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[@PCTechHustle]

Apologies ahead of time for the audio peaking. I’m still tuning my new mic setup and KZbin seems to be doing something to the audio as well after upload. I’ll have it fixed in the next video.

[@adamtajhassam9188]

Most ppl wouldn't do this.

[@PCTechHustle]

Maybe not but for those who want to troubleshoot further my aim was to provide some insight for them.

[@JoshJohnston-iq8dw]

northwest repair can fix any grapics card for you. hes a you tuber

[@russlora]

@@JoshJohnston-iq8dw um no not all

[@PinkyTech]

Imagine getting a 3090 for $100 and the only issue was a bad HDMI port and you run Display Port anyway.....

[@PCTechHustle]

Haha! I had to check! Too bad it was a much bigger issue ☹️

[@AceTheIdot]

had this happen with my 2080 ti gaming x trio paid 150 (at the time was worth 600) and the hdmi and type c port were fried but all the dp ports were fine

[@Arkstellar]

Or get a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter 😂

[@dbatack]

You probably should send this GPU over to NorthWestRepair. He's really good at doing these types of fixes.

[@PCTechHustle]

Oh for sure! He’s the best! The Game Bench is actually going to look at it for me!

[@retroreanimated4322]

@@PCTechHustle Yes. Tony from NorthWestRepair. If anyone can fix that, he can.

[@PCTechHustle]

Couldn’t agree more!

[@isaacx593]

@@PCTechHustle was fixing a similar card this week. Hope is his kzbin.info/www/bejne/eonXe3qufZh1n9Esi=zjYOvnErYapXFjaS

[@fdgdfgdfgdfg3811]

@@PCTechHustle there is chance the core is also burned ,most the time it doesn't happen but sometimes it does.

[@TheGameBench]

Another way is to do a continuity test. If it beeps, the fuse is good. If it doesn't, the fuse is blown. The fuse is super easy to replace. As long as I could find the fuse, I cold solder a replacement for you. If you wanted to ship it to me, I'd be happy to give it a go and ship it back to you.

[@PCTechHustle]

Well heck yeah man let’s do it! Maybe some content for your channel as well! Email me and let’s work out the details! [e-mail]

[@AlexHusTech]

@@PCTechHustle Hopefully this materialises, would be cool to see this working again!

[@TheGameBench]

@@PCTechHustle Address sent. I'm really hoping it's just the fuse. That would be awesome!

[@PCTechHustle]

I’ll get it shipped before Monday!

[@andystep12]

@@PCTechHustle Very curious to hear how it turns out.

[@bulldogboy100]

I think we'd all be interested to see the follow up from your interaction with The Game Bench

[@PCTechHustle]

Absolutely I can provide that! I’m excited to deliver!

[@alexanderberiom3660]

Ugh, I thought these would be cheaper nowadays that the 40 series are out, but these 30s are still expensive af

[@PCTechHustle]

Yeah the upper tier 30 series cards still hold good value.

[@JustinHernandez-m3y]

I scored a 3080 for $300 on Facebook marketplace, saw some selling 3090s for $400 great prices are out there.

[@AlexHusTech]

Any update on this? I saw that thegamebench was unable to fix this, interested what stage it's at atm.

[@PCTechHustle]

It's going off to North Ridge Fix!

[@montecarlo1780]

To me a power delivery problem. Noticed how the fans didnt start as soon as you supplied power to the board. My bet is he didnt use a support stand inside the case. That would explain the gaps in the middle by the cpu on the GPU. I subscribed, solid content. Been around since double digits gpus and counting pins on processor sockets

[@DeepThinker193]

Just mentioning that it's easy to tell if a graphics card isn't receiving power. If the fan isn't spinning when your turn the pc on. , then 90% chance it's a power issue. Which was is noticeable in the video. The fans never spun on the 3090.

[@garyhardy5785]

Fans never spin unless under high load and needs cooling.

[@mikegaming4924]

I actually got one of those RTX 3090 VISION (sold as broken) for 130, but the previous owner had done some damaging repairs on it (they removed shorted Vcore DrMOS, which is quite typical fault), so it was quite challenging to try to recover the damaged PCB and it didn't work out. I was not even surprised it ended how it did due to low price they asked for it. But I did learn a lot during examining it so I know exactly how the circuit goes. Please ask more if you need any advice repairing one.

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks! I just might! I’m going to see how this one goes!

[@AlexHusTech]

I initially thought the core and VRAM would be missing

[@PCTechHustle]

That would have been a wild find! 😳

[@TheGameBench]

@@PCTechHustle Happens more often that you might think.

[@PCTechHustle]

@TheGameBench yeah after doing some more research seems this was occurring at an alarming rate with many 3090s!

[@TheGameBench]

@@PCTechHustle Yeah, I saw one with a 4090 just the other week on northwest repair's channel. Someone bought it and sent it to him for repair. When he cracked it open, core and memory were stripped. I was actually wondering if that was what you were going to find here. Glad it wasn't.

[@Seventeen76]

Yeah, that was cold hearted.

[@hi-friaudioman]

Its the vram chip next to the slot or or the core itself, this gen is notorious for solder issues due to gpu sag and/or from factory from contamination.

[@PCTechHustle]

Good to know! Thanks!

[@dieselphiend]

I paid 775 for was was supposed to be a "used" EVGA 3090 FTW3 Hydro Copper that turned out to be brand new/open box, peel ply still intact. 40 series hasn't been in the wild long enough gauge its longevity.

[@PCTechHustle]

Dang! That’s one heck of a deal! Hope it has a good long life!

[@techluvin7691]

Not a good idea to install in a board before checking for shorts.

[@PCTechHustle]

Fair point but also my throw away gear.

[@shadowarez1337]

Soon as I seen the Gigabyte I thought oh nooooo cracked PCIe connector since that's what they are notoriously known for.

[@PCTechHustle]

Not seeing any of that but yes I have heard of that happening.

[@shiba7287]

I'm having the same problem with my 3070. It doesn't get detected unless I repeatedly restart the PC.

[@animalyze7120]

For $100 I would send this in to Gigabyte and have them in house test and repair it. I have on more than a few occasions bought a GPU that was bad, sent it to the Manufacturer and had them do the repair. No lie they usually have spares they will just send you one, other times it's a bill and usually not to bad depending of course on what actually failed.

[@PCTechHustle]

Possibly an option indeed

[@Universal-Dilettant]

If you follow Tony's advice (#northwestrepair), sending such a card to Gigabyte is exactly what you should avoid (but the same applies to various other brands), ... Tony, on the other hand, should be the right person to contact, ... 😉

[@legendmaster1989]

@@Universal-Dilettantwhy avoid sending it to gigabyte?

[@Universal-Dilettant]

@@legendmaster1989 Just watch some of Tony's videos and you'll give yourself the answer. If you are still under warranty, it may be free. However, sometimes it is questionable whether the "repair" by the manufacturer or a commissioned service provider will really be sustainable.

[@MJR_heyfunny]

If I was you I would definitely shoot a message out to Northwest repair I'm sure you've either seen or heard of his channel on KZbin where he goes over different issues of cards that he was sent to repair and shows exactly what he does to fix them and all that. But you should at least message him and see if he has attempted to repair one of these cards with this issue and if so what that type of repair would cost you to get. Otherwise he might just buy it off you to make a video of repairing it just a thought.

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Nice video on diagnostic on this card.

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks!!!

[@aaroncoleman3277]

I had the 3080ti of this card. Died just after 12 months. Fans went full speed and then the screen blanked out. It turns on and fans spin but no display. Exactly the same as this card

[@PCTechHustle]

Yeah the more searching I’ve done the more I’ve found people having problems with these gigabyte cards.

[@hi-friaudioman]

Im currently troubleshooting one, i believe these cards also had power phase issues stemming from the A&O semi 9511/9512 as well as i believe they have defective capacitors on the supply rail. I've found that some of the MLCC capacitors have a moisture issue where they absorb moisture in the air and eventually short out. Im in the process of replacing mine now, i got the memory and core to recognize in windows, i can even run tasks on the card but there's no display output and after i reballed the memory and core i noticed some of the MLCC capacitors cracked due to built up moisure escaping as steam from the heat of the reflow.

[@stupidmemerman]

I had this issue with my card, and it turned out to be a faulty 8-pin connector cable, so have you checked that?

[@DeNoobGamer]

You can enable on modern Windows a feature where you can make an igpu display your screen, but the dgpu can do the processing.

[@jeroenberkenbosch7072]

hmm , am i mistaken , but aren`t at boot up all fans spinning ? as soon i start up any pc , cpu - case and vidcard runs their fans till loading of OS ! and isnt vidports hot swapable ? 6 years and no issues .... but , when it does state vga ..... no fan responce or any comms from the card to the MB ....... port definatly it wasn`t !

[@PCTechHustle]

Most cases yes the fans typically spin at initial boot which was one of my early red flags. I have seen many times a port not send video signal after swapping a port so I wanted to be sure. I just did fresh boot ups with each attempt for good measure.

[@bear5016]

Send it to Northwest Repair. He can definitely fix it and fix it correctly. Im not sure how much he charges, obviously it would be on the level of damage and such. Email him and ask. He's on youtube.

[@adamcrux6829]

I could fix it, but I wouldn't want to make a video out of it honestly... NorthWestRepair would for sure do both and probably better than I could.

[@CalmIcedSoda-vq1ew]

Any update on the card seems like a cheap fix 🤔

[@PCTechHustle]

It’s in progress!

[@Joeker8171]

This was very good information, awesome video

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed!

[@Joeker8171]

@@PCTechHustle Definitely enjoyed it

[@PCTechHustle]

Any luck I might be making a follow up of it running again! Stay tuned!

[@Joeker8171]

@PCTechHustle I hope so, I don't want you to lose out on $100, but better than $350

[@adlibconstitution1609]

$100 rtx 3090 >>>>>>>> $100 rx 5700xt

[@PCTechHustle]

Hah! Yeah but I’ll take the working card over the non.

[@wessouthern8071]

Gigabyte big 3 fan video cards from that gen was known to crack at the PCIe slot. Usually at the back of the card at the PCIe.

[@PCTechHustle]

Good to know!

[@Tintamar5678]

Ive had bad luck with Gigabyte so it doesn't surprise me. I refuse to buy anything from them anymore.

[@seanwood5443]

wow this is pretty easy to fix man u got a good deal with this card all u gotta do is replace a fuse and a cpl caps

[@PCTechHustle]

Turns out it's more than just a fuse.

[@richteritwan]

Co-lab with @NorthwestRepair. 'Tony" knows his shite.

[@philipcarroll2907]

Its called a 'Audio Mixer'.. LoL.. Might want to take a look at that clipping and turn-down the input volume.. Should be an easy fix.. :P

[@joelferguson625]

I have a 3060 gigabyte that looks fine and boots display until I load the driver. After I load the driver the screen goes black and I get some weird artifacts. When I disassembled the card everything looked perfect. Unfortunately I don't have the expertise to fix it either. 😢

[@PCTechHustle]

That is unfortunate. Can you get a repair through manufacturer warranty?

[@joelferguson625]

@@PCTechHustle unfortunately I have had no reply back from gigabyte, and since I'm not the original owner I doubt i will ever get a response from gigabyte. When I bought the card the seller showed it working in windows and because I'm less knowledgeable than I thought I was I fell for the ploy. My biggest question is why didn't the original owner RMA the card? Probably just didn't want to deal with the hassle and now I'm the sad owner of a brick 😂

[@kkrolik2106]

Looks like heavy GPU look on PCB if is bend , fault on big GPUs is commonly broken solder balls under ram or GPU core due bend PCB.

[@PCTechHustle]

I know that can be an issue but I didn’t see anything that looked off. This fuse thing appears to be quite a common issue as well.

[@γιαννης-β1ε]

K-r-i-s-F-i-x-G-e-r-m-a-n-y🤣 I would like to watch😛

[@alltheboost5363]

Just send it to Northridge fix

[@JohnLafitte]

I would love to take that card off your hands and replace that fuse. My 1660 Super is getting long in the tooth 😅

[@Chroniccluckers]

You should create a plaque with it

[@penningtonlfc]

send it to bilzoid,he could fix it for you.worth a try better than a paperweight.

[@PCTechHustle]

I’m sure he could fix it.

[@Unternehman]

Could be a cracked board. Known to happen with the gigabyte rtx 4070 and ti

[@PCTechHustle]

I’ve heard of that issue too but I think this one is atleast a blown fuse

[@THE-UNKNOWN_7163]

thats caused by running it in 4K and maxed out settings with bad airflow in your case

[@PCTechHustle]

Highly doubt that!

[@nab-v1w]

Did you tried the oven ? Does the chip get hot when pluged ? So hard to fix, hope you find a way

[@PCTechHustle]

Didn’t try the oven trunk mainly due to what I discovered. The fuse needs replacement. It does not warm up.

[@Riketorian]

Try soldering a new fuse in.

[@PCTechHustle]

In process!

[@Riketorian]

@@PCTechHustle go for it, it's the perfect low risk high reward scenario to learn something. I saved a few electronics by soldering and learned from watching a few youtube videos.

[@MisterKrakens]

Why bro looks like an older RandomGaminginHD

[@PCTechHustle]

lol not the first time someone has said that!

[@necronix9947]

Send it to northbridge fix they will fix it.

[@VicariousAdventurer]

"The question is, was that flash I just saw a BIOS flash?"

[@PCTechHustle]

Flash? Where are you referring to? I don’t flash bios mainly because the card was not detected.

[@VicariousAdventurer]

@@PCTechHustle I was joking about what someone might say if they saw a flash from the card on the test stand.

[@PCTechHustle]

@@VicariousAdventurer oh haha!!

[@xenocide2121]

I did this. (actually for real i did this) mine has a "bad pump" but i fixed it with a uh... very small magnet lolol

[@TheJms1977]

Gigabyte cards are usually junk but someone could bring this back to life.

[@jarnovilen5259]

BS. Gigabyte cards are as good as any other brands. No difference there. There may be some models with problems but all vendors have that kind of problems from time to time.

[@davel9578]

I'd try and find someone see how much they charge to fix if few 100$ it well worth it

[@PCTechHustle]

That’s the idea! Stay tuned for more content on the card soon!

[@gamefandrg]

too good to be true, mostly not

[@PCTechHustle]

I did atleast know it was broken ahead of time so no real major loss.

[@speedballjones5235]

Dude. The fans never spun when you powered it on. That should tell you it's not a port.

[@PCTechHustle]

@@speedballjones5235 I’ve seen more times than I can count fans not spin on bootup because there isn’t any major load or heat yet being produced by the GPU.

[@catfacecat.]

yes. my 4080 super oc strix dosent turn on fans unless in heavy gaming or long term low gmaing. dosent even turn on at the start of alan wake😅​@@PCTechHustle

[@russlora]

software on card? jumper fuse dude ,,, its simple ,,ive had to do it . drop a chunk of solder on that fuse and bam card works

[@RobertFixit]

3090 costs more than my current PC build 🥹

[@mtcoiner7994]

Not this one 😂

[@PCTechHustle]

^^^ right? 😉

[@ThreaT650]

You don't need to be an electric engineer to follow a wiring diagram and to solder lol. I hope you take this to someone who can do it, because you really came up on this card. You can even quote the cost now that you know what's wrong with it.

[@PCTechHustle]

Having the correct tools and knowledge / practice is also very crucial.

[@ThreaT650]

@@PCTechHustle I suppose, but if you already have the card and it's garbage\e-waste anyways, it's worth the attempt. It's hard to screw up if its just simple solders. It's not like reballing where equipment really matters and so does technique and practice.

[@ThreaT650]

@@PCTechHustle Plus the thing is people place too many barriers on things like that. Like building PCs are simple car work, or simple soldering. Barriers where there are none. Most people can do these things but people have got it in their heads that it's too complicated to deal with. It's rampant in the PC and gaming world unfortunately.

[@johnbacon2399]

Send it to northwest repair he'll get it fixed for you

[@γιαννης-β1ε]

I would like to watch Kris-Fix-Germany🙂

[@techluvin7691]

You have no power to the card. Fans should spin up.

[@PCTechHustle]

@@techluvin7691 yep! The dead fuse will do that, though it is common to see no spin under light load. However I think they should still spin up on boot which as you noticed they never did.

[@clok1966]

Was on a Waitlist for over 9 months for my 3090, and paid $200 over retail fo the privilege to wait for 9 months. Card died less then 2 weeks later. Fans run full speed , black screen. Restart and all is well, temp was never out of line. Just in case got a NEW 1000 Watt Corsair PSU, and a day later card did the same thing. Put it in a different motherboard and the same thing again.. But this time reboot didn't solve. Just full-speed fans and a black screen from any port. Some forums saw several models had this issue and there was no repair. Waited 6 months for the Warranty, card was dead again in less than 3 weeks. Thankfully warranted again, but was 2 two-month wait. Moved up to a 4090 and the new-in-box 3090 is sitting on the shelf.. A friend had his fail too in the same way, both different brands. I was paranoid I had some hardware issues, but the 4090 has lasted for almost a year so I am thinking cards are issue.

[@PCTechHustle]

@@clok1966 dang that really stinks! Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@colinmaharaj]

0:19 The top of the corner of the box is ripped-off

[@PCTechHustle]

No?

[@charlesnefdt7783]

send it to northwest repair

[@PCTechHustle]

I just might be!

[@bmanofrocketleague]

I'll buy it for what you paid for it

[@PCTechHustle]

I might get fixed! 😉

[@Adam-Mei]

No GPU fan spin or lights.

[@PCTechHustle]

No fan spin is common under minimal load but it’s possible as a sign too. Lights, this card really has almost none.

[@Adam-Mei]

@@PCTechHustle I have never seen a 3090 that did not spin on startup to clear out dust.

[@SwishaMane420]

I Iearned about 8 years ago, once a gpu fails to work, they are pretty much toast, for no reason usually too.

[@PCTechHustle]

That’s possible, but also many instances where they are repairable as well.

[@marceljr]

Do a youtube search northridge fix, he can fix it. Cpu probably needs to be reballed.

[@PCTechHustle]

Oh for sure. I’ve know about him and also seen him fix these same cards before.

[@SkateZillaSimulations]

VGA Light would come on regardless of a screen being plugged in, the mainboard is telling you not VGA Card is detected, which means that GPU is not powering on. replacing that fuse takes literally 15 minutes, some flux and a few bucks for a new fuse.

[@jarnovilen5259]

Replacing the fuse takes only a few minutes but that MUST NOT be done before finding out the reason the fuse blew. The card may be easily fixable but if you just replace the fuse and there is for example a shorted MOSFET, shorted to the die that is, you will most probably just destroy the GPU. The GPU may well be still ok but the short has to be repaired before powering up the card. Replacing a defective MOSFET is an easy job for anyone with hot air station and skill to use it. The only problem is that the parts have to be ordered and it may take weeks.

[@skepticalmonkey7263]

I am an electrical engineer. That is an easy fix. Probably easier than a bios update overall.

[@PCTechHustle]

Good to know! I just don’t have any experience so I didn’t want to attempt. Though I guess in hindsight would be an inexpensive way to get some of that experience built.

[@jarnovilen5259]

I doubt you understand electronics at all, since if you would, you would know that you CAN NOT diagnose the fault from a far. There are many possibilities for the short. It may even be the die itself and in that case the card is not fixable at all (at reasonable price).

[@AvitaBeckling]

I watch @northwestrepair these guys are amazing on repair and troubleshooting this kind of thing.

[@PCTechHustle]

Indeed they are!

[@Hugobeatsmaster]

There is way too much thermal paste on that that could be the cause

[@PCTechHustle]

No way at all. Thermal paste unless using liquid metal is non-conductive.

[@AnonymAnonym-fv3uc]

10:01 there is your problem

[@PCTechHustle]

???

[@jmontoya5485]

I'll give it a gander if you want to sell for $200. Lmk

[@theEliteNoob]

i got a 1080ti for $35

[@caspersmith7112]

my test gpu is a gt710

[@PCTechHustle]

Solid one for testing!

[@bandinimarcelo4689]

They are not fuse, maybe capacitors, diodes , transistors etc 😂, in type of smd

[@PCTechHustle]

What I pointed out indeed were fuses. 3 on the board.

[@bandinimarcelo4689]

Resistors are diferent from fuse , fuse are used in ac, in dc they are named resistors 😂

[@bandinimarcelo4689]

Fuse are marked in Amp and rezistors in ohm

[@bandinimarcelo4689]

The only one spot / place wher u have a fuse is in old power supply and is first after ac plug and is from glas

[@bandinimarcelo4689]

excuse my bad English, I learned it in Wo-Warcraft

[@Run187]

There is an L in solder it's not soder..

[@PCTechHustle]

🫡

[@Rst-]

cat will rma it

[@PCTechHustle]

I am second owner and the card I believe is beyond that window.

[@scottc2455]

You need a better mic, or to move it further from your mouth. It's over modulating.

[@PCTechHustle]

Thanks for the input. I’m still tinkering with tuning this one. I just got it a little while back. KZbin also does some strange things with the audio modulation after I upload. I’ll have it fixed in my next video

[@BenState]

modulating?

[@PCTechHustle]

I was peaking in some areas. Meaning you my above the “red”

[@Bass.Player]

Get it fixed

[@GameslordXY]

Appology or no appology, was it so difficult to check your camera during shooting? Awesome video ruined by unreadable Windows. Edit: Before saying :"This fuse" - while covering it from view by hands , you should first show the fuse or fuses in question. Edit 1.5: Hmmm,perhaps not that awesome video afterall Edit 1.75: It reminds me a bit about Verge's:How NOT to build a PC .

[@PCTechHustle]

Gotta love the trolls…

[@Llun]

Guess what? I bought my 3060 from a shop and it is still working. Some people exist just to fool KZbinrs and make them believe that we care if they got scammed...

[@PCTechHustle]

Well this wasn’t a planned scam at all. The seller stated it’s a faulty card. I knew they buying it. If you are interpreting this as “sympathy content” you are dead wrong. I was just hoping I could do something to fix it or at minimum provide content to people on some troubleshooting steps to try if they find themselves in the same situation.

[@maikelpeeters7328]

no need to test all the display ports....if the fans are not spinning its dead...do a reflow of the gpu chip....the guy overclocked it so much probaly it got to hot

[@jarnovilen5259]

More likely that sagging causes it. But you CAN NOT properly reflow the GPU if you do not have the equipment. And reflow is not enough. You have to clean and reball it etc. It is not a job that can be done at home. But that is not even the case here. If the measurements were ok, there is most probably just a short somewhere. It moght be an MOSFET shorted to ground (a easy fix) or shorted GPU (a no fix).

[@mikebruzzone9570]

mb

[@ChudGippity]

Waste of time video

[@PCTechHustle]

Okay

[@blindtechh]

First

[@AlexHusTech]

Second lol

[@PCTechHustle]

@AlexHusTech 🎉🎉🎉

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