Can We Fix This £20 ($25) GTX 780?

[@ndrewwb]

I managed to pick up a faulty MSI 7850 2GB for £10 last year, hoping it'd be untested, but I found it was completely dead. Flash forward to August, I bought a heat gun to do some work on a few YLOD PS3s that I had lying around, tried it on the card with some no-clean flux and it's been working fine ever since. Back in 2017 I sold off my old EVGA GTX 770 for £30 after it had "died" and now that I look back at it, it probably just needed a BIOS flash.

[@justinbuckley]

ndreww I got an Rx 480 that was acting like this for free in July, but after not being able to get it to work I sold it for £60, wishing I thought about trying a bios flash back then as I only considered it useful for overclocking. Windows simply wouldn't detect the card, not sure if a driver installation would have done anything.

[@jalma5678]

@@Killius But it is a good temporally fix if you don't have the money for a new graphics card right now

[@ndrewwb]

I'm well aware of whats actually happening when you perform such work on the card, but it cost £10, and it would've been sitting dead for the rest of it's existence otherwise. It's obvious that it'll drop down dead soon enough but considering that I don't even game on the computer it's in and I've got spare graphics cards elsewhere, it's a perfectly acceptable thing to do to the card. Same goes with the PS3s that I did work on.

[@MasterBlaster220]

@@Killius Nope, that is with the oven. WIth a heat gun you can resolder the non lead tin connections that are already there. But its not an exact science tbh. A thermometer helps here though.

[@Spam97]

Obviously is something minor here but when I buy broken stuff it has capacitors missing and traces of coffee on the radiator...

[@briang3101]

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[@TwistedApex]

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[@Alexander_l322]

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[@qdunne]

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[@greentray1231]

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[@thereallantesh]

I love these fix it videos. Even though you don't need the card for your personal setup it is nice to see that it can be done. Plus you can resell the card for a profit, and someone else can enjoy it for years to come. That is a win in my book.

[@canihelpyou6524]

Amd cards generally have more memory bandwidth which can help quite a bit with newer and higher resolution textures

[@UsedTechHustle]

I love stuff like this - sometimes when a price is too tempting + the listing doesnt look too dodgy, a gamble has got to be done :)

[@arencorparencorp2189]

problem is some listings list it as not working when they know its half blown up and others are this, for 20$ however and booting to bios.. worth gamble if fails ebay buyer protect and problem solved so, mhe

[@gielnw9891]

@@arencorparencorp2189 yea some people sell their stuff as "not tested" when they know it is 100% broken.

[@ProtoMario]

Recently bought a 780 for less than $100 was a real deal.

[@arbenasatourian9491]

www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-ROG-Strix-Radeon-RX-570-O4G-Gaming-OC-Edition-GDDR5-DP-HDMI-DVI/192611463842?epid=245306346&hash=item2cd889b2a2:g:9rEAAOSwWuNbXKd9:rk:1:pf:1&frcectupt=true

[@JustOneGuy]

Thats shit that its so expensive. Good for you but people have been selling rx 580 here for 70€.

[@Meansoduck]

ProtoMario didn’t you have a 1050ti? I thought that was around the same speed of the 780?

[@maru20k]

Lil_Mayo no the 780 is better than 1050

[@flighted2513]

and i got a 1060 6 gb for $130

[@Bogdan00]

*doesn't count since human eye can only see 8GB ram*

[@CopyLeftOne]

My dog has a different opinion

[@m1k4n57]

@@CopyLeftOne oh...

[@exzobree9158]

You liar! I only see 4gb ram! How do you get 8gb?

[@neomarcellino8018]

@@exzobree9158 he is overclocked

[@lucasrem]

Foca Moca Cheap shit, only competitive games need good systems! rest are on cheap shit, mums old dell!!!

[@H4WK6969]

DDU is an awesome piece of software tho

[@hypvd3142]

nah, made my pc stuck on bootloop for a few days

[@corvo_corax]

@@hypvd3142 should of ran it in safe mode

[@erdemyalcn4723]

Must have software , but should use in safe mode...

[@Hughesburner]

I Never use it safe mode, always works for me. I got to known it real well recently when my rx 460 kept losing the drivers randomly...a few DDU runs and its all good.....anyways..here for weird old GTX's....like an old muscle car to me.

[@crylune]

@@hypvd3142 skill issue

[@gaela.4401]

Dude i love these videos, they really lighten up my day, its all so entertaining and genuine :) keep it up man

[@benji376]

I just bought a 780 so this video is well timed my friend👌🏼

[@thecchrist777cc6]

Yung Berno oooo nice, what model is it?

[@benji376]

TheCChrist777 CC zotax with 3Gb. I think it’s still one of the better looking cards

[@epicgamerman2132]

I also bought one, the Asus Poseidon model!!!

[@benji376]

Nitro Tech ayee

[@muhammadrifky4578]

@@benji376 is it a reference card? I'm still using that card till this day too

[@Adam-ce2fe]

Useless video!!! Everyone knows the human eye only sees 4gb of ram.

[@hanakomisa]

Yeah everyone should know that!!

[@SummonerArthur]

Mines 32 bit so...

[@DylanNyah]

I have a special condition.. I can only see 3 ;(

[@itsdokko2990]

das fake boi I can download more Ghz for my processor and i'm able to see it

[@techcheap2340]

I only see 3.5 iam an gtx 970

[@psued0285]

Hello RGHD, I just want to say that I really enjoy your contents. I always enjoyed how you showcase your loots from ebay and some technical background stuffs. I'm far more interested on how older hardwares can keep on today's standards rather than lame expensive repetitive "monster pc build". Pardon my grammar. Cheers from PH 🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@MrKeech666]

It amazes me how far we have come. My Gigabyte GTX 1080 only uses 1 8-pin power connector. 😜 Edit: Glad you got it working! Booya!!

[@bou222]

Great job getting it up and running! I've never done a bios flash on a gpu yet... I wil when the time comes.... thanks for just showing us a little bit of what it is like.

[@jeffhardisty]

It is surprising how common this problem with the 780 is. I saved my 780 this way after watching jayz two cents save a 780 last january. I have heard about a few other people that have had the same problem.

[@carlcomputer9686]

I love my R9 290. I bought it three or four years ago and it's still going strong.

[@RayovacWorkhorse]

My poor old Gainward 780ti Phantom gave up the ghost a couple months back, games started crashing then it couldn't get into windows without artefacts all over the screen, replaced it with a 980 for CeX, good to see you saved this one!

[@nilswegner2881]

I recently bought a half broken rx570 from a good friend of mine. Half broken meaning it would boot and work but only with the DVI Output so I downloaded the appropriate bios and flash tool, cobbled it all together and now I have a working rx570 with 8 GB in my System.

[@WildShotZ14]

I always like this faulty component vids, also can you do a take on the top of the line first gen phenom x4, great vids man....

[@Doom_Guy_1977]

This is very interesting to me because I have encountered the same problem with a Palit 770 I currently have in my collection, but this was not due to dust as I had only just taken it off an Alpha Cool water block, and put the original heatsink and fans (as well as fresh thermal paste) back on the card. I look forward to more videos on this channel, so that I can get a better study on how to go about flashing bios to a faulty GPU. I'll watch this space. Please keep me updated. Thanks.

[@Diolusion]

9:12 I can garuntee you it was nothing to do with BIOS flashing it or messing with the card, because i encountered the same problem on my old 760 TI, black screen after drivers, some times where was artifacting etc. I never once overclocked it (although it was preset superclocked). I wish you had made this video a year ago, couldve revived my beauty, not complaining, now running a 1080 so problems can be blessings, also wanted to say i enjoy your vids bud, theyre very well planned out and gripping, keep it up! :)

[@EvertvanIngen]

Love the passion Steve, keep it up!

[@patrickstegal7228]

I got a gtx 750ti FTW edition for $40 USD and it works perfectly

[@gneisenau7584]

Rx460 for $50

[@sissireyes9623]

980ti for 120

[@CoolestMcGuy]

1070 ti for 150

[@Brish_VT]

I bought a 780 for £3 it worked so I ended up getting 75 for it from cex

[@ColdAhhClips]

Where did you get a 750ti FTW with 40 dollars? Ebay?

[@federicorolon6740]

I got extremely lucky with a 1080 Armor with no heatsink for U$D 80 on eBay, it simply worked, the only thing I did to it was installing a AIO Cooler.

[@paulreynolds2898]

I see your interest in the tech and yep great, I as an older viewer can appreciate and learn, so more power to your elbow bro.

[@digix205]

i sold a gtx970 and after about after a year the buyer said its having issues and if i can help him. i said no problem. so after a few tests i saw that its deteced by the windows but there is no display. so i just reflashed it, and its working great ever since.

[@sabiuta3724]

i saw this video before sending back my GTX 1650 with the black screen issue and i didn't knew about reflashing the GPU's BIOS but thanks for sharing this "secret"

[@ChantiqoArk]

i love these videos i can never afford a gaming pc but i really want one and watching your videos make me feel like i have one in a virtual world

[@chriscarr365]

The cleaning bit needs to return, one of the highlights of the video seeing an old card restored to its former self

[@The93Momo93]

awesome find man, glad you were able to fix it

[@DoomWalker42]

RGIHD is renown throughout the graphics cards realm as the Bringer of Life. He raises old retired GPUs from the dead and gives them a new lease of life. Any PC parts from generations ago are blessed to fall beneath his shadow. May he live long and prosper!

[@ralphhuttner4589]

same issue with my gtx560, and flashing the bios also fixed the problem. thank you.

[@pategustavo4392]

Was that intro a Vsauce reference?

[@aadam2695]

Micheal: I don’t feel so good...

[@Anony_Max]

It looked like the kazoo kid.

[@Anony_Max]

I am actually sure it was meant to be the kazoo kid intro

[@dexthegamer3234]

So useful. Can't wait for a full guide but I'mma try this on my card

[@DoctorX17]

I shudder to think how many people have thrown out still usable cards because of relatively simple things like needing a firmware flash...

[@SummonerArthur]

It sure *looks* very "gamey" doesnt it?

[@mrhappy8966]

pretty sweet deal for 20 and a little work i remember my buddy paying a ton of money for his 780ti back in the day upgrading from a set of crossfire 6670s

[@voteDC]

That card is a better bargain than the GTX 780Ti that I picked up for £32, just needed a fresh coat of thermal paste to get it working as normal.

[@PastLight]

I really enjoy your videos, it's interesting to see how you can repurpose old tech and in many cases still use it... it kinda feeds my inner nerd... now carry on making them, before my inner bully comes out :DDD

[@HardWhereHero]

Ah, the good old intel 3450, I bought a box at a auction that contained 19 of those cpus and have 3 pc's that use them, 14 out of the 19 of the processors still worked and those bad boys will play a good amount of games when paired with a cheap intel motherboard 8 GB of ram and a decent GPU..

[@benjyharris1244]

I was thinking non stop, flash the gpu, flash the gpu, flash the gpu.. I got a reflief when you said that you was gunna flash it.. glad it work out for you :D..

[@tony359]

I am a newbie too when it comes to GPU BIOS but I've flashed both my 1050Ti and my 460. In both cases I had to get in touch with the manufacturer and provide the serial numbers. Apparently it is not recommended to go on TechPowerUp and download what SEEMS to be the correct BIOS as there may be different BIOS for different revisions of the board. Just my 2p contribution :)

[@gamamew]

2:55 "taking apart a graphics card is always relatively simple"... until you have to deal with a RTX reference card

[@Awesomer929]

Thank you Kanye, very cool!

[@patrickdergroenr1247]

I had one of those, but as the SuperJetstream variant. Good little card.

[@mazedmarky]

Definitely a bargain for the price, a little work and learning opportunity!

[@frankmoolah]

Awesome troubleshooting, almost brought a tear to my eye ;)

[@aqibmehmood7326]

Please don't skip the cleaning part, it's very satisfying, doesn't matter again and again.

[@damonmcclellan7896]

You don't need a second gpu to flash the bios and you can easily do it all from within windows like I have done in the past

[@frzr9029]

"This thing was absolutely caked." That's something I've never heard before and I'll probably use in the future.

[@camilowish]

I've flashed videocards before. The first time I had to do it to a 1050Ti that was malfunctioning (after watching your video on the Radeon card that didn't work), and to this day it is still working fine. However, I didn't have to boot from a USB, I just used CMD as administrator and the rest is history!

[@irukhan07]

Great video! Wish you would've shown the disassembly and cleaning process of the gpu but I guess you can't have everything in life...lol Thumbs up!

[@TheEnricoMicheli]

I had the same card before I upgraded, well, the "Super" Jetstream 780, and it worked fine for 5 years, then one day it started going to black screen and fans to max rpm when certain games were running, and not even always with the same games. It felt like there was either some specific thing it tried to do and crashed, or when the load started getting somewhat high. I cleaned it and chnaged the paste, temps were fine but it still did that. I thought it might have been a new driver version causing problems so I reverted to an older version and blocked windows updates, it worked fine for a week and then it did it again.

[@geraldstarr9950]

Love the 50p filming, very British. I reward you with a cup of tea ☕️

[@AlvaroLR]

This firmware flashing reminded me of the Phenom "core unlocking" days. That would be an interesting video too

[@papathanos8629]

Yo the intro is such good meme material

[@juho4626]

yes we can

[@yourlocaldavid6656]

Oi you need to stop stealing my deals, anyway recently bought a r9 270x as they are round about £40 - 50, I got mine for £35 and am waiting for it to arrive. You should definitely start buying up falty GPUs off eBay - the cheaper the better! Great vid make more like this.

[@JKidk_]

lol, 270x was my first gpu!

[@marcopasta6274]

Got mine for 45 a few months ago! They were going for 60+ at the time

[@yourlocaldavid6656]

@@JKidk_ ayy I had a HD 7870 as my first got it in 2014 for £45 then sold it a week ago for £50

[@GewelReal]

Western world is a dream. Here in Poland used electronics not only cost pretty much the same as new but also it's easier to get scammed than to not

[@yourlocaldavid6656]

@@GewelReal one word - Brexit - that is why Poland is better than the UK

[@spiderking121]

I remember a few months ago i went out and bought my MSI R9 280X as it was listed as for parts or not working. Funny thing is i didn't need to do any fixing as it worked fine on my pc

[@akupegu1622]

Excellent video mate!

[@Bavryzz]

dude thanks so much for showing this video my other question is Do i need to reflash the bios from factory or the latest bios update thats my only concern 👍

[@select899]

'Fun sponge' is a word I use on a daily basis now

[@Nevakonaza.]

i have a spare GTX 770 Windforce and was quite surprised just how well it runs games in 2019,So can assume the 780 is even better :)

[@mm-vv2de]

I love this kind of videos

[@kraazed]

Hey... I also discovered flashing GPUs from within windows, you can actually use team viewer from another pc, to connect to it as it uses its own display driver and not dependent on the graphics driver itself. Only downside using Team viewer is that the resolution is 1024x768 which makes viewing some content crap, but it is plenty enough for running console commands to flash GPUs. Also, I don't think you need to create a bootable to run NvFlash or AtiFlash. You can just run it from within windows using either your iGPU or Teamviewer.

[@jimmaher8139]

BRILLIANT MATE NOW I LEARNED THAT YOU CAN ACUALLY UPDATE GPU BIOS 👍

[@someonesomewhere8658]

I was gaming on my 770 a while ago when everything crashed and it started exhibiting almost the exact same behaviour. I've got a new GPU purchase lined up for tomorrow but I 'll definitely try this first, it's almost like a sign.

[@_AriseChicken]

look at that cute little heatsink

[@mdrumt]

Another still good gpu saved! Well done!

[@Exitore]

Still better than my specs lol

[@TehJumpingJawa]

Looks like you grabbed yourself a bargain! A strange coincidence, I recently bought a cheapish 1060 3GB that evidently was incompatible with newer NVidia drivers. That too turned out to be a vbios issue, solved with a simple reflash (didn't even need to leave Windows, let alone reboot!) When looking for 'faulty but maybe fixable' cards, I'd steer well clear of AMD's R9-generation cards. Many of those faults stem from overheating damage to the VRM, a problem easily encountered given how hot they ran.

[@MadIIMike]

I got 2 semi-broken cards flying around, a GTX 770 2GB (Gainward Phantom) which I got for 5€ (seems to work, but previous owner had Blackscreens) and a GTX 680 4GB EVGA Classified which I got for 15€ back then, it works flawlessly but some sensors seem to be gone, at least in GPU-Z it goes kinda crazy with temps and voltages.

[@jakegarrett8109]

GPUz is highly inaccurate, check out my world record 33 Ghz speed.... www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/fkg6k Perfectly working hardware often shows anomalies (like 1 million volts on the core), and software in general shouldn't be trusted with voltages (and temps are silly too, just look at any FX CPU, those show BELOW room temp when idle, which is physically impossible on air/water since it can only be hotter than the surrounding air... HWmonitor and CPU-z just never fixed the sensor calibration they pull the data from, and FX is ancient at this point, so it will never be corrected). Don't read too much into software... Even windows commonly bugs out (known as the Windows sleep bug) and will have the system timer slow down (so your CPU display and also score like it really is 6-7 Ghz since most benchmarks score of the system timer. It won't be any faster in real life, but your system is thinking it completes the task in less time, and used to be a common way of cheating, but no, that's not what I did for the above linked score...)

[@silver2k433]

i just wanna say that your videos are just great

[@成吉思汗-y3x]

I wanted to share with you a deal I got, about a powercolor r9 390 for a nice 130 euros included free shipping.It was a really good one, in my opinion.

[@MegaHellstrike]

I bought 4 broken GPUs, fixed only 1 of them. Guys, whatever you do, if you WANT to buy broken graphics cards be sure to test them at the seller's place. I got hosed by two sellers that claimed something around the lines of "I guess it's overheating" but in reality the GPUs gave out no video signal, which is pretty much the worst defect it can have. Do NOT buy GPUs that don't give out video signals! If it's something like one of the cooler fans spinning at 100% at all times go for it, Arctic aftermarket coolers are an easy fix for that.

[@GoFlyYourselves]

Was that a puppy in that video card!? 😲😜Congrats!

[@MarkTheMorose]

Work, graphics card: the Power of Dave compels you!

[@erikthaboi4958]

What a coincidence! I just bought a phantom for 30$! Just waiting to test it

[@EldaLuna]

my gtx 690 is in pieces cause it needed the same thing, downfall is the thermal pads are shot but since i can only by locally and financial issues prevent me with online anyhow. i also washed my pcb in soap and water. and let it dry under a heater so it wouldn't corrode and used compressed air to blow all water out of the ball joints under the gpu first before that though since there's a gap there. some times i feel washing them can help with hidden issues where some dust or hidden buildup could add resistance or minor shorts depending what kinda dust ends up in there over time.

[@NervousNick]

He's making the video, and he Looks Startled when it begins! Lmao. 🤣

[@BlackSunii]

My Palit GTX 780 Super Jetstream died 2 Years ago and Last Weekend i just for fun put it into the oven and now it works again :D Still faster than my 1050 ti :D

[@HamzaCFW]

This inspired me to take up a challenge of buying a faulty GPU and seeing if it's repairable just for fun. Bought a R9 270X 4GB for £15, so far detected in ATIFlash and as Microsoft Video Adapter in Windows, but crashes when attempting to install AMD drivers. The fun continues as I find a resolution.

[@jakedrums1398]

You should upgrade your camera to a DLSR. Content is great, just need the visual quality to match

[@JonFlyy]

So either the seller did a dirty flash of the GPU bios or they somehow became slightly corrupted over time. Interesting video.

[@disgruntledtomato607]

That intro got me

[@Zacarriss]

The real problem with Kepler is it has not aged that well, I have a GTX 780, it was the First and Last Flagship I ever had, my Sapphire RX 580 8Gb simply outruns the old beast... Kind of miss it... But the Power Draw is pretty crappy even compared to what I got now.

[@Najvalsa]

You can use the ATIFlash GUI for AMD cards, no worries. Just need to have the BIOS rom in the same folder as the exe, and run it as admin.

[@josephb.2722]

Wish I could give you an extra like for that intro.

[@Dondolini94]

an r9 290 card would surely help your ice age temperature on top of that

[@TrueMegaManiac]

vbios issues seem to be common on 780's and 780 Ti's. Even for folks who don't flash them it just looks like vbios corruption kinda just happens on a very few cards.

[@AdlynMas-ki6mj]

I am planning to buy a 780 tho looks like restoration is slightly cheaper.Im impressed

[@m1k4n57]

#earlysquad btw what gpus do you have i have an AMD Radeon R7 240

[@TheRayneBlade]

Evga 1080ti SC black edition #earlysquad

[@m1k4n57]

@@TheRayneBlade nice

[@m1k4n57]

@@TheRayneBlade do you play csgo

[@TheRayneBlade]

@@m1k4n57 Don't play too many esports games. Mostly 3a titles and the occasional Rouge like. Been big into vr last few weeks though.

[@m1k4n57]

@@TheRayneBlade thats cool i mostly play csgo and fortnite

[@EspHack]

you went the hard route on bios flashing, you can do it from windows with a few clicks, try a few roms right there, some clocks tuning, no need to reboot just bench it offscreen if you like, got a 460 back to life like that but only for like a year, a new flash and slightly lower clocks did the trick, not so lucky with a 660 tho, that thing was very dead but also just like 10$ shipped so whatever

[@korewaonigiri9069]

i was thinking about buying a 780....nice video :D

[@chrisbaker8533]

So what exactly does reflashing the bios have to do with it? I can understand with flashed cards for crypto, but just an off the shelf with issues I just don't get.

[@ЏонМастерман]

Bios flashing is quite tricky and risky endeavour, don't do it unless absolutely necessary.

[@YusufSalahudeen]

Good job bro... A good guide

[@TinyTracey]

someone may have tried to flash it with a custom mac bios,I messed one of my cards up the first time trying it but luckily had a back up of the original bios and flashed it back,a year later I got a different graphics card and flashed with with a custom mac bios again and it worked perfectly in my mac and I saved a lot of money as apple versions of the cards are way more expensive.

[@MaxMustermann]

22,68€ for a Palit Super Jetstream GTX 780 3Gb? That's a bargain! Good job.

[@StaticVapour590]

Oven fixes everything, no need to do anything so fancy