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[@northwestrepair]

If you need a repair, please find contact info in the channel description. Not in the video description.

[@kot1pelto]

What brand of card do you think gives the least amount of problems? Seems like you get a lot of EVGAs in for repair. What brand would you recommend?

[@_Wake_Up_If_U_Can]

@@kot1pelto My guess: He probably gets EVGAs because they are awesome cards and people who bought them paid more than average due to them being EVGA. That same mindset probably makes them more willing to spend money to fix them. There was a mining craze and everyone was mining. People let their memory junction temp and hotspot sit over 100C for months 24/7. It will eventually melt the thermal pads and run out the thermal paste on the core which slowly drives up the temps until it breaks. I had that annoying oily crud all over my backplates from the factory pads slowly melting on my gpus. My PNY XLR8 3090 recently started hitting 105 on the hotspot while testing out the latest updates in New World. Took it apart and the thermal paste had all run out off the core and the core was sitting bare against the cooling solution. I used some Noctua NH-T2 thermal paste from Amazon on the core and reused the same thermal pads on the memory and other parts. Some were even torn. Running Superposition Benchmark hit like 77 on the hotspot at 4k optimized. Back in New World same thing, was like 77 at 2560X1440 @120hz with a 2nd monitor at 4k @ 60 hz (cause 3090 cannot see the Sony's tv as 120 hz but my 6950XT does) playing a youtube video.

[@dieSpinnt]

Thanks for sharing this and a little Thermal Paste rant: We can either machine heatsinks and precision-grind chip packages to the micron (which will make them cost some additional 1k dollars) or use thermal paste to mitigate minimal surface irregularities and geometric deviations from the ideal (for less than a cent). VISCOSITY is only needed and helpful when applying thermal paste, physics doesn't care about when the process of equalizing the surfaces is finished and the best heat conductivity achievable(meaning the most beneficial R_th, the thermal resistance) was reached for that particular copper-ceramics/plastics heat transfer point. [1] The solvents in thermally conductive pastes have little or no share in the thermal conductivity of the agent!!! Furthermore, the thermal conductivity value of these mechanical leveling agents(!) is ridiculously low compared to copper (240-380 W/m·K): from 1 W/m·K to 80 W/m·K for very expensive and highly specialized liquid metal pastes. Therefore: You, with your economical use of this assembly aid are doing it right. Others, as we often see it here on KZbin, with their excessive use of thermal paste are just uneducated idiots and shooting themselves in the foot, making the overall thermal conductivity system of the system WORSE than it could be. P.S.: The same applies to flux. I don't know who this complete idiot was, who coined the saying: "It can never be too much flux". But he probably just misinterpreted "Better a little more than too little" (well, the statement is actually: USE THE RIGHT AMOUNT) after a night of drinking. In the case of flux, this is not only an unnecessary waste of money, but also an environmental burden and unnecessary acidic or alkaline contamination of the circuit board. And NO, rubbing it with cotton swabs and alcohol only has one effect: to spread the whole mess over a large area, which should get the angry looks of every housewife:) Correct cleaning of flux and other residuals (including the chemically active liquid film that you all spread so nicely on the surface) can only be achieved with interval-based pressured rinsing processes. This is how it is used in industry and that is btw no secret. Conclusion: Have a bath from time to time. It's relaxing ... not only for PCBs ... hehehe [1] Meaning that you, because you do repair work, of course have to apply new thermal paste. But in a already (correctly!) assembled and closed state, when the surfaces are mating under mechanical pressure ... where should the compound material which is pressed into the surface irregularities go? Magically tunnel into your neighbors tooth-paste? Nope. It stays there and provides its functionality till hell freezes over! (Some people have the impression that thermal paste turns bad over time or spoils ... Thermal paste is not a VEGETABLE! ROTFL. Of course the paste can degrade and loose its viscosity, but that is a problem that relates to the process of APPLYING the paste ... not its usage as a sealing and surface leveling agent with good heat transfer properties).

[@Keaton.]

I'm wondering if it is worth to recover a GeForce 5200 PCIe for the sentimental value or if it would cost like a 3060... lol

[@yackemup]

So I'm guessing due to the old and bad paste the cpu overheated and unsoldered itself from some connections? Maybe the memory wasn't actually the problem then?(making this assumption during te video)

[@alexb2004_]

I’m the owner of this card. This guy works miracles! I tried multiple driver uninstalls using ddu. I installed fresh drivers multiple times. I tried flashing cmos to get it to work. My best guess was that since the io shield was bent, it wasn’t able to fully seat into my motherboard fully. This makes more sense now because there was a major sag on it. I ran multiple cycles of the gpu without it fully seated because there was no easy way of telling and ran benchmarks. I had a code 97 no detect on my motherboard and ran it on a test bench I made to make sure. Thermal paste was so dry because I had to ship my system this summer from Pennsylvania to Arizona to move here. My best guess is that it succumbed to the intense heat during shipping and dried the thermal paste. Card is a little over 15 months old, so it was so sad to see it die. Once again, hats off to this genius for being able to fix my graphics card. ❤

[@namAlexander]

It the thermal paste it crap , i live in uk and mine was the same on a evga 1080 ftw2 i was getting black screen and all fans kicking in only after around 6 months old but only figured out the issue ages after stripping the card i had a evga 980 OC that did same so I'm guessing that was the same issue, when your card was taken apart that's what my tim looked like it was like dried skin ..why did you not return it too evga under warranty as its 3 years i think

[@luminous6321]

@@namAlexanderBecause he bought the graphics card from a 3rd party seller during the height of the plandemic when graphics cards were almost impossible to find. Purchasing thru a 3rd party voided the warranty. 😢

[@northwestrepair]

Ah, that explains the lack of contact with the core and also entire board was twisted. I fixed the twist behind the scene so the chip sits flat when I solder it back on. Otherwise it was rocking back and forth.

[@namAlexander]

@@luminous6321 explains it

[@luminous6321]

@@northwestrepair You did a fantastic job fixing it. Thank you 🙏

[@zackzeed]

The sheer work that goes into these different repairs is astonishing to me. I applaud you for the dedication & the video!

[@northwestrepair]

Hopefully it will pay off one day.

[@SyedQasimMurtaza]

@@northwestrepair It will for sure

[@edb9770]

@@northwestrepairIt will for sure! Content is great and it keeps getting better. Be patient but know that we believe in you and support you!

[@AnonQC]

Yes it's a huge job, but this card has 3 times the speed of my pc

[@adaptercrash]

That thermal lining you shouldn't have to only clean it I got the 3090 tho blah blah I just leave it on

[@vikonemedia1]

finnally! thank you because of you i fixed my friend gtx 680 it had some chip issues and one ressistor was missing i found one on my old broken gpu and replaced it now its working like new again thanks a lot we can learn a lot from you.

[@northwestrepair]

thats cool

[@cristianr9168]

Cool to hear! 🤠

[@miketheevolutionslayer2649]

Do side work make extra tax free $$ 😎👍

[@janemba42]

I see this as an absolute win

[@pokealong]

@@miketheevolutionslayer2649 You know the IRS can see your bank account right? And now requires cash transfer apps, which most people use, to be reported on taxes? Great advice to get audited and fined.

[@annihilator247x]

When he said he would reball the GPU, I knew this was going to be a PITA but the madlad did it. Much props to you for your hard work. Love the music selection and I feel most people make their own mix of a song if they like the melody but don't like the sound of the track and have the talent/time to fix it.

[@MrFastFox666]

Regarding the dried up thermal paste, I believe EVGA uses PTM7950 instead of traditional paste. PTM7950 looks and feels like a very dry paste and is very hard to clean because alcohol doesn't really do anything to it. It actually performs much better than paste and lasts much much longer too since it doesn't have the drying or separating problems traditional paste has.

[@zqzj]

*PTM7958

[@ultimatedarkkiller7215]

@@zqzj 7958 is a lenovo specific version, 7950 is the standard one

[@VndNvwYvvSvv]

Yeah, so many people saying everyone needs to "repaste", citing the "dry paste". Then they install some consOOOmer hype-marketing junk that does need to be replaced regularly due to thermal pumping. The Honeywell PTM is superior in all cases. It even beats liquid metal in many real world applications

[@SuperFlawless2010]

Zero issues with using alcohol to dissolve and wipe it off. Having said that, removing as much as possible with tools first makes life easier 100%.

[@jonos138]

Man you are a genius! Most of this no one could fix at home because, 1. You need the tech knowledge and 2. All the expert equipment. If anyone needs something fixed, your the man. I watch a lot of your vids and you always go 110% to fix an item. Bravo! 👏👏👍

[@mynameisdave212]

With the enormous amount of used Graphic cards right now, your channel will surely blow up in the near future. Your skill and patience in repairing this GPU are impressive.

[@oshinoyoshida]

a true gem in the rough smd engineer - thanks for sharing your work

[@northwestrepair]

Thanks.

[@KokoroKatsura]

a n i m e n i m e

[@TheDinis553]

For some reason it was awe inspiring to see you meticulously reballing the chip. Attention to small things can make all the difference, and in some ways, your gpu repairs are a very practical example of that.

[@HnsxToP]

Can't imagine how much time would take me to reball and reflow a GPU since i've never done it , great job, keep up the good work, great video and editing!

[@Dandan-tg6tj]

It will take you about at least one year (knowledge, practice) plus the proper tools.

[@IamX1799]

Wow dude , your patience is incredible , wish every city had a guy like you , congrats on the hard work u put in !

[@SteelioNow]

Your skills are unreal bro.

[@bh0llar702]

I'm scared to death to even open my card to repaste it. Watching this is always super informative. Every video pushes me closer to feel comfortable doing it

[@RatBotEins]

The whole re-balling process just looks like magic to me 🤣 Great work as always.

[@DougOsborne1]

Has anyone complimented you on the mentally satisfying nature of watching your repair videos? I know enough about electronics and my way around a soldering iron, but I would have never guessed you could remove and replace surface mounted parts as easily as you make it look. Keep up the awesome work and the videos!

[@donottouch9110]

See this is why I don't get how this video doesn't just auto get 1million views its ridiculously detailed video basically a repair documentary yet it doesn't get 1million views so much work and effort

[@northwestrepair]

I don't know. Maybe I need my ugly face on the thumbnail expressing some stupid emotion and a half naked girl in the background ?

[@cristianr9168]

If ever have an issue with my 3090s I will send your way tony. Thanks for sharing the process with us.

[@northwestrepair]

Yeah keep me in your pocket.

[@maloc1166]

I have seen plenty of gpu repairs in my day but holy crap man. You truly go all out. I have the upright most highest respect for guys like you in your industry. I would love to be able to do the things you guys do one day. Bravo.

[@thaedleinad]

You are not a tech, you are an artist.

[@GabeBars]

Man, sorry to ask but... Did you worked for nvidia or something like this before? How do you know so much about fixing these otherwise unfixable problems? It's just amazing. Never seen this level of "repair prowess". Congratulations for your patience, dedication and knowledge/skills. I hope your channel gets the attention it deserves!

[@nexxusty]

He took an electronics course, and actually listened.

[@turinhorse]

going to school and working hard. i know - its strange to people these days.

[@muttBunch]

I was wondering how he has a stencil for their GPU

[@ohne_speed]

Althou he has very good soldering skills, and knowledge for analysing the issues, what is the hardest for this kind of work is get the schematics and trace files for the PCB.

[@knoptv1442]

​@@turinhorsestupid comment

[@Caleb-bg6hm]

Very in-depth, very thorough and very professional. Fantastic repair!

[@XionLuis]

Man, dude, guy, you are waaaay too good in what you do. Really! This fix was awesome

[@Perspective207]

I enjoyed this video. I now know where to send my high end cards when i'm not ready to replace replace them quite yet. thank you for the video.

[@crrc4s]

I’m always so impressed seeing you work on these super dense and complicated chips as though it’s was fixing an rc car. It’s amazing you can work so precisely with these tiny little chips and components.

[@formdusktilldeath]

"you and I did a great job" he says! I literally did nothing! 🤣🤣🤣

[@NoName5589]

I'm convinced the graphics cards themselves worship you as a god of reincarnation. The way you go about repairing these cards is beautiful and artistic and always a good watch

[@rom_79]

I replaced thermal pads once.. spent 2-3 hours sweating over a ruller and a scalpel. And now stuck binging GPU repair vids.

[@Diceman82]

Sheesh, the amount of patience it takes to adjust all those balls...

[@tezcanaslan2877]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@jakestocker4854]

The amount of balls it take to adjust all those balls..

[@dominick253]

That's literally insane. Well done 👍

[@ChantingInTheDark]

Your skills are legendary, I hope you lot aren't a dying breed, we need you!

[@ryanreedgibson]

That was a lot of work and the coolest repair I have ever seen!

[@Paul-or1yc]

Bro not only an expert with electronics, he an expert in music as well. True genius!

[@northwestrepair]

I appreciate that!

[@ОлексійМ-б8к]

Great pleasure to watch your repair videos! Getting aesthetic satisfaction.

[@perspicacity89]

Your videos are incredibly soothing and fascinating to watch.

[@whyteian]

This process of detecting issues and fixing them is absolutely amazing! Thank you for posting.

[@phantom2488]

Amazing I love that anyone that repair instead of replace that’s the true recycling

[@jeffrenman4146]

it's like looking into the future watching you… To see you work on high tech things really impresses me. It's like looking into the future somehow the way I feel. I don't know how you can do it and your skill is amazing.

[@northwestrepair]

Wow, thanks!

[@Bisqcateer]

I don't know what you even did but I couldn't stop watching you do it. Into the rabbit hole I go!

[@Sevlagoth]

Incredible skill. I wish I knew someone as skilled on this side of the pond. Over here, they just say “sorry not possible to fix”

[@nerdypcbuilder]

Dude I just wanted to let you know that you are the reason I have got into doing GPU repair and other computer related repairs. I am pursuing hopefully a career in this one day. I find your videos super interesting and informative. Thanks for posting and sharing your knowledge. Look forward to your next post. Keep up the good work. 👌

[@SALTINBANK]

The reballing is incredible ...

[@garypinholster1962]

"You and i didna good job again"... this man is so wholesome. Between you and Rossman, im ordering my soldering stuff now. Now just gotta get practicing on some SMD practice boards.

[@jimhantzis4727]

Holy shit I never even knew you could go to such depths to fix a graphics card. This is art to me lol

[@tony359]

I'm mesmerised by your videos. Such great skills! I can barely do BGA - and I have pre-heater and good station - and you seem to be able to do those massive ICs with a million balls with no issues! Kudos.

[@timmienorrie]

The re-balling looks like fun.

[@dorion9111]

Your vids have taught me so much... Thank You.. I have managed to recover some GPU'S I was going to toss but now they have life again..

[@bartaltman2317]

Amazing work My repaired card came back operating like new and still is it's a pleasure to see someone who really knows what they are doing!!!!

[@AntalopeAUT]

YOU did all the work, we were just looking on in pure amazement . Thanks for showing all that repair work !

[@stevensims3342]

Really neat to see you take these things apart like this. Advanced repair techniques.

[@lucgrunenwald7795]

Bonjour, vos capacités de détections des problèmes est incroyable , je pense que votre niveau est du niveau de l art ,alors bravo de nous partager votre savoir faire ,vous avez bcp de talent ,merci

[@paulb4uk]

Superb work yet again getting these cards back working .

[@stanganev9985]

That was nothing short of amazing

[@RudolfKlusal]

You're a really Bob Ross for GPUs... I just miss "there are no mistakes, only happy accidents" somewhere ❤

[@EkaMei]

You reboiled a GPU core. You mad man. I feel like there's no way for anyone to appreciate how much work and skill it take to do that just by watching this video seeing you clean and repad the GPU core on high speed. Just, wow.

[@kenrosenberg6778]

I rly like the music you make to put into your videos keep it up. Many content creators don't understand how to mix music into there videos without hurting headphone users ears.

[@gamerelated3887]

Thank you for including us in the job well done!

[@AlphaMachina]

Subscribed. That was incredible. These things are worth fixing, imo. As technology advances, it becomes more difficult to repair, so it also becomes more likely to be simply replaced instead of repaired. We need people like you in this world. I wish I could do work like this.

[@JimNichols]

Random comment. Sit back and look at the work you do, your expertise in board level repairs is only seconded by the expertise in electronic wizardry you show. The "weird" level usually is quite closely following the curve of genius that one exhibits. That would explain a lot, no? :) Except in my case it seems the level of weird is following the idiot curve instead... :) Thanks for the ride along I love the ability and skill set you share with us and realize the amount of time involved in all the processes of ULing a video sir!

[@marciosilva89]

Such enjoyable videos, this man is amazing, nice remix by the way.

[@POLARTTYRTM]

Absolutely insane repair skills and board knowledge.

[@232pm]

absolute pleasure to watch you work m8.. thanks. I`ve done a couple of smd and board level repairs in my time, very difficult.. you have remarkable skill there.

[@tommyb6611]

Based on this video, this ia hugely underrated person, that has some deep knowledge, not like other overhyped channels that do things by the skin of their teeth. No knowledge of programming and identifying causes. They would have clearly send this back as a no-fix. I'd rather send this guy to repair than those higher reputation ones,

[@roguecheddar]

A true artisan. I envy your skill and patience.

[@northwestrepair]

thanks !

[@nine0ten771]

You do all the heavy lifting. The rest of us are just along for the ride. AMAZING

[@Myrune1]

That's an amazing skill set you have. There is something cathartic about watching you work.

[@LuisAFigueroa]

Your reballing process is outstanding. Great work!

[@mohammad-zabih]

your work is amazing mate watching your videos even tho i dont understand any of it gives good feeling when reviving a piece of tech

[@icelord5243]

Holy CRA** thats amazing! Redooing the whole Chip! Nice Work!

[@ChamaeleonMustermann]

Fantastic, absolutely professional.

[@markhickey153]

This dude knows his shit for sure !!

[@main_rouge]

Damn that was one impressive reballing and on a fairly big DIE too, most repair shop would just attempt to reflow it (potentially making it worse) and just say it can't be fixed if it doesn't work but you didn't even try it because of the heat and went straight up to reball it

[@sofianeatif5189]

wow man you are doing a one hell of a good job i've been watching your videos for a while and you always deliver

[@RIchardDavidson007]

Wow, You have good taste in music. Just what's good enough to not over power your video. Your an artist.

[@hellmalm]

There's some real craftsmanship! Lovely to see a professional at work!

[@rogerdouglas2306]

first video i seen of this guy and wow ur good and these repairs. came here from northridgefix and really enjoyed the quality of this repair.

[@northwestrepair]

Thanks.

[@lucamagni99]

I noticed with great pleasure that you share the patterns under your videos.... Oh my god thank you! It's always hard to find them online, and finally a good soul who shares the ones he has for free! Thank you very much, you have been of enormous help for my passion and training!

[@FunkyTechy]

I do read comments so don’t hesitate to put one on there. Let’s see lol you much more dedication than anyone I know with these reballings 😂

[@johnnydingo8680]

I learnt so much talent in one person is not common 😊👍

[@sorinpopa]

Thank you for sharing your amazing work! It's a pleasure to watch.

[@Subaru_God]

LEGENDARY FIX

[@DuffyRce]

I must say, this is extremly relaxing. Seeing master during work is one thing but 50% is music, btw good taste and that piece of yours.

[@JimmyOKennedy]

WOW!! That is very impressive. You almost rebuilt the entire card!

[@28Soul]

Hey! I just love to watch your Videos, to get a little dieser into the essence of gpus, time by time i understand more! Thank you very much! Peace!

[@TTTorpedOOO]

I like the new video style with music, keep it going!

[@TheHumanMass]

i bought evga 3070 ti after watching a few of your videos, i like

[@dandel262]

Would love to see an explanation video, taking us through the reasons for each step of a repair. Great stuff

[@Kernoe]

your track is great. overall music selection stands next to repair level!

[@misterhoudi2824]

Love your contact boss!

[@mrsue3398]

this dude is in the zone look at that meticulous re ball, he wanna make sure issue will not go back again vs doing a re flow board lvl knowledge is of charts

[@michaelpillai581]

It so great see the GPU coming back to life.

[@KegstandOG]

Totally under rated channel. You deserve way more traffic my man! Thanks for all your videos!~

[@michaelgarciarodriguez2969]

I discover this channel today and I'm in love with it, good job.

[@faronsquare]

Damn, I consider myself a pretty good tech, but reballing that GPU is another level. Nice work!

[@jasonsong86]

That is a lot of work and steady hands for sure.

[@chinoble1]

Someone give this man a shout out to Louis Rossmann and lets get a a joint video on the go. NWR's skill absolutely deserves a much wider reach than hes currently getting. Amazing video, its an absolute joy to watch you work sir.

[@swazza]

Attention to detail here is wild.

[@seyedaliroshan2386]

dude you are amazing, you are a one man Gpu company aka one man army. nice job

[@seffard]

If the thermal paste is not old you can always dissolve it again with a drop of thin transparent mineral oil to spread it out. And you need much less thermal paste than what is commonly applied, it's always worked for me in my years.

[@meon-q2o]

i learn always on your video sir keep it up thank