Posted March 7, 2016 I did something stupid, haha. Recently bought a Zotac 980ti Amp GPU. It worked fine. Gamed on it for a few days before realizing my processor sucked. So i switched my mobo to a z170 and i7 skylake. So here's what I did wrong. The heatsink for the Zotac card is huge, and doesnt fit in my custom case I made out of steel. So I bought a Corsair bracket to utilize a Corsair Hydro water cooler. One of the holes on the card didn't line up with the hole on the bracket. (Design flaw I think.) And the screw needs to be there, or else the card bends when you screw down the water pump to the card. So I masked off the card, and put it in my drill press and moved the hole just a tiny bit in. From what I can tell, I didnt drill through any circuits on the card. But now when I use the card on my brand new motherboard, The monitor won't boot. (keyboard and mouse both stay lit up, and the gpu fan is getting power) I know the board is fine, because I tested another gpu on it, and tested the 980ti on my friends board. (same problem). I realize that I probly broke it, Just looking for other possible scenarios. You can all mock me if you wish. Thanks! http://www.corsair.com/en-ca/hydro-series-hg10-n980-gpu-liquid-cooling-bracket Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2016 Yeah safe to say you fucked it up looks way to close to the components Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2016 Author Yup. Nothing to lose now. I'm gonna try to fill the hole with solder haha. If not, i'll go sell some organs so I can buy another one. Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2016 Even if you didn't hit any circuits on the surface(visible to the eye), you may have drilled through circuits that are within the PCB itself, which often times are layered. "It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out." - Carl Sagan. "If you place a piece of bread somewhere on Earth, and another one on that point's antipodes, well you made yourself an Earth-sandwich." - Michael from Vsauce. Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2016 Wow.........just wow CPU i7 6700 Cooling Cryorig H7 Motherboard MSI H110i Pro AC RAM Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB DDR4 2133 GPU Pulse RX 5700 XT Case Fractal Design Define Mini C Storage Trascend SSD370S 256GB + WD Black 320GB + Sandisk Ultra II 480GB + WD Blue 1TB PSU EVGA GS 550 Display Nixeus Vue24B FreeSync 144 Hz Monitor (VESA mounted) Keyboard Aorus K3 Mechanical Keyboard Mouse Logitech G402 OS Windows 10 Home 64 bit Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2016 Author Ah. didn't occur to me at the time that the pcb was layered. Lesson definitely learned. Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2016 7 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said: Even if you didn't hit any circuits on the surface(visible to the eye), you may have drilled through circuits that are within the PCB itself, which often times are layered. Bingo! Most PCBs for motherboards and components are typically 3 layers, and there will be traces between the layers to connect things together. As such, @Zanderlinde, trying to use solder will probably only make the situation worse, and you will risk compromising your motherboard in the process since you could end up shorting something. Declare it a loss and move on. $650+ lesson learned. Wife's build: Amethyst - Ryzen 9 3900X, 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200, ASUS Prime X570-P, EVGA GTX 1080 SC, Corsair Obsidian 750D, Corsair RM1000 My build: Mira - Ryzen 7 3700X, 32GB EVGA DDR4-3200, ASUS Prime X470-PRO, EVGA GTX 1070 SC Black Edition, NZXT H440, EVGA Supernova 1050 GS Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2016 Author I wish lol. These retail for $1000 in Vancouver. I got it second hand for 750. Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2016 Correction, 650+ USD. 1000 CAD = ~750 USD, and 750 CAD = ~560 USD. Wife's build: Amethyst - Ryzen 9 3900X, 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200, ASUS Prime X570-P, EVGA GTX 1080 SC, Corsair Obsidian 750D, Corsair RM1000 My build: Mira - Ryzen 7 3700X, 32GB EVGA DDR4-3200, ASUS Prime X470-PRO, EVGA GTX 1070 SC Black Edition, NZXT H440, EVGA Supernova 1050 GS Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2016 Just now, Zanderlinde said: The result of my frustration. Why did that happen? "It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out." - Carl Sagan. "If you place a piece of bread somewhere on Earth, and another one on that point's antipodes, well you made yourself an Earth-sandwich." - Michael from Vsauce. Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2016 Author You were right about the layers. I booted the pc while holding a metal screwdriver in the hole to simulate soldering the hole shut. But it just started smoking. The card is F**ked Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2016 Just now, Zanderlinde said: You were right about the layers. I booted the pc while holding a metal screwdriver in the hole to simulate soldering the hole shut. But it just started smoking. The card is F**ked But why did you snap/cut it in half? "It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out." - Carl Sagan. "If you place a piece of bread somewhere on Earth, and another one on that point's antipodes, well you made yourself an Earth-sandwich." - Michael from Vsauce. Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2016 3 minutes ago, Zanderlinde said: Because I'm sad? Oh well. I wonder if it could've been repaired back to a functioning state. I'm not sure if the damage was bad enough before to make it non-repairable. "It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out." - Carl Sagan. "If you place a piece of bread somewhere on Earth, and another one on that point's antipodes, well you made yourself an Earth-sandwich." - Michael from Vsauce. Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2016 Author That's what I posted here to find out. I don't think it was possible though. Thanks for the input everyone Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2016 3 hours ago, Zanderlinde said: That's what I posted here to find out. I don't think it was possible though. Thanks for the input everyone Man you weren't meant to screw anything into that hole at all. Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 7, 2016 10 hours ago, Schoolofmonkey said: Man you weren't meant to screw anything into that hole at all. I think this is definitely a case of failure to read the instructions.... Wife's build: Amethyst - Ryzen 9 3900X, 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200, ASUS Prime X570-P, EVGA GTX 1080 SC, Corsair Obsidian 750D, Corsair RM1000 My build: Mira - Ryzen 7 3700X, 32GB EVGA DDR4-3200, ASUS Prime X470-PRO, EVGA GTX 1070 SC Black Edition, NZXT H440, EVGA Supernova 1050 GS Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 8, 2016 17 hours ago, Godlygamer23 said: Oh well. I wonder if it could've been repaired back to a functioning state. I'm not sure if the damage was bad enough before to make it non-repairable. It could have been repaired, could have. Sell it to a third party repair or send it back to the factory and ask them to honor their warranty. Make sure you record and share their response, I'm dying to hear it. Intel Xeon 1650 V0 (4.4GHz @1.4V), ASRock X79 Extreme6, 32GB of HyperX 1866, Sapphire Nitro+ 5700XT, Silverstone Redline (black) RL05BB-W, Crucial MX500 500GB SSD, TeamGroup GX2 512GB SSD, WD AV-25 1TB 2.5" HDD with generic Chinese 120GB SSD as cache, x2 Seagate 2TB SSHD(RAID 0) with generic Chinese 240GB SSD as cache, SeaSonic Focus Plus Gold 850, x2 Acer H236HL, Acer V277U be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4, Logitech K120, Tecknet "Gaming" mouse, Creative Inspire T2900, HyperX Cloud Flight Wireless headset, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 8, 2016 Wow...how on Earth you thought this was a good Idea? I mean realy Dude...wtf.. 2 hours ago, DragonTamer1 said: It could have been repaired, could have. Sell it to a third party repair or send it back to the factory and ask them to honor their warranty. Make sure you record and share their response, I'm dying to hear it. No Chance. He will not get a Penny. CPU i7 6700k MB MSI Z170A Pro Carbon GPU Zotac GTX980Ti amp!extreme RAM 16GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance 3k CASE Corsair 760T PSU Corsair RM750i MOUSE Logitech G9x KB Logitech G910 HS Sennheiser GSP 500 SC Asus Xonar 7.1 MONITOR Acer Predator xb270hu Storage 1x1TB + 2x500GB Samsung 7200U/m - 2x500GB SSD Samsung 850EVO Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 8, 2016 54 minutes ago, Praesi said: Wow...how on Earth you thought this was a good Idea? I mean realy Dude...wtf.. No Chance. He will not get a Penny. That's the point. "Do as I say, not as I do." -Because you actually care if it makes sense. Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 8, 2016 This thread just made me very sad... That thing didn't need to die... I mean, I know I'm supposed to have sympathy, but... Seriously? Who the hell drills a hole in their card before reading the instructions? "Do as I say, not as I do." -Because you actually care if it makes sense. Link to post Share on other sites
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Posted March 8, 2016 3 minutes ago, Dash Lambda said: This thread just made me very sad... That thing didn't need to die... I mean, I know I'm supposed to have sympathy, but... Seriously? Who the hell drills a hole in their card before reading the instructions? Not realy. Doing this was beyond stupid..sorry. CPU i7 6700k MB MSI Z170A Pro Carbon GPU Zotac GTX980Ti amp!extreme RAM 16GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance 3k CASE Corsair 760T PSU Corsair RM750i MOUSE Logitech G9x KB Logitech G910 HS Sennheiser GSP 500 SC Asus Xonar 7.1 MONITOR Acer Predator xb270hu Storage 1x1TB + 2x500GB Samsung 7200U/m - 2x500GB SSD Samsung 850EVO Link to post Share on other sites