

 

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GPU Type: Dedicated

GPU Model: AMD HD 7850

What is the problem: Diagnosed as fried VRAM

What do you wish to do with it : Most likely sell it as broken

Would you be interested in tips to fix it?: From what I understand it is beyond repair, but if anyone had any tips for fixing it I would love to hear them

Would you be interested in donating it as a part to fix in a tutorial?: Most likely not, though it's probably isn't fixable in any case

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