The BIGGEST problem of modern GPU's | Repair

[@KrisFixGermany]

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[@Davpedra]

Incredible fix, as always, taking a rejected card from the company and giving it a se cord life, and like you said, making someone happy with it. Awesome job, impressive knowledge and skills.

[@nizemee729]

From all the PC repair channels that I've seen This one is by far the best ! Absolutely brilliant 👏 And the music choice was on point too !

[@andreaseriksson9225]

Its so funny, i started watching northridge fix repairing GPUs, then i found out about Tech cemetary and i thought, wow this is incredible, THIS is peak of GPU repair for sure. But then, i find this channel, and now im certain, this MUST be peak GPU repair! Absolutely amazing work, incredible!

[@jaredjones6570]

Haha, same! I found them in that same order!

[@stephenhood2948]

I have not heard of Tech Cemetary, I'll have to ck that one out

[@stunrisex7623]

Holy shit, absolutely awesome work. 99 out of 100 microsoldering shops would not be able to fix damage like that. Just continue to show your skills and you will make a huge amount of money soon.

[@Fate025]

Thx for the video! Wow you really put the point across the importance of GPU support brackets, its not just to avoid Gpu sag, its to avoid cracking the PCB!

[@maraisl]

Amazing work Kris!! Good to see some videos again!

[@krusic22]

I'm pretty sure I've seen this exact GPU on ebay some time ago. Nice to finally see it fixed.

[@KrisFixGermany]

There are many of them nowadays

[@papitomallan9108]

That one ive bought :D But Kris said its too damaged....Not economical to charge someone for that he mentioned.

[@y_zass]

This is the 4th video I've come across that has a Gigabyte 3080/3090 with a break in the PCB in the same, exact, spot! The PCB isn't strong enough to support the weight of the cooler. Design problem!

[@scipher99]

This is an obvious design flaw on Gigabyte who also refuses to RMA or recall these cards. On the flip side it is not like Gigabyte had great customer support in the first place. This is just another reason for me to never buy their products.

[@syncmonism]

I was already a big fan of horizontally mounted motherboards, one of the reasons being that it allows you to mount the videocard vertically, eliminating any concerns about GPU sag, and this is just more evidence to support choosing cases which orient the motherboard horizontally.

[@BanksRacing11]

Like always good job Kris.. I do a lot of these mostly gigabyte cards through eBay repair service and yours is the first I've seen that didn't have broken traces under A1 also in my experience broken traces under the GPU and last ram chip as it was on the last one I did.. Oh and on the last card I didn't it worked after the repair but would randomly power off and this was do to cracked solder joint on the 12v fuse at the PCIe slot probably do to the flex which caused all the other issues..

[@BanksRacing11]

Keep up the good work Kris.. I always look forward to your videos and you've tought me more than you would know.. Love the work.. Thanks alot..

[@LutorKF]

awesome work!😳

[@sakisgri2165]

Amazing skills ! You are on another level. Well done and thank you for sharing.

[@Maxximilian]

Hi Mr Theodore, Excellent repair thumbs up🥳 also the music really corresponds to the detail-quality work that has been done😍

[@vitpasek9380]

only one word for this repair: "WOW"

[@Thomas_Aslaksen]

This was awsome. Really incredible fix. Love your work. Keep it up.

[@Aisflou]

Having those schematics at hand like you have makes all a kids game, nice repair! Where do you get those modern schematics from?

[@cosmicp.o.m.e3460]

Great work Kris. Sadly I have a similar problem in the same area. Without schematics I am unable to figure out what should be going where on the different tracks and layers. I have low resistance on all the power rails but no evidence of damage to components(hopeing VRAM and GPU are good). Hopefully you will repair a strix 3090 with the same crack and make a video that I can over study :) Keep up the grood work. PEACE\/

[@KrisFixGermany]

it depends how big the damage is. if it's too big we can't offer repair

[@patrikjankovics2113]

From my limited experience getting schematics for nVidia cards is easier than for AMD. Which card do you have exactly? I have a few 3090 schematics.

[@cosmicp.o.m.e3460]

@@patrikjankovics2113 The card is an Asus 3090 strix. I would be extremely grateful if you could help. This is a buy and try to repair not a business with most but not all tools and hobbiest for over 30 years of learning making mistakes and learnng some more.

[@patrikjankovics2113]

@@cosmicp.o.m.e3460 I'm not a repair technician or something, I just happen to have a few schematics/boardviews. I'll upload them and post the link here.

[@patrikjankovics2113]

Actually, I don't have a boardview it seems like, too bad I guess. Edit: I did post a link,but it got removed...

[@sevarbg83]

The channel will hugely benefit from a 4K quality.

[@Shubietah]

very professional work !!

[@Mafiya67]

Отличный ремонт)))

[@tonycstech]

Наверное у тебя учился 😂

[@LapRemTop]

=)

[@геннадийбаралей]

@@tonycstech не - у майнера в носках 😁

[@KrisFixGermany]

Я занимаюсь этим ремонтом уже более 10 лет. Довольно забавный комментарий )

[@геннадийбаралей]

@@KrisFixGermany Это шутка - Вы очень хороший ремонтник !

[@koford]

amazine work, one would think it impossible repair.. but you nailed it. thumbs up.

[@rkan2]

Beautiful work!

[@korvmojs]

Coolest repair I have ever seen. This is really the hard drugs in electronics repair on KZbin IMO.

[@johnchaos78]

Awesome job Kris!

[@martinkesselaar9522]

whow, nice job man!

[@paulcrisp8097]

I have been working on one of these cards with numerous faults for a few weeks now and noticed the exact same crack on that area of the board. I had no idea that this area had that many inner traces.I have used very thin wire to fix the 1.8v reg enable pin to the other side of the board. From your excellent video it looks like I have a few more to do. That drawing of all the board layers is a god send, is this freely available?

[@chitundumbao6398]

Hi That is some great work there.. keep it up. I live in Zambia and have a gigabyte RTX 3080 broken at the same spot, I would love to send it for repair.

[@inagerli]

This repair is like a operation video, absolut insane !

[@shadowarez1337]

Oh man now i see why i got the Gigabyte Vison OC 3080Ti its gonna fail if i am not meticulously careful. Amazing work on this now i know where to ship if it cracks in the prone to failure spot.

[@beeman4266]

I got an XFX 7900xtx black edition and it comes with a massive support bracket that bolts the right side of the card to the rest of the PCIE slots on the case. There's zero GPU sag whatsoever and it actually looks really good. If video cards are going to continue growing then companies have to start designing them with support brackets in mind. The sag I've seen on some cards is horrendous, there's no way that's good for them. I've seen cards sag an inch or more, sooner or later they're gonna break. These PCB's aren't that strong.

[@DevilbyMoonlight]

Excellent work!

[@tobiasroitsch6424]

Einfach nur faszinierend deine Arbeit.... ich dachte niemals das man quasi zuhause ein GPU-Swap machen kann.

[@olomutsky]

Great job. Could you share the documentation of layered display of the boardview for the GV-N307TAORUS and GV-N306TGAMING ?

[@peterwroberts]

Your videos are so interesting. Thank you for sharing! I had no idea such repairs were possible. I have a question about some of the traces that were thicker. I noticed they were also repaired with the same very small wire and I was wondering if that can be an issue? I assume the thicker traces were those meant to carry more current, possibly the shunt stuff you mentioned you could measure to the 12v PCIe rail? I'm a very amateur electronics person so I might be totally off here 😅.

[@macsflips]

Would you mind sharing what grinding pen/dremel bit you use to grind the board? It seems like it grinds much cleaner than bits I’ve seen/used before

[@ariewijaya1679]

not the bit but the high speed motor

[@martinmalone6324]

some serious skills here peeps bravo.

[@alexal5889]

Very nice. Mother of all repairs👍

[@Kerrathul]

Holy crap, I thought you were going to run patch wires to the exposed pads, not rebuild the traces inside the PCB! What are the chances that stress on the crack will break your traces inside the sealant?

[@greatdrd]

Excellent video , the best fixing content on KZbin period ….

[@kentstansberry9748]

Board designers need to start addressing this issue. There is no reason why these areas cant be reinforced, other than greed or sheer laziness. I have over thirty years bare board fabrication experience, and know they can address this design flaw.

[@murodmuxtorjonov3055]

Very good job Kris Bro 👍👍

[@HerrAlien]

Literally blown away. I can't really understand, why do they run so many traces through that mechanically loaded part of the PCB?

[@KrisFixGermany]

it is possible that the manufacturer has a reason or it is just a design error

[@bartbroekhuizen5617]

I agree, i think is just bad PCB design. But not only that, the structural integrity of the PCB is also compromised if you put a massive cooler on it and mount it horizontally. Now you have supporting brackets, but that is just a workaround for this design problem. I wish there would be a proper standard for these kind of issues. What stuns me is that PC Case manufactures don't have a solution yet. Riser cables are nice, but isn't future proof when a new PCI-E standard is being used.

[@Ydooo]

Dude this was only 3/10 difficulty? 😂 Crazy repair

[@yingcluk]

Awesome repair and great video. You can have a metal back plate to help during shipment, however, with so many components need to be populated on the PCB, it's packed tight without enough space between edges of PCB and traces, it's still possible the edge of the PCB somehow got hit and the whole graphic card is unusable. It's just not a good design in terms of reliability. It's not that it's not possible to avoid this kind of problem, it's just too much greed to make as much money with as little cost as possible these days, and that's why this kind of design are sold to customers, and that's why I am skeptical buying new high end graphic cards nowadays.

[@paolomonai9511]

Good afternoon Kris. Excellent job! Bravo! But let me say that you underestimate this repair difficulty: 3 out of 10, in my opinon at least, is too low...regards from Italy.

[@KrisFixGermany]

there is nothing complicated. if I do not explain everything on video will take no more than 15 minutes

[@opacky1411]

Great job! What kind of boardviewer is that with layers?

[@KrisFixGermany]

Tebo

[@opacky1411]

@@KrisFixGermanyDanke! 😉

[@legi0n3r]

Never seen a repair like this before. Very nice, u have done a great job to keep this card alive. How do u know where to measure? Do u use board Diagramms? Really interesting

[@mbwatson1000]

Excellent repair. Very sad that a brand new card has suffered this damage. Notwithstanding your excellent work, I would not purchase a card that had suffered that much damage. I know you tested all the necessary traces and repaired the ones that were obviously damaged, but there may be a problem with some of the neighbouring traces that seemed ok - they may have partial, micro-cracks that could open up over time, leading to intermittent behaviour. For me, if I had the ability to repair such a card, I could never resell it, because I could not trust it. I might give it to a friend to make them happy, knowing they can always return it to me should it go faulty again - at which point I could use it for parts. Your channel reminds me how amazingly delicate modern electronics is. It needs to be treated as fragile at all times. Once something goes faulty, it is very difficult to trust it again. That does not mean I would necessary discard a faulty part - knowing that you provide such a great service, I would send items to you assuming they were economic to repair. But, it means I would only trust the very best repair experts - like yourself.

[@KrisFixGermany]

You are absolutely right! Thank you

[@ariewijaya1679]

yes it will crack again like the first time it crack because the user remove the card without unlocking the pcie slot plastic lock

[@damonm3]

Crazy fix! It worked! I have a 4090 tuf with the support stick. Kinda silly as it’ll break free in any situation other than stationary. I’m not a very conservative person but if I space out in a move and forget to install a support bracket or remove card during move it could easily end up cracked. And I’d rather not have that happen.. thanks 🍻

[@GiGaSzS]

Amazing repair! I am surprised every day by how little common sense engineers use in product designs. Anyone would tell you not to route any traces at the edge of a problematic area. But in a way I understand them, since they are under the pressure of deadlines and it is in the interest of marketing that you buy a new card if you lightly damage it :(

[@pf100andahalf]

Excellent work.

[@KrisFixGermany]

Thank you

[@Sarias06]

Da bin ich wieder xD. Das selbst Layer Repariert werden ist wirklich nochmal ne ebne krasser. Die Frage die ich mir stelle, gilt so eine Reperatur nur Grafikkarten? Ich bin derzeit in einem Computerservice Tätig, und manchmal sehen wir doch Notebooks, die das eine oder andere Problem haben. Seltener ist es direkt ein Platinen schaden, eher sind es die Grafikspeicher, oder drauf gelötete Ram bausteine, welche probleme machen. Auf der Webseite werden andere Geräte aufgelistet, wo man nachfragen kann. Aber würde sowas bei euch auch gemacht werden? Würde natürlich vorraussetzen das hier und da auch ersatz Bausteine da sind, bisher habe ich nur Videos gesehen wo hauptsächlich die mit gelieferten Teile wieder neu aufgelötet wurden, weil Korrusion oder sonstiges war. Wäre interssant zu wissen. Je nachdem, hätte man vielleicht noch eine Alternative für die Kunden, anstatt zu sagen ja, boardwechel und oder neues gerät. (hängt auch immer mit den Jeweiligen Preisen der neuen PLatine zusammen).

[@jimcachero]

Amazing fix!

[@chosenli]

Sir, you are a legend.

[@dezejongeman]

awsome. you are another level.

[@kikihun9726]

Oh yeah. I don't understand campanies and shops who ships fully assembled pc's without internal hard foam packaging unlike originpc. They should put the gpu and air cpu cooler in in a separate box with instructions.

[@KrisFixGermany]

computers are sent to the customer in fully assembled condition due to the warranty

[@kikihun9726]

True, but it is waste of money and time if the part destroyed during shipping.

[@KrisFixGermany]

This is the policy of companies that sell computers. Insurance will take care of the rest

[@alexlucyrep9948]

wow that is amazing what you did with hat card xx

[@infinitesky1983]

What is the name of this program where you can see every single layer of the graphic card? Amazing job!!

[@danandrei96]

program is called teboview but you need the right version and the right file for the card, overall very hard to find and usually only available through paid sources, if at all

[@brandonmacmanus1889]

Do you have any tutorial videos on how to do other repairs? Like a bad cap? On a gpu and where I could potentially find a way to figure out what the traces are and where they are? Thank you :)

[@bahadoromid3554]

wow...perfect Repair Thanks

[@drumsmix33]

Amazing skill!

[@theanglerfish]

whoa 😲admirable😮

[@PixelByte]

Nice working BROOO!!!i have one question what is safe temps on memory GDDR6X for Gaming???and hotspot????

[@NavinF]

I’ve seen memory temps as high as 95C on my 3090 FE for the last 2 years. It used to be even higher until I added a couple of old CPU heatsinks to the backplate. I’d guess that’s a reasonable limit.

[@PixelByte]

@@NavinF 2 years working with this temps like 95c?

[@tonycstech]

They say up to 100 but I believe if gpu is above 70 and hotspot is above 80, pcb will slowly get dark indicating excessive temps. I would try to do everything to keep it at 70 but avoid liquid cooling. They made those cards to run hot so they break sooner. Also, not every company makes good cooling heatsink. Some make garbage and some make good. Evga makes best cards so far and msi and Asus and gigabyte are garbage for the most part.

[@PixelByte]

@@tonycstech ASUS HE HAS the best PCB with vrm bro!!!!

[@NavinF]

@@PixelByte Yes 2 years at 95C with additional heatsinks. Micron claims their GDDR6X can do 105C, but I assume cards running the hot will start artifacting soon after the 3yr warranty expires.

[@djmips]

Excellent repair! Would it help to reinforce the area with a bit of fiberglass? Maybe that's too much effort. Thanks for the tip about the supporting bracket!

[@KrisFixGermany]

no need to reinforce. All heavy cards must be mounted with a support bracket or vertically

[@HiHi-eq2tn]

very good repair on otherwise dead card

[@antoniomaximino1410]

Brilliant !

[@gabrielenitti3243]

where do you get schematics from?

[@KrisFixGermany]

question with increased difficulty :)

[@flavioernst902]

Whaat? Where do you get the scematic for these cards?

[@rrad3962]

It's like Magic. Zauberei.

[@Framac23]

I'v just one word: WOW.😮

[@mir8g]

Great!

[@jaredjones6570]

I can't find a schematic/ PCB diagram for the board I'm working on (Gigabyte Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 TI Gaming OC 12GB). Can I do this job without diagnosing the individual board layers? If I Dremel about half-way down and repair all of the traces I find, will that work l? My cracks look less severe than the ones in the video.

[@macsflips]

This was incredibly information, thank you so much! Been watching your videos for hours now ! What are your thoughts of using a silver conductive pen to repair each layer versus using wire?

[@KrisFixGermany]

Glad you like them, The connection must be solid and I do not believe there is such a pen with a diameter of 0.02mm

[@macsflips]

Would you mind telling me what sort of dremel bit you use on the pcbs?

[@SuperTtKiller]

Outstanding

[@jlopezde]

incredible

[@Joseluis-tf4in]

what dremel tool do you use? proxon?

[@bretzeletouffeur7401]

Would X-Rays be faster ?

[@KrisFixGermany]

Yes, in many cases. But it will add additional costs for the client

[@Multimeter1]

(Yes I’m aware this happened from shipping) Gigabyte cards are the worst…. PNY and zotac. Strix fans have failing fans and the forums of Asus have so many complaints. Think the founder edition’s are the best really just as long as you have a GPU mount to hold the GPU up from flexing the PCB.

[@KrisFixGermany]

Every manufacturer has some issues, overall FE are the best at the moment

[@Multimeter1]

@@KrisFixGermany GPU mounts can help the ripped pads and loose solder joints you see huh?

[@MSA-rn2re]

i know you are the best from Pakistan

[@damonm3]

I have a 4090 and it has some artifact if at stock speeds. Only a few hundred hours on it tops. I doubt it’ll self heal haha. Any ideas? Wonder if this is covered by warranty..

[@refurbished406]

Hello can You please share the boardview You are using? Thanks!

[@stoptheirlies]

Yes please that would be very helpful & for the 3080 as well please

[@Theo005-k5e]

Where do you get the replacement components from?bc I want to send you my card and I have the replacement components

[@KrisFixGermany]

you can send the card for repair, but we only work with our parts

[@kevinmeyer6255]

How did you actually get the layout of the traces for each layer ?

[@christopheroverton6188]

How did you get the pcb layers in BV? I have 2 3080Tis with similar damage (both same model as this 3090), but on the back side of the PCB in the same area. there are a a few data lines, and a couple of power lines that run through here (FBVDD, and 1.8v for the PWM controllers and their lines). I've corrected that damage (3rd layer damage), but 1.8v is running at low voltage when card is powered on (.258v instead of 1.8v).

[@christophscherpf4201]

Did you get any information? PCB Layers can be shown in TebaView. In BV it is not possible. I have also 3080 Ti Eagle card with same problem. It is cracked on the backside but wasn´t able to start the repair yet. I wanted to check (messure) first how many traces are dameged but on the 3080 Ti are a lot of components missing in comparison to 3090 and i can´t find all points to messure.

[@christopheroverton6188]

@@christophscherpf4201 I was able to use the 3090 gaming OC .tvw file with Tebo-ICTview 4.0, and was able to repair the broken lines. There are a few PWM lines that run on the backside of the PCB where the cracks usually form on these PWM lines. There's also an FBVDD line, and 1.8v line that runs through there as well. My crack was about 5 layers deep. There was also a crack near the screwhole closest to that crack on the backside that carries TMON signals from some mosfets on the left side of the card (closest to the video out connectors).

[@christophscherpf4201]

@@christopheroverton6188 can i find you on Discord or anywere else?

[@christopheroverton6188]

@@christophscherpf4201 $teelo (Chris Overton)#4538

[@catalineduard82]

hello, i have a asus croshair 8 impact that only starts if i use a hairdrier. what could be the problem ?

[@michaelmeux4137]

What is the average charge for a common fix?

[@IsraelSocial]

Is there any schematic for a Powercolor Rx 6800xt?

[@mariusadrian427]

This card wasnt at northrigefix also?

[@KrisFixGermany]

I don’t know

[@hamidrezaabolghasemi2568]

Would you please share us the Boarwview for this GPU? Thanks

[@tonict2302]

Heavy duty repair. 😁

[@TheFaanie]

wow 👏

[@qori77]

how did you get the blueprint?

[@andysPARK]

Wow!!!!

[@Techno_Jen]

👌

[@3x__]

👍

[@Ganara.Service]

wow

[@Magovit]

difficulty 3/10 omg kkkk

[@KrisFixGermany]

there is nothing complicated. if I do not explain everything on video will take no more than 15 minutes

[@pascals5408]

You're insane man..