I tried to fix my $48 fake "GTX 1050 ti" from Wish.com

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About a month ago I bought a $48 GTX 1050 ti from Wish.com. In this video, I fix that graphics card...Kind of. Well, I could play a game on it.
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[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

For those of you that are here from the Linus video, first let me say make yourselves at home and maybe grab a drink. Secondly, if you are interested in me finally fixing the GPU check out the fibal video in the series here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqSok56pd7iLgtU

[@DASmallWorlds]

Hello! :-)

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

@@DASmallWorlds Hello! 😃

[@raulghoora1357]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff Indeed Linus sent me here. Now im subbed to your channel xD

[@ericwalkr910]

Hahaha def sent by Linus

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

@@raulghoora1357 Awesome! Welcome to the channel.

[@mattrobertson3797]

YEEEES you 100% need to get out the soldering equipment and get this card fixed, !! make Linus proud , lol

[@tanmezja8407]

Ye xd

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Haha!! The concencus seems to be overwhelming. I definitely have to do it. :D

[@theguycanfly98]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff it'll make another awesome video

[@danielboda3900]

Yes! It would be awesome.

[@NymdaFromDeepSalad]

Yep. Just dont forget to resolder smd reactor (or whatever дроссель called in english) and possibly other stuff, power goes through

[@ultimatovirgino4661]

SOLDER IT!!!!

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

I don't think I have a choice at this point. :P

[@MickTheRus]

It's super easy

[@OugaBoogaShockwave]

@@Dan-TechAndMusic that's Exactly what i was thinking.

[@exploitallowed695]

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@ahgcomegaguardian5575]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff did you do it?

[@leadergames0661]

YESSSSSSSSSSSS!! You should definitely solder the connector!

[@redeye851]

Totally

[@kingcrack4422]

When i solder things like that, i always make a drop of solder, size of a nut, fall onto the pcb, and it covers 30 connections together.....

[@TragicAyk]

Linus Tech Tips had this videos link in their newest videos description, just wanted you to know

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Thanks for the heads up! Thats really awesome!

[@TragicAyk]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff BTW this video was really fun to watch!

[@profi12]

100th like

[@TragicAyk]

@@profi12 Wow didn't know this comment had that many likes! Thanks man :)

[@picklerix6162]

I finally found out who is buying those Polaroid T-shirts in Wal-Mart.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

I guess I am the only one. XD

[@DoomOfConviction]

From my german perspektiv I first thought that he is just a freaking Tech nerd collecting old tech too... But sure you can buy same shirts in our Giant-mart-whatever stores... the asian designers laugh at us. ;D

[@MrJohnLongbow]

I don’t think this card can give a satisfying visual safari experience... And yes, love to see the soldering 🤪

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Haha!! Yeah I doubt it. I could potentially give 2004 level visual safari. XD

[@keithbevins6688]

Your videos are great. Your honesty is refreshing and I just wish that general point of view infected the entire IT industry in North America. If only!

[@OmniaTech]

Great job Dawid! And yeah, I'm looking forward for that soldering lol

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Haha!! Thanks man. We should get on that colab train! :D

[@achilles9802]

Linus tells me to watch you, you tell me to watch phil, me Okay then..

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Hahaha!! Dat chain of shout outs. 😂

[@Rainbow__cookie]

Lol I think imma get over 1000 subscriptions when this happen 😂

[@stevekamala]

i too got here through linus

[@supraken123]

Dawid I cant think of anything I’d like to see more than you soldering a 6 pin connector to that gpu

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Hahaha!! Awesome, I'll do it.

[@ryanhunt4336]

David, you just got yourself a sub my dude!!!

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

@@ryanhunt4336 That's awesome! Welcome to the channel. :D

[@nathanmead140]

I subscribed too and tapped the bell

[@gamewizard1760]

For what purpose? Even with more power, I don't think that card could possibly run any faster. The power connector may not even be wired up on such a low spec card. It may only be there if it's a shared board design with a more powerful GPU that needs the connector.

[@lucuslopez6866]

That was very satisfying. I demand a 10 hour video with you clicking that switch.

[@raven4k998]

makes you wonder what would happen if you flashed an rtx 3050 to think it was a rtx 4050🤔🤔

[@isak873]

I WISH, you could post more often ❤️

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Haha!! I have been trying, but I keep breaking stuff. :P

[@astral2048]

Do it ASAP. I'm pretty excited that you reached such a logical conclusion. I knew something was off with that GPU not having a power connector.

[@raven4k998]

makes you wonder though would soldering on a power adapter do anything or not I mean if it did work then the board was made for supplemental power and they cheeped out on the connector on the card I mean the cards trash anyways why not have him solder thing to it for fun because it may reveal thing about the card in the process or break it either way the video would be fun to watch

[@bankyWI]

You absolutely need to try soldering a power plug onto it, with how easily the BIOS was to fix what could go wrong? Lol! Thanks for the fun videos

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Haha!! Right? What could go wrong?

[@alien_man1669]

Nice job man. You diagnosed it spot on as far as you could before modifying it.....YES it is time to bust out the soldering iron. You can do it

[@boomtinsley]

i would love to see you try to add a 6-pin onto that GPU, love your humor :)

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Thank you! I will definitely try it out.

[@tomasrosalesr]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff So, did you do it?

[@chillgaming136]

honestly you came this far with the card, what better way to feel accomplished than to add the power connector and (hopefully) get it gaming the way it should.

[@naruhearts1]

As a fellow tech enthusiast ,we both know that you're going to do it, even if you never made a video on it. The time you have already put in it and just the sheer curiosity and the rush of endorphins you get when you can get it to work, especially when it's something new to you, is just too sweet to pass up.

[@qislegit.donttrustthemedia6232]

Yes! Please do it! Just take your time and check everything three times before cutting, powering or soldering anything! You can do it!

[@matthewreed3952]

Love the extended intro! It's the ending that needs a more snappy finish rather than fading out - still love it. Quality content as always👍

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Oh okay. That's a good suggestion. I will look into making something.

[@liammoynihan2187]

I definitely think you should solder on a power connection. The good thing is that the contacts are relatively far away from each other which makes the job just that much easier.

[@KenneTech]

I definitely need to see some soldering. Should be pretty straight forward

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Yeah right!? How hard can it be?

[@Ethan-rz6cx]

Dawid Does Tech Stuff burns hand causing you to throw the soldering iron causing you to set fire to the tablecloth which burns down your house so yeah what’s the worst that could happen!

[@bouchardp2]

Hey ! Just found your channel yesterday by watching your 1050 Ti purchase video ! And just now saw this magnificently long attemp to flash it with the help of paper towl... *subscribed* Now now you can't just stop there can you ?

[@joshjewer5324]

Before going out and soldering on a 6 pin connector you could also try lowering the power limit in MSI afterburner and see if that works.

[@AlonzoTG]

going to need to de-solder the existing holes, first, suggest a bulb-type desoldering iron, A cheap 25 watt soldering iron should be the best for the new part, want it mounted firm and flush, wait until the iron is nice and warm, touch the joint, then apply the solder. For those joints, probably use the thicker type rosin core lead-tin solder. The silver solder is not as good and requires a bit more heat. Don't spend more than about a second and a half on each pad. Finally, use a pair of nippers to trim off any excess length from the pins on the back side of the board. Also check for other components that might have been omitted.

[@sparky191]

I love everything about this video. It's entirely pointless, but strangely fascinatingly addictive. There is something wrong with us. We should form a club of pointless causes or something. At this point it's impossible not to solder the dang power connector.

[@matthewcb1970]

Love your videos, Dawid. Long may they continue 😊

[@mumind2726]

Just don't waste ur money/time and at first just try underclock/undervolt ur card just to match the 75W, that PCI-E motheboard slot is able to deliver, if games, keeps crashing on the lower power consumption, that means - the power is not a problem, just try it out it will take like 10 minutes :D

[@TheNightquaker]

Yep! That should be tried at first for sure.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

That is such a reasonable suggestion. I will definitely try that out

[@TheNightquaker]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff Do let us know about the results though!

[@spyder000069]

The cards without the connector usually have their cpu and memory clock speed lowered so they don't draw as much wattage. The easy fix is to run msi afterburner and set lower clocks speeds in software and give it a shot. If all goes well then either find a bios from a Eco card or do a bios edit and lower the speeds to what didn't crash in afterburner.

[@jonathanpeixe9658]

Man, don't give up! Don't let the WISH guys laugh at you. So, solder it! Ah, you have a new subscriber. Thanks!

[@rukyp]

dude, newbie enthusiast here in the same boat, bought a graphics card claiming to be gtx 1050 ti for like $67 + shipping+taxes here in canada. I also like you noticed the missing 6 pin pcie power socket. i haven't taken the card apart but it defo doesn't accept any available drivers from Nvidia. Furthermore my PC crashes just with the card installed with blue screen "thread stuck" error. I wasn't sent any drivers or a disc, just a printed sheet of paper with screenshots of the driver install processs. On those screenshots it clearly shows that the Nvidia installer has recognized the card as a GT730! I'd love to see this next video you're planning on doing. This has got my tinkering bone itching...

[@MizarcDev]

Well it ain't gonna be much of a loss even if it melts from the power pin mod. A worthy risk.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Yeah right!? It's not like it works now.

[@mndx89]

If the problem is the power connector you should ensure that the circuit that take the power from that connector to the power section of the board is fully populated with the relative components, such as resistors, fuses and capacitors. Find an high resolution picture of the board that matches the bios you used, and compare the area between the power connector and the circuit near it

[@captainmorgan9066]

Dawid, you could have tried to just plug in the graphics card into the system, boot from a CPU integrated graphics, and try to flash the GPU with NVFlash

[@ArtisChronicles]

If only I actually had that option myself. I don't have anything with integrated graphics

[@zcomputerwiz]

Others have tried this, it does not work with these counterfeit cards.

[@livtown]

@@zcomputerwiz some of these* I'm late

[@DarthAlphaTheGreat]

I am not hardware savvy enough to try these in my own. Much respect man.

[@__-jt8wo]

First of all, please use the soldering iron and second, please upload the personal rig upgrade I really wanna watch it and hope you didn't break anything :)

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Hahaha!! Yeah I really hope I haven't already broken something. XD

[@fred_derf]

You've made it this far you can't stop now!

[@Bleh693]

Solder away. Hopefully they installed some VRMs to control that extra power, LOL

[@kmdsubs3148]

I have been subbed to you since you lived in another country, I think Japan, but I still came here after the Linus video to see if blew up ... Looks like it did ... Oh yeah, I also remember you rocking LTT gear in some earlier videos as well, which seems fitting

[@MrSamadolfo]

🙂 yes that makes alota sense, that model always used a single 6pin video plug, i thought you already knew that? 😊

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Hahaha!! I'm a bit slow sometimes.

[@beitom]

might as well fix the card completely. Great video series, btw.

[@uss_04]

0:07 When your cheap Wish Hardware goes “REEEE”

[@countach27]

You can try undervolting and underclocking the GPU and memory first before soldering, just to check whether lack of power delivery is the only issue.

[@AlfaPro1337]

Like Palpatine said: "Do It."

[@prosthetics963]

Love your sense of humor. Great job m8

[@Codeaholic1]

Sure the hardware isn't set to lie about the amount of installed ram or there's some how less installed? It sounds a lot like your crashes are caused by the game/driver using more memory on the card that actually is there.

[@twinkboy]

your right

[@adamlennon750]

My thoughts too, it looks like they just stripped it for parts and then tried to rip someone off with what's left.

[@DashingAfterDark]

This was hilarious. Great video. You got this far...you might as well solder her up. She needs more power, man. Do it to it.

[@TtEL]

The 400 series had a record for overheating It even was nicknamed "Thermi" (I hope I spelled that right)

[@teetar1751]

Hey this is how we learn, gotta be persistent. As for soddrring a power connector, 1 I'd be careful use a test rig, and make sure the PC has traces for the 6 pin. I didnt see any. I could have missed them. Keep up the entertaining work

[@markokalapis8482]

Fix the GTS 450 to see what that gpu can handle!

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Yeah! I want to try overclock that bad boy to within an inch of it's life.

[@mickholling6819]

Dawid and electronics, this could involve fire. I 100% approve.

[@insertnamehere4921]

As long as it's a soldering iron from wish where you need to build that yourself too and attach it to your PSU 😀

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Hahaha!! That sounds like the fastest way to burn your house down.

[@insertnamehere4921]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff think of all the views you'd get.. cha ching 🤣. Keep up the good work Dawid

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

@@insertnamehere4921 Hahaha!! That does sound very tempting. *opens **Wish.com** in his browser*

[@insertnamehere4921]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff Dawid, do you know much about the b450 Max? For the Ryzen 3000? Upgraded bios etc. I've got the 450 mortar which seems to be working fine with the 3700x so not sure to stick with this or with the new so called "b450 max'" . Thanks :)

[@ArtisChronicles]

@@insertnamehere4921 I mean, if it's working fine then it would seem pointless unless the other board had something you actually wanted on it

[@kalyankantihalder_5598]

Yeah ....you definitely should go for it. Waiting for the next part 😃😃

[@rubblemonkey6904]

In the immortal words of Shia Labeouf: Just DO IT!

[@pablofigueroa5087]

This was really fun and educational to watch, thank you!

[@mandel99]

I think its bad idea. Think first GTX 1050 have 4GB VRAM and GTS 450 have 1GB or 512MB. You need to edit the bios from 4GB to 1GB or 512MB therefore artifacts appear on the screen.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

The BIOS I have installed on it is for a 1Gb GTS 450. Even in Windows it reads at as a 1Gb card. I also tried the modded BIOS from Phil's computer lab. That also didn't work.

[@mandel99]

I think I was right ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqSok56pd7iLgtU

[@xccxvindaloo]

After what you have already done and how far you’ve gone to try and fix it. It’s a total no brainier, I say go for it!! Heck if it blows and let’s the magic pixies out in a puff of blue smoke, it’ll still be an entertaining video 👍

[@SheepSword]

Best Crap Bucket i ever seen.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

I am very proud of my crap bucket. :D

[@MatWilson2612]

It won't fix it (most likely). Chances are the PCB does not have the traces connected, other issues are going to be the quality of the PCB/VRM's on the card if this was never designed for the 6x pin. That being said it would be an entertaining video, I'd probably suggest to have a fire extinguisher near when trying it though 😂

[@dan4dkny]

It doesn’t I tried that already.... just trash it And done Bought same thing on aliexpress

[@danielschroedinger2090]

Your earnest incompetence is most entertaining

[@userJohnDoe362]

That gpu identifies as a gtx 1050 how dare you try to “fix it” lol

[@aggelosgedeon1405]

1050 ti*

[@aggelosgedeon1405]

Sorry for that, my ocd just kicked in

[@FlorimondH]

Made my day, thanks.

[@etrazombanya-2821]

@@aggelosgedeon1405 *1650

[@j.w.grayson6937]

You crack me up! Great job on the video.

[@EpicBURN321]

So essentially you're fixing gender dysphoria on a graphics card 😂

[@Solisium-Channel]

Paweł G lol nice 👍

[@limewirepro]

Your video is pretty good overall, but there are a few things you have overlooked. One of the main things that I was thinking of is that there exists are DDR3 variant of the GTS 450 that doesn't have the 6 pin power connector. The other thing I was thinking of is that there exists a Quadro workstation card that utilizes the same GPU as the GTS 450 and that uses GDDR5 but doesn't require the 6 pin PCI-E power connector, called the Quadro 2000. So, if you do attempt to solder the PCIE power connector on, I would first make sure that your card actually utilizes GDDR5 and if it doesn't, attempt to flash the BIOS from a DDR3 variant. If it *does* utilize GDDR5, you can either solder on a new power connector or attempt to flash the Quadro 2000 BIOS. Nice video.

[@jeremyboynowski3784]

I wish I saw this video 4 years ago Dawid!! I'd have told you to drop by John's Jukes here in vancouver and I'd solder the connector on for you lol

[@mattthomas8834]

Yes! I am interested to see.please try to solder it. need to be careful soldering because its really small. It would be very interesting if that fixed it. subscribed. Thanks for the videos!

[@utkarshkumar1106]

Dew it!!!!!!!!! May the force be with you!!!

[@utkarshkumar1106]

May the force be with u!!!!

[@streetdoggsi7259]

Nice one mate haha go for it keen to see if the extra wattage helps

[@amateurwizard]

I like this guy. He's honest in a refreshing and relatable way. 👌

[@ibrahimhazim3517]

Dedication at it's finest

[@AngeloXification]

Subscribed to see you soldering an ancient gpu connector

[@xWooZyAmericaNx]

Do it bro do it! Just make sure you align the connections properly

[@alexcook4851]

absolutely crack on with the Weller and flux, lots of flux

[@SafwanAhmad]

Amazing video man. I fell for this same card just few days ago from ebay.

[@mattdudley3789]

just grab an old Molex connector and solder the wires on in the right order. It will transfer enough power between it and the socket, and work just as well as a 6 pin. However the crashing probably comes from a RAM amount that is not correct to the bios which would require a modified bios. I run HL2 on a newer but cut down version of that card ( GT 730 128 bit, 1gb ddr3 ) in my older retro box and it will run 60 frames on ultra at 1080p. I wonder if trying one of those bios would do better.

[@DTmaster]

really cool i like that you tell your knowlegde in a way that it's nice to watch ALSO that you are insane to go so far for a old videocard RESPECT! haha i subscribed!

[@LelandHasGames]

Yes! Please put the 6 pin connector on there. It would be so cool to see it working

[@KnurdMonkey]

I find the lever so satisfing that I did subscribe!

[@bobholmes4215]

Sub'd and waiting for the soldering vid!! :D It's like an epic story for which we must now have the final installment!!!

[@samohraje2433]

I have a genuine GTS 450 and it is a perfect budget ( extremely budget ) GPU and everything works just fine but there is a one issue... You must to find a very old GPU Driver because the newest ones causes self-underclocking problem and fixing this problem with tweaks in Nvidia Control centre doesn't do much more. So if you are decided to bring this card a second life you must to do a 2 things ( one you already did ( bios ) ). you must to solder 6pin con , and install older gpu driver. Mine is overclocked from around 740MHz to 870MHz and i can play some older titles like GTA V , BF 3 , Skyrim , ROTTR at 50fps Even the newest titles but on low settings. Keep going and fix it!

[@timmatter9751]

Have faith. Soldering on the 6 pin connector would be cool to watch even if you messed it up, cheers.

[@gradient602]

do it!!!!!! you are putting way too much effort in fixing this sh!t show of a graphics cards and I cant get enough of it!

[@pmAdministrator]

Thank you for all this work and videos such as this one!

[@Ray-dx2pf]

You don't have to solder on a power connector. Nvidia made a quadro variant of this card called the quadro 2000 that had the same chip just no 6 pin. I had one and discovered I could flash a gts 450 bios onto it and use the gerforce drivers instead of the quadro drivers. So I flashed a bios that worked but had the same issue as you, all my games would crash if they maxed out the gpu. The solution was just undervolting and underclocking the card with Msi afterburner till it didn't crash anymore. Afterwords for a more permanent solution I used a Nvidia bios editing software to adjust the stock clockspeeds and voltage permanently, after that I had no more issues and the card worked fine. If your issue is actually related to power delivery this solution will work for you aswell.

[@GavinKapuscinskiRacing]

But then he will still not be able to run the card to the best of its ability.

[@Ray-dx2pf]

@@GavinKapuscinskiRacing yeah like at a 5% loss

[@WolphyGaming]

YES SOLDER THE POWER...must have alll the power. Plus itll be interesting to watch

[@einarlokna3888]

Loved that the add shown before the video was for Wish.com 😂

[@MattG-mw7zi]

Ah yes, the old tried-and-true source of "some dude on a forum". Godspeed, people who post instructions on forums

[@bryantallen703]

I have 2 450GTS's in SLi, and they can run DX12 Games like Sniper Elite 3, 4 at payable framrates. I paid like $90 for the pair back when i purchased the i7 3770K. You can also force flash older nVIDIA cards as long as you have a CPU with a iGPU. No need for external devices.

[@eepymeowers]

Thanks to the sources I might get a working and nice Radeon sometime soon. I’m gonna buy a bricked one and reflash it with the correct BIOS.

[@MATYFONTES]

Nice! You solved the problem with that gpu! Now it is time to fix it! You can do it!

[@samuellourenco1050]

Yes, you should solder the missing connector in. It is a piece of cake, but watch the connector orientation!

[@Varde1234]

Yes I would like to see that soldering video!

[@GIJOE573]

That's a very easy solder joint to make just use a chisel tip and some high lead solder because it's more forgiving then silver

[@photoputer7797]

Good work .its no easy learn alone and make good one bios change

[@TheCardiologistGR]

Go for it. Subscribed!

[@traztermi]

Sure thing, you MUST install that 6-pin connector. We all love flames. :)

[@AlistairBrugsch]

Do it. DOOOOOO IIIIIIT! I wanna see the struggle (coming from someone who can solder a connector like that on in their sleep and then recapped the whole board afterwards....)

[@aaronw6195]

There exist no reality where you should not solder that power connector onto that PCB.It has to be done, to see if things work! Thanks for the interesting video!

[@ikkuranus]

If available I would just cut apart an old PCIe cable from a modular PSU and just solder the wires directly to the PCB. Another option would be to do the same with a Molex to PCIe cable. I know one of those sockets probably doesn't cost much but I figure at the very least that would save you some time by not having to order one. (assuming that you haven't by now already)