GTX 1060 Salvation: A Journey of Repair and Renewal part 1

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[@northwestrepair]

This gpu was fixed today after replacing memory. I forgot to record it. Anyway, the only issue that remained was the fan. It was blowing 100% all the time. I tried another fan and it worked normal so it wasnt the board fault but the fan its self which i cannot fix 😂

[@christang9406]

Nice work man, I been watching the series and this 1060 resurrection

[@matthiasmartin4355]

Surprised the economics of repairing a 1000 series GPU still makes sense.

[@ba7134]

I don't think it make sense, it 's more like a challenge to him.

[@northwestrepair]

I think it had some sentimental value in it. I always try to talk people out of repairs like but that's what they wanted so..mmm

[@bojanmilovanovic747]

@@northwestrepair Those aero 1060s were one of best picks for mining etherium back then, low power consumption and good hash rate... This one by the looks, has a lot, a lot of mining hours and torture.... it deserves a repair !

[@wtrojanow]

I think it's due to feelings the customer has to this card. As Tony said, this must have a sentimental value which I fully understand cause I'm kinda the same kind of person. Till this day I still have some old PC stuff I'm not going to sell or giveaway. I have two old computers from my childhood for which I have some sentimentals. They just bring me good memories. And I can enjoy retro gaming using them which is a lot of fun :)

[@RealNovgorod]

@@bojanmilovanovic747 Nah, the 3GB 1060s were never capable of ETH mining, that's why there was a substantial price gap on the used market between the 3G and 6GB version despite almost identical performance in games that were not VRAM bottlenecked. In the last 1-2 years of ETH, the DAG file also outgrew 4GB cards, which suddenly became useless as well, but I think it never reached 6GB before all miners got canned.

[@tiemanowo]

I love how you "casually" pulling and reballing chips like it is nothing. Many don't even attempt to do such things and call it "unrepairable".

[@jporter504]

Wow. Outstanding analysis.

[@pottingsoil723]

Ye olde trusty GTX 1060, the most popular GPU that ever existed.

[@greebuh]

I have one of these 1060 6gb models in my capture rig and it will actually play Assetto Corsa at 4k at 75 FPS with just an i3 9100f. Shocked the hell out of me to see it do that.

[@wtrojanow]

Man, this brings me good memories. I used to use this GPU for several years (jumped to RTX 4070 lately due to changing the whole platform) and it was one of the best for its time. The fun fact is that this card was available in two variants, 3GB and 6GB. Good job on saving 1060 and giving a bit of nostalgia

[@Lostcontroller]

There is also a 5 GB variant, but that one is exclusive to Asia.

[@wtrojanow]

@@Lostcontroller Oh, that's interesting I didn't know

[@Ramog1000]

3gb and 6gb version are technically not the same chips. 3GB has 1152 cores, 6GB has 1280 cores

[@wtrojanow]

@@Ramog1000yup. 3GB version was like an economic one. I only remember that choosing 3GB was pointless, at least for a single customer since the price difference between those two versions was too small.

[@rougeneon1997]

I had that same little 1060 that came in a pre-built HP tower. Lasted quite a while. I actually JUST swapped it for a 1080ti lol

[@lucidbarrier]

How's the GTX 1080ti holding up? I'm still using a GTX 1070 but I really need to get something with more cuda cores, a lot of games now need something like a 3060ti or 3070 now

[@hippohoppa]

Watching this using my 1030 I cry

[@Rmm1722]

good work

[@Waldu-]

At 12:52 you had intel HD Graphics selected.

[@northwestrepair]

LOL yeah. Sometimes i make that mistake but it does not matter.

[@abruptlyblunt]

too funny, that 1060 is still light years newer then the 7950 and 8800 i'm running in my computers which brings me to my point of why i find your videos so interesting, i've run the slop out of my gpu's over the last 18 years and yet the newer way more expensive generation video cards seem to start failing within a couple years or even less, i think that is crazy........

[@krauserraven4721]

You can install slower memory it will work , for testing , it will be overclocked , i had 1060 6G with samsung memory and with 2 faulty chips and replaced them with micron , and card was working fine ( chips must be the sam on the same chanel )

[@harveystedham9490]

I'm new to this channel, it's pretty awesome seeing what you do, makes me want to find some busted cards to mess around! To see if it works, could you not just remove the suspected memory chip and run the card with 2.5GB vram? Or maybe you need to remove a pair if they are grouped so be a 2GB card just to see if that was the problem?

[@BanksRacing11]

Just a heads up you weren't looking at the 1060 in GPUZ you were looking at the integrated graphics lol.. It happens.. In my experience the display ports probably just need cleaned since it loads the drivers with no errors.. If you have a DVI to HDMI adapter you could try that she probably come alive.. Mats is just sending you down a rabbit hole it does that when the version isn't correct for the card.. Good luck keep up the good work

[@J0ermungand]

you can autocomplete commands and filenames pressing tab once or twice. (twice if there is more than one fitting name for what you typed already)

[@UltimateByte]

At 12:50 you're looking at the Intel HD Graphics 530 specs, not the GPU, hence the missing features. You gotta select the right GPU via the dropdown menu when having multiple GPUs (or an iGPU, same).

[@neddy1287]

Looks like smoke or soot as it covered in it as the hp card usually have the green pcb

[@archie2038]

Still got 1060, still enough for everything. The rust and neglect are the flaws of its owner, not the card, mine looks brand new.

[@SianaGearz]

Yeah 1060s are workhorse units but this is a HP 1060, this sort of build isn't nearly good enough for a retail unit. Kind of a yikesy 1060 to rescue given the choice of ones with much better PCB and cooling and ones that experienced much less abuse. 3GB version is unfortunate as well.

[@1pcfred]

nano is an editor you can just use less as a pager to view files. You can also run gpm in the console to get a mouse cursor so you can copy paste on the command line. There's also tab completion too. You also get 6 consoles in Linux. Which can be handy when you're in the console. You switch consoles with ALT+FX with FX being F1, F2, F3 etc.

[@northwestrepair]

Tiny Linux comes with gymp ?

[@1pcfred]

@@northwestrepair not gymp gpm (gpm = general purpose mouse). It looks like Tiny does have gpm. gpm gives you a mouse cursor in the console. You can copy and paste. It beats typing file names. You can just double click the file name in the directory listing and middle click and it'll appear on the command line. But you have to have gpm installed and run it. It also has to support your hardware. There's a config util you might have to run. Sometimes it just works though. That depends on what kind of mouse you have. When gpm is running it'll give you this white rectangle and that's your mouse cursor. You can move it around on the screen. It's weird but oddly handy in the console.

[@G4ming_OG]

GREAt videi 1050 is a legend

[@vikonemedia1]

im currently using gtx 1060 6gb asus dual and its pretty decent for esport titles

[@energygameplay6513]

yeah i use gtx 1060 6gb too (msi gaming) well my cpu is actually decent and deserves better gpu (its cpu i7 9700kf 32gb ram )

[@OvalboreTech]

love seeing a 1060 but that card is worth like $20 - why the heck would someone send that in for repair?!

[@Irilia_neko]

​@@lior2kthe repair + shipping is still way more expensive

[@mustangmanx]

😂 I love it.

[@ariewijaya1679]

old card can play old video games perfectly

[@radoisloco]

hello hello

[@T.Lspitz]

​@@lior2kwait, what? You're saying a gtx 1060 performs better than a rx 6600 or 6700?

[@sineirsnapic]

1060 Pog

[@Th3Fly1ngCow]

The classic 1060

[@legy0n3]

Im just here to multiply the effect.

[@AbdAlgani1999]

man you cant replace all the chipes by slower model? and just change eprom responsble on that?

[@jakhazardzn9862]

Humming some Timmy Trumpet there!

[@peterdeyanov5056]

Then we wait too. Tell us about the second GPU, RTX3070, until part arrives.

[@barbarianzg8826]

the beep of joy🧐

[@freedomm323]

Could you repair a discontinued Mouse? Redragon M902, I lost the use of my left hand years ago and that specific mouse with its thumb-centric 5 buttons and additional 4 around the mouse wheel allow me to do so much with just one hand. It was made by Redragon America, however the America division closed in 2020 ...it was an inexpensive mouse at $35 , I'd be willing to pay 5 times that to get it repaired. The USB cable frayed and I replaced it with another one from a different mouse, now it is having so intermittent function isssues

[@Irilia_neko]

Send an email, Link in the description

[@myne00]

It still seems to be listed on their website...? Tried contacting them?

[@freedomm323]

@@Irilia_neko ty

[@freedomm323]

@@myne00 I contacted them a year ago...I will look again, ty

[@freedomm323]

@@myne00 it is not listed as a current item for sale on their website, and yes i have contacted them, 2 years ago...the America branch is no more

[@Patrik6920]

...ps. as a last measure i think u can just remove the A & B chip and run the card on 2GB memory... ..it should in theory work... (there should be 6 chips (not ships lol) already missing, 4 on the wrong side)

[@iamwonderFil]

damn, thats a gpu tease. ill memory that

[@06Angry]

do you have amdtserver ?

[@northwestrepair]

discord

[@zebubble2084]

How much did you charge to repair that 1060?

[@northwestrepair]

Just above minimum. I think there is sentimental value in it and it was shipped with a 3080 so shipping cost was not affecting the total repair cost.

[@muramusan]

Must be flood cards for sure

[@ServisTOPRO]

It´s 1050 or 1060? I think you say 1050 and I think it is 1050 but you have 1060 in title?

[@ignatiusjreilly1287]

Is it worth repairing a 1060 these days? I'm guessing it is probably same price as buying a second hand one

[@testpilot.]

Its cheaper

[@MatthewSuffidy]

You are not worried about reverse voltage induction from fanspin?

[@northwestrepair]

What makes you ask this question?

[@MatthewSuffidy]

@@northwestrepair I just heard it is possible to blow something using your fans as a turbine. Great if it is diode protected.

[@tafadzwamusekiwa659]

Fan spin voltage has a separate circuit that is used to check REVS by reading the voltages from the fan spin

[@devil5051000]

Tried to make a 120mm fan spin using a vacuum cleaner and use it as a generator just for fun - was barely enough to make a red LED glim. As red LEDs start to glim around 10 - 12 mA@1.6-2.2V the output of the "fan-o-rator" was laughable and should pose no danger to any hardware that is attached to it. So the reputation of backfeeding fans as hardware-killers seems a bit overblown to me.

[@aliensounddigital8729]

People are still using 3 GB cards.. wow! I used a 2 GB card back in the early 2000's. Then the 1070 8 GB came out and never looked back. Can only imagine the pain of using 3 GB cards in modern games.

[@northwestrepair]

Not everyone is gaming or has need for speedy gpu. I switched from 1070 to 1080ti last year and this year i switched to 3080ti so........ and only because i needed faster rendering.

[@blackIce504]

Hi mate have you done vram upgrades?

[@northwestrepair]

tried once. had a bunch of faulty chips so i gave up and went back to stock.

[@blackIce504]

I was thinking it would be more popular as vram seems really gimped in the last few series, well i hope you try again.@@northwestrepair

[@northwestrepair]

@@blackIce504 nope. 8gb is all you need. some rare exceptions when game is not optimized properly needs more but only until patch came out.

[@blackIce504]

where did you get that from? FRAMEbuffer and windows GUI uses 1.7GB for 4 monitors.......plus memory sharing between CPU and GPU is common with allot of games and software, space engineers is not going to get more optimized that is happily using 10gb of my 12gb vram. the other fact is only a few years ago when 1060 GPU come out people where saying 6gb as insane but towards the end of my use of that gpu which was only recently it is now not enough for some games and apps, that been said i only upgraded to a 3060 as it fallen on my lap, but watching different software eat up nearly every bit considering i am only at 1080P right now seems a bit short sited and i am not the only person who is saying this but anyway, i shall try my self one day.@@northwestrepair

[@TechoWeeds]

Respect to them, who can read " True RMS my ass !"

[@slkslk9324]

🥳🥳🥳

[@IronArmPanda]

I have one of these cards, pretty sure they came out of some HP prebuilt or something. Quality is even worse than normal 😂.

[@bloodbath10010]

6th?

[@LEV1ATAN]

MY ASS!🤣

[@MrKevin920]

How much are you charging for these? Or are you doing this for fun? I don't see a logical reason to fix these

[@79huddy]

It's got a good encoder to use for a capture card

[@teddp]

I may not be a computer graphic card wizard as you are Tony but if I had that card I would just dunk it in water with a bit of soap inside an ultrasonic cleaner for starters and then after I had dried it up I would use plenty of WD-40 on it. Just like Brian does in Tech yes City 😁.

[@ndobrev]

my comment disappear, i will try again: 12:52 you must select nvidia card from drop menu to see proper specs ;)

[@northwestrepair]

yea i missed it but it does not matter.

[@badvoiceallnoise]

turn it to 6gb version :)

[@northwestrepair]

i dont know if its possible. It may be. Never tried.

[@badvoiceallnoise]

​@@northwestrepair😮

[@sylwesterirla9246]

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[@internaldimensions301]

4th

[@pjhb_microsoldering_portugal]

1st

[@chris9517]

arghh

[@pjhb_microsoldering_portugal]

@@chris9517 lol, give me a break, it was my 1st in a long time... 😂 Greetings from Portugal 🇵🇹

[@gile849]

you lucky bastard :)

[@charlesbronson1959]

🤢🤢🤮🤮 A HP omen 1060