Will This Graphics Card Still Work?

[PortzJ]

Will this graphics card still work? What do you think?

Yes or no??

This is a card I got for free, I didn't do this to it... Also this card was found in a very damp wet basement.

I'll plug it into my computer later and see what happens

 

 

 

 

[bcredeur97]

holy corrosion nightmare

 

I'd try to clean it up somehow maybe first? It /might/ still work... But honestly it kind of looks like it sat in water or something for a long time. So it may not...

[3 Lions]

I've never seen a video card rot like that before until I saw those images what have you being doing with it? 

[Mira Yurizaki]

Clean it up first, then assess the damage the corrosion's done. It's likely if you plugged it in now something may short out and really kill it.

[Jurrunio]

It probably can as long as it wasnt soaked, but that's like getting a car out of a junkyard and hope it moves by itself.

 

make sure you dry it up, so the mineral salt on the PCIe connector dont rot your mobo's PCIe slot.

[nickyteddy]

I've seen shovels with less corrosion XD. 

[Keg Ops]

Did you go mudding with your computer? 

 

I'd take it apart and clean it with rubbing alcohol. 

[bcredeur97]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

It probably can, but that's like getting a car out of a junkyard and say 'it moves'.

hey if Roadkill can do it, then we can do it to GPU's right?

[PortzJ]

I actually was giving this graphics card from someone who flips house and this was found in the basement floor which was moist and wet.

[deXxterlab97]

4 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

It probably can, but that's like getting a car out of a junkyard and hope it moves by itself.

Well a brand new car won't move by itself eithet

[PortzJ]

I'll plug it into my motherboard later and see what happens hopefully nothing bad

[MrMcMuffinJr]

teach it to swim 

[Doomed83]

A damp wet basement will do that. Most components I've seen in that state of corrosion have not survived, but I've also put little effort into making them work. A complete disassembly and alcohol bath with light scrubbing might revive it, but those screws are going to have to be replaced. Honestly a 5770 probably isn't worth the effort to try to make it work.

[Jurrunio]

Probably take off the shroud. It might be home to unwelcomed creepy crawlies 

 

6 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

hey if Roadkill can do it, then we can do it to GPU's right?

Sandblast the graphics card because that's how you remove oxide and salts

 

4 minutes ago, MrMcMuffinJr said:

teach it to swim 

It wont come back

 

4 minutes ago, Doomed83 said:

A damp wet basement will do that. Most components I've seen in that state of corrosion have not survived, but I've also put little effort into making them work. A complete disassembly and alcohol bath with light scrubbing might revive it, but those screws are going to have to be replaced. Honestly a 5770 probably isn't worth the effort to try to make it work.

How bad people keep their basements? I mean seriously, my grandpa lives by the sea shore and his PC (side panel damaged and taken off) sits right next to a window, enjoying the breeze of wind full of salt. That should corrode the parts really quickly, but that Pentium D system is still running....

[manikyath]

i'd call that repairable, but if thats not a card worth a few hundred bucks, chances are the propper cleaning supplies and techniques will end up having you left better off just buying something new.

 

the best way of cleaning that up is to remove (and probably dispose of) the cooler and bracket, then reflow the entire card with a small ocean of flux.

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

How bad people keep their basements? I mean seriously, my grandpa lives by the sea shore and his PC (side panel damaged and taken off) sits right next to a window, enjoying the breeze of wind full of salt. That should corrode the parts really quickly, but that Pentium D system is still running....

dank basements can be hard on metals.. even the wear a yacht gets is nothing compared to a dank basement.

[EnergyEclipse]

It looks like it may have corroded the contacts on one of the HDMI connectors

[Egg-Roll]

27 minutes ago, nickyteddy said:

I've seen shovels with less corrosion XD. 

The 13 year old car in my driveway has less corrosion

[bcredeur97]

11 minutes ago, Egg-Roll said:

The 13 year old car in my driveway has less corrosion

My 16 year old car has like almost no corrosion lol

 

but I do live in a good place for that

[AngryBeaver]

It should be fine provided you get some alcohol and give it a decent cleaning. I would wipe down the Pci-e area extremely well.. then take an eraser to it. The pcb i would just gently try to clean off with alcohol and some swabs.

[Egg-Roll]

3 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

My 16 year old car has like almost no corrosion lol

 

but I do live in a good place for that

The car never got babied with a garage