Zotac RTX 2070 Repair (No POST, No Video)

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@gt1man931 5 ай бұрын

Still a pretty fair 1080p card and good for another couple years for most gamers. What an odd problem. I wonder if something else is actually failing and that frame put stress on the failing part, some smd component in the area maybe?

@Mele.HobbyRepairNMods 5 ай бұрын

@gt1man931 That seems likely. The frame itself doesn't seem stock, I think usually the Nvidia ones are beige in color. So it might not have the right clearance, and possibly putting uneven pressure on the core. My suspicion is that there might be cracked solder balls under the core, which causes the no detect issue (kinda makes sense since certain pads under the core controls the PCIe communications). And the frame changes the pressure on those pads, which might explain the symptoms. But this is only my guess, what do you think?

@wonderbiff 4 ай бұрын

I have a 2070 I just broke, do you do repairs for a fee? The motherboard would reboot when I connected a USB drive right as the ground touched the case and the shield of the mother board, not knowing this was going to break things, I added a PCI-e USB Card and connected it to power, after that it didn't reboot when I plugged in a USB drive so I thought what ever that ground issue was, it is no longer floating... so I added the 2070, there was already a 2060 and the computer booted but when I checked device manager only the 2060 was there and the 2070 was really hot at the GPU. I put it back in the computer it came from it got really hot again and the computer didn't boot, I didn't smell anything but it seems like it is a project, I don't think I have the skill for it but I would love to get the card fixed. I can send the computer that broke it too if you are interested, it is still booting but that USB issue with the x58 Sabertooth is what I think killed the card so I am scraping that part of the project. Since the computer didn't die I guess it is the GPU is the issue and maybe not even worth checking. I am going to do some basic testing and if the GPU data pins seem bad then I guess it is lost but it seems worth at least asking.

@Mele.HobbyRepairNMods 4 ай бұрын

Hi @wonderbiff, I am not currently offering repair services since I am still learning the proper way to diagnose and repair GPUs, and this is meant to just be a hobby. Although I have fixed 2 out of 3 cards, I feel like i'm still lacking in the experience department, and don't feel right learning at your expense. If you would like to send it for repair, I can recommend someone who is a lot more experienced and equipped than I am. Just send me an email at mele.hobbyrepair@gmail.com, and I will forward you the info. That said, it sounds like the USB port on your X58 Sabertooth is shorted, or the USB device you plugged into it is shorted. Newer motherboards comes with OCP chips on the USB ports, which themselves could go bad. Not sure if the X58 uses OCP chips, but most probably not. I think your next steps here is to measure the PCIe pins on the GPU, and check resistances for the first 3 pins (on the heatsink side) which are the 12V rails, and the 4th pin back from the notch (also on the heatsink side) which is the 3.3V rail. If any of those measures under 1kohm, than you possibly have a shorted voltage rail. Let me know what you find! By the way, I can't figure out why you would put a 2060 and 2070 in the same computer, the only reason I can think of is maybe SLI?