The Hidden Art of Graphics Card Memory Pad and Broken Trace Repair.

[@princekells2]

We did replace the one caution vram it's okay and the other which shoes bad memory after replace the artifacts still shows what might be the issue

[@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql]

If the installation is done correctly then the controller is faulty.

[@princekells2]

@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql can it be replaced

[@FixationwithCarnage]

how did the test go? everything end up working properly? would love to see before and after tests in the future!

[@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql]

It went well. Everything was working perfectly. This video only shows how to do it. For example you can watch the video in the link below. kzbin.info/www/bejne/np_ZpKOHj9WLppI Similar repair done in this video. The pad was fixed the same way. 😁

[@miraalnilam9540]

did you use uv solder mask to glue down the repair pads?

[@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql]

Yes I did use UV solder mask to glue down the pads.

[@miraalnilam9540]

@@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql awesome, thanks very much for the info, imma be buying the stuff and practicing before repairing pads on a B0 memory chip i diaged with Mods/mats and found out it has broken pads.local shop eants 250$ to do the pads and thats just not economically worth it, but i dont want the card to meet its fate so im going to fix it! thanks again for the help, keep up the awesome videos and i look forward to watching more!

[@miraalnilam9540]

oh! one more thing, do you have a video on diag and replace of a Fan controller? i have an old asus matrix 980 with what i can assume is a faulty (it revs the fans 24/7, with good drivers) fan controller, and id like to get it fixed up too, would love it if you could link to or maybe someday add that to your roster of videos!

[@miraalnilam9540]

where can i purchase the replacement pads?

[@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql]

AliExpress www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007519849544.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.11.4db7cweIcweILy&algo_pvid=6477ea77-51f8-4673-8cb0-27cf7f5b1ed2&algo_exp_id=6477ea77-51f8-4673-8cb0-27cf7f5b1ed2-5&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21AED%2129.91%2115.85%21%21%2157.18%2130.31%21%402102f0cc17328841324648663e3983%2112000041108092865%21sea%21AE%212049366122%21X&curPageLogUid=jVLAy76d12O4&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A

[@miraalnilam9540]

@@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql awesome bud thanks very very much!

[@miraalnilam9540]

one extra thing, what uv glue are you using?

[@danielroos5993]

Thanks for the very helpful.video.:) I have a question though. Does the orientation of the vram chip matter?

[@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql]

Yes it does

[@personalcomputerbuilds]

what was the wire you are using to connect the broken pad thanks mate

[@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql]

The wire I use is trace repair pads. It can be bought from AliExpress

[@LegacyGameWorkshop]

I have a RTX 2080 ti with bad vram on B0. When I heat up the replacement it doesnt seem to sink into place and sits higher than the rest and i dont notice any board warping. Am i doing something wrong?

[@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql]

What is the size of the solder balls used to reball the memory? If you have not reballed but received reballed from the place you purchased then when you installed the memory did you tap to check if the balls were completely melted and stuck to the pads on the board. the correct size for solder balls for GDDR6 is 0.45mm.

[@LegacyGameWorkshop]

@@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql They are preballed from where I purchased them from. I did tap it and didn't get any movement so maybe they weren't melted completely. Thanks for your quick response, Loving your videos.

[@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql]

It could be that it was not melted completely.

[@MrBudwipe]

I had the same problem. I bought preballed memory chips. And I also had problems with them not sinking. Then I removed the solvent and added new solder balls on the original memory chips. Then I succeeded in the 1st attempt. And got my 3070 working again.

[@isabelgodwin5494]

Last pad looks like you missed one I’m sure you fixed it later tho nice work

[@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql]

Yes there was one pad that was left out. That was a not-connected Pad so it did not matter. 😁

[@Happyguy60]

great video my friend. but do i need a pre heater to do memory replacement on a graphics card myself?

[@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql]

Yes you would need a preheater to remove and install memory.

[@kokodin5895]

can you tell me how would you aproach repair when all memory chips on amd gpu would be bad and you would have a donor with a different brand and model memory? in situation when the same vendor made this model with this memory you would probably hlash the bios nad move memory chips, but what if this particular memory was never used by the manufacturer of this gpu and there is no bios because this is a custom pcb version is there a way to extract memory configuration from other amd gpu and patch it intoa bios pulled from a broken card? would this work or would there be more things to change?

[@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql]

Ok. Now that's a video in itself. First I would want to know which is this card brand and model. Normally all memory do not go faulty unless the issue is with the core itself. How did you test it. Tserver or memtunes? If it's older card like RX580 II assume you used tserver. For newer cards like 6000 series I assume you used memtunes. For newer models mostly Samsung is used compared to Hynix or Micron. For these cards bios is written for all memory modules in the same BIOS. So you only have to change straps so bios understands which memory is installed. For older cards like the 580, 480 etc the bios is individually written so you will have to flash the bios apart from changing the straps. The best place to find BIOS is techpowerup. Many can be found in the unverified section. Extreme rare scenario I would have all memory actually faulty on the AMD card. But I would be in a better position to make suggestions if I know the AIB name and model of the card.

[@kokodin5895]

@@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql it is more hipotetical than practical question and it goes to bonaire gpu teritory so not so many programs support that it is low profile w4300 to be exact and bios only support one batch of memory 256word by 32 bit 4 chips 4gb in total, i wouldn't have the exact memory at hand so the card is sitting on a backburner for now, i have some spare hynix chips from broken oem r5 430 batch , cards were smashed in shipment and cores were crashed, but memory seems ok and is free but there is no bios for w4300 or w5100 that support it, most of the bioses for those use 128 word by 32 bit in 8 chips, the only bios with that exact config i have is asus r7 240 and i extracted memory table from it but i am still not sure if just patching it into w4300 bios make it able to run it or is there some other places to look, to be honest i would even more likely transfer it to some hd7790/r7260x pcb for better vrm and cooling, but the rest of the board might not like the swaped bios and i would have to do the same to actual bios of that gaming pcb that's an old tech by today's standards and not very loved by modders

[@kokodin5895]

@@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql i mean not all memory is broken on that w4300 is broken but it is samsung memory, all i have to spare is hynix of similar specs and that particular samsung memory is not economical for me to get and i simply can't just add 2 hynix chips to 2 samsung ones

[@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql]

BIOS programming is really not my cup of tea. So I really would not be able to advise modifying a BIOS program. But I can say that editing bios from a different card is really not the way to go at least I would not try that. I did check techpowerup and the only version available is in unverified BIOS and it is for Samsung only. In this scenario, i would suggest sticking to Samsung unless you or someone else can modify the current BIOS on your card to Hynix. That will also depend if you have the schematics of that card so you can change the straps so that the BIOS can read the new brand memory, in your case Hynix. I would spend that kind of time reprogramming BIOS and installing new memory on that card only if there was any emotional value to it or I would leave it aside and move on.

[@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql]

You can buy GDDR5 Samsung memory from Aliexpress. Its still available.

[@Lukasz703]

Bro change solder mask or UV lamp. Try relife 3S green color for example. You will thank me later. Speaking of solder lamp I’m using Mechanic uv lamp portable version . This duo cure solder mask within 10 seconds and it’s hard like my D!

[@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql]

Sure I will try that. Currently I am using mechanic solder mask. I have both green and black both. But I will buy relief and try it. I want to change my UV lamp. It sucks. I will buy that one too.

[@miraalnilam9540]

you got a brand/model for your auggest lamp @lukasz ?