EBAY Spares or Repair GTX 980 ti Not Detected by PC. Can we fix it?

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

As referenced in this video: Kings Overkill software video is here kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2W0hp6ld9urq7s

[@jaseboon6282]

inteet duck, i recon ya from near Tunstall i left back in the 90s but i can hear the accent still lol i miss oatcakes

[@Radek__]

I'm impressed about your knowledge. I've seen few youtubers, who repair GPUs, but none of them is even close to your understanding, what exactly you are doing.

[@supercomputing942]

When the first VRAM test results reported a fail on all banks of memory, it was looking like a rather grim dead Memory controller inside the GPU and a no fix, but you still did it! Didnt come to my mind that the bios could also cause such issues. Learning lots from all your content, thanks for sharing the knowledge freely.

[@teropirttimaki]

the bios corruption most likely came from the previous owner playing around with the graphics card.

[@Jokar074]

Wow, extremely impressive! Both hardware and software troubleshooting, really neat to see the two methods entwined with each other.

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

Thank You

[@Tomatoe182]

Such a good video! Nice to see how in-depth you go and how you clearly don't give up whilst there's still options to explore... Fantastic outcome 👍👍👍

[@Adrian_Finn]

Nice fix, nice card as well, I have one myself, I have the EVGA Super Clocked version so have never felt the need to overclock mine, I don't like overclocking anyway. Unfortunately, people messing around with GPU bios settings to permanently set custom clocks is super common and you were quite right to suspect that early on, nicely done.

[@bobbrown8661]

Congrats on the repair, yes uploading of random BIOS files is quite common amongst overclockers and people wanting the highest scores on 3d mark for bragging rights. Its become increasingly more prelevant with the LHR cards on Nvidia's 3000 series and people trying random hacks to bypass for mining purposes.

[@DriGuy]

I’m sitting here watching, just in awe. Haven’t got a sweet clue what you’re talking about in most cases, but it’s amazing and inspiring.

[@shodan6401]

Hey Mate, loved this episode. So many tricks that you employed - I learned a lot. This is way more advanced than anything that I could do, but it's still fun to learn, and I'm keen on getting that app to compare those ROM files. So thanks for that! Going to watch the rest of these eBay repair vids now, yeah? (You have to trademark that epic "Yeah?" of yours. Maybe common in your part of the U.K., but it's pure gold to us!)

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

Hahaha I mentioned a a few times I think I got it from here... yeah!!! When Morning TV first started broadcasting in the UK in 1983 (before this you didn't get any TV programs on any channel until the afternoon) I was on a full time course learning TV repair so I would hear this character every day. YEAHHHH!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp3OZWSMa6qJpqM facebook.com/BBCArchive/videos/1988-roland-rat-superstar-on-open-air/286413109525338/ kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqWyaHiHp7KDmrM Actually some people hate it yeah, and tell me not to do it 😆

[@RetroUpgrade]

Excellent video as always. Bios issues are finicky things and can give you the weirdest issues . I wanted to thank you for inviting me over to your workshop i had a blast and i am looking forward to our future collaborations. Cheers 👍

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

@Retro Upgrade - Yeah it was good to meet another YT creator @all - This guy, Carlos, has a small YT channel he is just starting and by chance he lives 15 minutes from me! Which is strange as I live in a 'remote' location (Canary Islands). We had a real good chat yesterday and a couple of hours went very quickly. Carlos is very knowledgeable on retro games consoles and similar tech from the 80s onwards, does some very interesting stuff such as farbricating spare parts (CDROM spindles etc) by 3D printing and 3D design - We think we can definitely do some fun things together and I gave him some faulty retro 80s home computer hardware to play with. Check his channel out, there will be some more videos coming soon.

[@quietflyer2007]

I have a Gigabyte Windforce GTX970 of the same vintage. Gigabyte did a hacky trick on these cards, they have more monitor connections than can be simultaneously supported by the gpu. They make this work by having a dual bios, the relevant bios being selected on boot by which combination of monitors is hooked up. Flashing the bios is "interesting" as you have to boot into the correct target bios by connecting a monitor to the correct port. I also found the latest bios from Gigabyte was not stable and had to revert to an older one.

[@KrijoStalka19]

Hello. I am a craftsman myself and love to repair and tinker with things. But I don't know much about this small electronics. Unfortunately, I only came across your channel today. Otherwise I could have sent you my old 2070ti. Unfortunately, it has passed away due to BTC mining. I think the GPU got too hot. I have now bought a 3060ti and am much more careful. Nice to see that someone takes the trouble to fix something instead of throwing it away and buying a new one. Keep up the good work. I think it's good. Thumbs up + respect. Have a nice Day 😊👍

[@issanesheiwat1396]

Great fix! Its a shame the previous owner didnt use an anti-sag bracket for the GPU. The heavier cards, especially triple fan cards, will sag causing the PCB to deform over time. Otherwise, that 980ti should work very well!

[@Xorat]

Ebay GPU´s are truely aweful to fix. Many repiar shops dont want to fix them, because there are a lot of problems with GPU/Vram and so on. A lot of work and many times still doesnt work. So the shops dont make much if any money on them and they focus on other Stuff like laptops or smaller things with easiert fixed, like you demonstrated in your 60$ an hour video. Tech Cemenentery for example always rebmles about that he kinda hates to fix GPU´s. But great fix Richard! A 980ti is really a strong card, really power hungry and hot, but very powerful!

[@buildingsalvage]

One of the better videos I’ve seen. Really cool, cheers!

[@dreonic1421]

Nice video! My graphics card burnt out about a month ago and it is the same one in the video ;(. R.I.P

[@kevinharrison4909]

This guy is brill. Love his graphics card videos. Very entertaining viewing if you are into tinkering and learning.

[@iFixConsoles]

No flux given on that solder attempt Richard 😆, very nice fix indeed 🙂

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

No hope more like it... what a mess!

[@p_mcg]

Great repair. I’m running the exact same model of the 980ti at this present time

[@liquidhydration]

I wish there are more gpu repair out there, I would pay for services like this

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

You can email me [e-mail] I offer fixed price repairs and a No Fix No Fee service

[@yosephmetal]

@@LearnElectronicsRepair I may reach out as well. I found your vids because I was trying to learn enough to attempt my own repair on my 980ti.

[@Solrak8O]

Fascinating stuff. Keep up the great content!

[@FranCal92]

Awesome video! Glad you could bring that nice card back to life. Keep it up! Cheers!

[@808chadda]

Great work man, I had a GTX 970 that just "died" while gaming but nobody could fix it so I sold it as spares which I regret. Do you fix HDD's?

[@diggindownunder8051]

Great video.... my grandmother lived in clumber grove stoke on trent

[@Jeroensgambling]

I used to bake faulty cards. Sometimes they worked out of the box. Sometimes not. Most common problem with Nvidia was the relatively weak solder that would crack over time due to heat cycles.

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

The first thing I thought of when it wasn't found was is the card enabled. A transistor has to have two voltages to send the power good signal.

[@pkf4124]

Seems so many people have such an issue soldering. Soldering is not difficult, soldering properly takes time and practice. Then when you see some of the jobs filmed on KZbin its not surprising. Some of the jobs would have had better results with an axe heated in a fire, than the crappy cheap iron with no flux and no cleaning. Makes a change to see a video where the soldering is done properly. Thanks for your concise video.

[@iTCXtreme]

This is a common issue, bga graphic chipset failure. When the driver is installed, there is no display. Silicone bumps under the dye are often damaged due to card usage (hot/cold). Sometimes, a reflowing the bga chipset resolves the issue for temporary.

[@eecutr773]

Great diagnostic video. Didnt know about many of the techniques you used, so It was quite informative for me

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

Glad to help - I didn't invent much of that, mostly I picked it up from other very clever guys in the GPU repair community. I'm happy to be able to pass it on to others

[@toquita3d]

What a great channel I just found! Amazing stuff. Great that you still use Windows 7. It's the pinnacle of Microsoft's work. I'd use it to this day if my work programs and games would run on it.

[@IllerRuin]

Nice fix! Could be an idea to check the middle fan to see if it is actually compatible with fan stop. It might be that that fan is from a different card that doesn't use fan stop and thus it doesn't have the ability to turn off. I mean you might have a donor fan lying around you could swap it with and enjoy some nice silence. ;)

[@trouble_maker023]

Nice Fix ! Having a crack at the little tab at the PCIe can be a world of hurt to stitch together, but in your case doesn't seem like it was serious damage.

[@marcellipovsky8222]

Yeah those cracks can be nasty. It was the via which stopped it from spreading, yet I am afraid that if the card does not het a propper support, it will get worse. One of the tips for cracks not spreading is to drill a hole in their path. Sadly is is not very applicable on GPUs.

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

@@marcellipovsky8222 It's going in my i7-5820K PC for now as it is faster than any of the GPUs that I own (all of which came from previous repairs). So it will get a good test, it seems surprisingly quick for such an old card.

[@marcellipovsky8222]

@@LearnElectronicsRepair I've seen a few videos where the GPUs had a crack n the same location. The crack broke some internal layers and was hence unfixable. Other than the crack, the card had no other problems. Hence the warning.

[@henrybartlett1986]

Brilliant and as usual, fascinating.

[@hunhar8241]

Learned a ton from this. Thank you!

[@daz41262010]

great video Richard :)

[@chakakhan3751]

Enjoyed this great work

[@Simon-mz7sf]

Bravo Richard !! Great vid

[@jacobytrainwreck5590]

great video, I have a 980ti myself (its a great card, enjoy) anyway i found this all quite fascinating, how did you get into/learn the business?

[@FilipMunk]

GTX 980 ti refrence design is fames for cooking the memory VRM coils and mosfets, and shorting the memory chips an most likely the memory controller.

[@normalnywariat88]

I'm learning how to do more complex fixes and maybe one day I could be as good as you and many others. Any website where beginner could start?? Take care everyone!

[@JR-zw2vb]

Wow. god-level repair!

[@earlygrayce3200]

I still run the Gigabyte GTX 970 Windforce OC which has an identical Fan setup but no backplate and mine is also bent like a banana.

[@powalovesmusic]

holy shit, I'm no expert but you look like you're amazing at your job, that was one hell of a fix. How much would you charge for a repair like this? Would it be worth it to fix the card or buy a new one? Let's say we're talking about a 1050 or 1060 here, something in the lower end

[@davidwithey6036]

When you download a bios make sure your memory type example Samsung batches otherwise get big problems to even bricking your GPU without the hardware to change it like he has GTX 980 TI is on par to GTX 1070

[@rickjames8943]

The card was used for bit coin farming because normally mining bins get loaded in the bios for better mining

[@gndworkshop]

great man, great repair! cheers from argentina.

[@rewindcat7927]

Fascinating thank you!!

[@sprinter768]

Great fix, way to go!

[@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading]

Heya 1 more very good repair and it's nice wen you have doner-boards and al the tools you need to have and then of corse the knowledge about elektronics that you explaned so clearly to repair these board's

[@reacey]

Might have been worth rechecking those voltages after doing the bios

[@twelfthmanau]

Hi there, I've been struggling to find a GPU repair place in London and noticed your accent. Is there anywhere that someone can suggest / recommend?

[@tankthelord1178]

I have a problem with my 980 Ti and a search to fix it brought me here - you obviously know what you are doing and I have no confidence to fix this thing myself.. it has 1 long beep, 3 short and then 1 after and card not detected, I am currently having to go back to my 660 GTX which is painful in comparison. It has never been overclocked (not whilst I've had it for 5 years anyway), just last month I cleaned it all up along with undusting etc the pc also, I put Nano Diamond paste on it and just the other night it just stopped working whilst I was playing an online game. Do you think you would be able to find the time to look at it? - I know there will be cost involved aswell as p&p etc. I would be eternally grateful as I can't afford to buy even a second hand one of the same. No problem if you can't and too busy but I thought I'd ask. Thanks in advance, Karl.

[@jameshare1848]

30:56 it's there 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Coproration TGM200 [GeForce GTX 980 Ti] (rev a1) - Did I miss something???????

[@coteldavies8880]

hi what microscope you using i was looking to buy one but in my range of buget

[@rkan2]

30:50 - The 980Ti was visible here already (wouldn't be able to do the tests without it being recognized by the Linux kernel)

[@JulianWoodsUK]

I saw that too before the BIOS was updated

[@vlastimilhrazdil6757]

What is your success rate of repairing GPU, CPU, Motherboards ? How did your rate evolve throughout the years ?

[@Wilksey75]

That board looked liked someone had worked on it on a saturday night after 10 pints, nice job though👍🏻

[@sharpeyedwatcher9724]

That 980 is putting out a the standard VGA signal all GPUs output before the drivers are loaded but the GPU isn't putting out the high resolution signal the drivers are looking for to detect the card.

[@benjamifreixesconesa9419]

But this graphics card has two BIOS chips, one in front and one in back. Which of the two have you rescheduled?

[@c0rpse1]

i have an EVGA 970 that has this issue. I tried flashing stock bios but when installing drivers, windows freezes or turns pink. I assume its fucked.

[@jonchapman6821]

Bravo 👏🏻 good job!

[@Plan-C]

Great stuff!

[@snipersquad100]

Any idea why a pc would freeze make nasty buzzing noise then restart itself and then work fine?

[@danielkolov]

Just recently discovered your videos, but they are awesome! I have a 1080TI that goes fine into windows until the drivers load, then it just goes blank and the fans rev to full speed. Any ideas on what might be the cause are appreciated! In the meantime I will keep enjoying your videos!

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

First thing do a VRAM test using MATS - see if that tells you anything useful Second thing program the BIOS with a known good one for your model of GPU - you will probably find one at techpowerup www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/ See if it now works There are some other things you could try, but do these two first

[@danielkolov]

@@LearnElectronicsRepair unfortunately I discovered a cap is missing (one side of the track is stripped) on the back of the card coming from the pci lanes and I can’t possibly repair it without the proper equipment (though I tried and messed it up more than it was lol). I wonder if that would be something you would be interested in undertaking? I have a 980ti I can ship for donor and will pay for whatever the service will cost?

[@cairnsandy1]

good stuff , enjoyed it

[@Pholiage]

If you twist the cooler slightly back and fourth you realise the vacuum and it should come of much easier.

[@dennisthomassen6159]

Hello Richard, I have bought sexond hand GTX980 ti..... now according to the seller it was in working condition..... but unfortunate that does not seems the case..... it worked for a few seconds.... now only black screen and my pc doesn't boot the card ... i heared some noise comming from it like something burned.... howerver i'm no expert.... can you help me to get this card repaired? Regards Dennis

[@danielwhateley887]

I was wondering if you could answer my question about my gtx 760, it runs for a while but just randomly under no load loses picture, and changing the generation in bios seems to force it to work again, what would be faulty on mine if it does that

[@tonycstech]

980 TI worth repair ? I am just starting with these cards and to me it sems like 1070 is the least it should be.

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

Tony Nameless. This is not a criticism it is my opinion, but I will voice it anyway As I have mentioned several times in various videos, you should start with a box full of 'worthless' cards - HD 68xx HD 78/79xx, GTX 2,5,6,7 series and similar. You can probably get a job lot of faulty ones for like for £100 or something. Then try to fix them, fix VRM, run diagnostics tests, swap RAM around, swap GPUs around, reprogram BIOSes.... EVERYTHING you need to learn to fix the latest generations of GPU, you can learn by fixing the older ones! And when you make mistakes, because you will, then it does not really matter. Once you can fix that type of card with a good success rate then move on to the newer ones. Here is a challenge - get a job lot of old 'obsolete' cards, say 10 of them spares/repair. Fix as many as you can. Then go to 'sold' ebay listings and work out how much your fixed cards would be worth (even if they are costing you £10 each faulty and they are worth £25 each fixed). If you can work through the whole lot and end up with double the amount you payed or more, then move on a bit. Don't cheat yourself, class any cards that were just working anyway as break even - no profit no loss. Two other - some cards far more 'least' than the GTX 1070 are worth far more money - have a look at old voodoo 4 and voodoo 5 cards. GTX 980 ti and GTX 1070 have practically identical performance according to User Benchmark gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-980-Ti-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1070/3439vs3609 so what makes one more worth repairing than the other? Actually I I'm very interested to hear other opinions on this - is Tony's view right, Am I right or are both opinions equally valid for different reasons? And please don't side with me just because it is my channel. 😉

[@racefiets9739]

the camera has some issues lines keep appearing on the screen. might be an old camera?

[@ruzzodac]

my zotac 1070 Ti crapped the bed. . . . is it worth fixing?

[@djmulder]

I wish someone like you lived near me .. I suck+ at soldering.. and really would love hands on help in learning.. yt vids doesn't seem to help, ppl on discord try to help..but that doesn't replace someone smacking your hand if you make a mistake :/

[@oldvergil3418]

hello where can i buy spare gpu ram chips any tips on getting hands on those ?

[@DarkVoidDan]

Hey do you have a spare set for the 970 asus stryx I could possibly buy off you.

[@supersilverhazeroker]

the graphics card was already listed on linux with the lspci command the first time, you just didn't notice it. 31:20

[@john2ndname]

Looks like the previous owner overclocked the card and fried it!..I don't get why anyone would overclock videocards as you don't get much extra performance anyway!..also it shortens the life of the card

[@theboltingpotato8124]

what country are you in? can I send you my haul of gpus 1660, 970, 780, 980ti etc

[@xximanxx267]

Great job

[@jasenmultimedia]

can that backplate fit to gigabyte gtx 770 sir?

[@AdamAmbrus]

Do you need to reflash the bios on an external device? Does nvflash not work in linux, or even in Windows with the drivers unloaded (or not yet loaded) ?

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

Not sure - but using an external programmer will allow you to flash BIOS chips even from GPU that will not detect in linux and motherboards that will not boot - so it is an invaluable technique (and piece of kit) to use

[@mpf_agundipsht3619]

gpu sag on windforce gpu's causes the pcb to split at the pci-e riser

[@adburns360]

Hi, do you have an ebay store?

[@richardw3294]

Nice workout

[@SeithonJetter]

Personal thought, these cards are heavy and when installed they sag under their own weight so they might end up bending over time as a result.

[@gwhiz1397]

good job!

[@thetruth6341]

I have the same card that needs to be fixed, how do i contact you?

[@TheClahey]

That was great.

[@markvandesande8855]

Excellent subscribed 👍

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

Welcome aboard!

[@GregM]

Good repair to fix a double whammy video card.

[@asgardianoxgames6400]

Greetings from the Dominican Republic, I have a question, I hope you can answer me, I'm looking for an IC named 7303 CCVV, but when I search in Google, it doesn't appear as I should look for it?

[@zeferrum]

What device is it on?

[@asgardianoxgames6400]

@@zeferrum on a graphics card

[@zeferrum]

@@asgardianoxgames6400 which specific mode of graphics card ? Do you have a picture of its location ?

[@asgardianoxgames6400]

@@zeferrum if it is in the location u9 and u7

[@asgardianoxgames6400]

@@zeferrum it's a msi gtx 1650 low profile

[@warham2]

i have a 980 that doesnt work. i think the owner smoked to much and clogged up the fans

[@tutudaerva]

My guy is playing pc bulding simulator irl

[@tommichak]

You had it already visible, with lspci command, on 31:02

[@sharpsteel6272]

how could this happen?

[@Marc_Wolfe]

32:10 VGA compatible controller: Nvidia corporation GM200 "it's not seeing this card"

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

Yeah I got that wrong. The method for forcing a GPU to initialise ignoring video ram errors is a good one though.

[@Marc_Wolfe]

@@LearnElectronicsRepair When I initially watched without paying a whole lot of attention, I thought you basically injected some kind of config into the UEFI/BIOS of the motherboard to force it to setup as if a device was there that it couldn't read. Something that could bypass a bad VBIOS; and I was like "HOLY SHIT, I knew it could be done"... but... oh well. I have a tesla M40 that I think I either fried the BIOS chip on, or PCIe interface, or other 3.3 volt inputs on the core; schematic shows quite a few 3.3 ins directly to the core. 12 volts touched USB power and maybe data lines. Might have caused spike on 3.3 volt rail of PSU, 12 volts may have arced through chipset and a bunch of PCIe devices. Not sure yet.

[@Marc_Wolfe]

Weirdest part is I put the M40 in another board that wasn't dead, it showed in device manager, then never again and THAT board also doesn't POST now either.

[@jamzales]

Do you have a re-baller?

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

Yes

[@matthewnewsome9221]

well done, can I send you my 980ti?

[@snagle8878]

Hi is that a potteries accent I hear Nice.

[@LearnElectronicsRepair]

@Snagle Sure I am originally from Stoke-on-Trent. I now live in the Canary Islands since 2016 🙂

[@snagle8878]

@@LearnElectronicsRepair Thanks for that am a fellow stokey From sunny burslem, enjoying the vids just starting to learn getting a lot from the vids I appreciate you doing them thanks.

[@nicholashpitts]

Put it in the dishwasher

[@Fermi_Consistency]

then 980Ti showed up in linux the first time too