I got an email from someone who will send over the 90 degree socket coming from another country. I will do a part 2 and solder the new 90 degree connector once we have it.
i think current connector will make it saver since the extended cable (converter cable) will pressed between the board and the fan case, also that way will avoid broken and burnt out extended cable (that very common issue with new type of gpu power converter cable) except your customer using newest power supply that come with new tipe power connector
You should definitely thoroughly test the card for a year, just to see if you did a proper fix. I'm sure they don't mind waiting until the Christmas of 2023
I was wondering about that problem even before you realized it yourself on the video ... I was like .. "hmmmm is he gonna mod the cooling assembly or what is he gonna do :D ?"
The 4090 has a cable that plugs into it that splits that one connector into 4 cables (150w each) so there is no way he can plug that in. Also the 4090 connectors have been melting if not plugged in correctly and with limited bend in the cable. I do know CableMod makes a 90° but it might be to thick. If this dose work though it will be ideal for a horizontal mount.
There are aftermarket 90 degree connectors that could fit in there. Also a small correction: one 8 pin PCIE can deliver up to 288watts (8x12x3), the 150W rating is from some obscure old manufacturer safety guideline.
The trick is plug in the 1 to 4 connector cable when the card is not mounted in the case. At this point you can very easy ensure the cable is plugged in correctly
Why not RMA it with gigabytes??? My gigabytes 4080 power connector and adapter was hard to connect all the way, I as a smart person just connected it carefully… so far no problems..
As soon as I felt how much force was needed to plug in the official power adapter on my 4070 Ti, I knew there was going to be cases like this showing up with the 40-series. The replacement PSU cable I bought from Corsair was much easier to plug in and gave out a loud click when seated.
I don't think he damaged it first try, he must have tried to unplug the connector as well and try to plug it back in several times before it happened. I don't think it's even possible to damage it while plugging it the first time. My wild guess is that he damaged it when he tried to unplug it from the board, but he didn't press the tab that lets the connector loose so he must have tried to pull it out therefore damaging the pins in the process.
If I had a card that cost more than most PC's by itself, I would be very careful with it. No matter what, it took a ridiculous amount of force to snap all those pins clean like that.
They will say that is user error, it does not break off by itself... To snap those pins he was obviously applying stupid amounts of force. People with a lot of money do not learn to respect the value of things, so he learns this lesson the hard way.
i know you are a professional. I've done a few repairs like this to were i used low melt solder then used a pick to push the pin out the bottom. Like you heat it with the hot air and just take a pick on top of the board and push the pin out the bottom. Nice Videos! Keep up the good work!
Imagine the force applied to connect the cable … sorry for the customer but he is a savage , this card is a monster you cannot break it unless you use tremendous force ! I have this card and it’s a beast
Ive done consumer electronics repair in the past as well for almost 10 years and handled these sort of thick multilayer boards as well. If there was one thing i always hated was these thick boards comming in with some dead old solder on it. Good luck cleaning that up. Quality solder and flux is key, as well as skills and experience to use the right technique and heat to not mess up the boards traces and pads etc. Good job on the fix love the video's you guys put on.
I did own a Aorus 4080 which is using same design for cooler and for sure the connector. For my card it was really a pain to remove the cable once plugged in. This is a good thing at first but that might explain why customer did break the connector. Thumbs up for the work done!
The solder wick can be re-used , if melted together with the tin of the solder you get bronze it's the same metal used for statues and 3rd place medals in competitions ,
As a journeyman plumber I have ran through miles of solder putting together copper homes and repairs. I did not have the luxury of a fume extractor yet here I am 20 years after retiring from a 22 year carrier as a plumber and my health is just fine!
They banned the use of lead in pluming solder in 1986, in the US. If the solder contains lead, the melting process can release fumes that contain toxic lead oxide fumes. Inhaling the fumes can add to lead accumulation in the body. In solder fumes you can find other hazardous substances. But lead oxide is by far the most unwanted. Also you are the sample of one. It is like saying I have been smoking 40 cigarettes a day for 22 years, and my my health is just fine!. Ergo smoking is safe. Please stop being a male Karen.
@@spaceducky101 Survivorship bias is a type of selection bias where the results, or survivors, of a particular outcome are disproportionately evaluated. Those who "failed", or did not survive, might even be ignored. Your point being?
".....it's a gaming board but, have some respect...." Agree, show some respect to the elderly, and I say this with the utmost respect. Your knowledge surpass your age by decades.....
I found a way to reuse some spent wick.. Fixed wifes crockpot that had a button go out. its cheap and button went out. Took a button off an xbox controller and it was through hole button on the board but not the button I was using so I filled the holes with some used wick and made a pad with it on the other side of the board and now it works! Great video! made my first order off yalls site today. excited to get some good tweezers!
I doubt the customer will be able to connect the cable to it, these new cables only allow just for minimal bending up to a certain distance from the connector.
Thanks for another instructive video! It is a very clear example of the magic and necessity of low melt solder. By the way, I have had the same problem before with anchor points that were horizontal instead of vertical. I was able to solve that by bending the legs 90 degrees on their own axis, so they just fit.
I just bought the same card 3 days ago still not here but don’t this card have a 4 year factory warranty? Even then you still have a month to return card for any reason?
@@atimo4959 I think so lol, definitely wouldn't be leaving it the way it is now either as that is a sharp bend you wouldn't even get the nvidia supplied connector in there if he's using that.. I know he mentioned a 90° adapter but I don't think there are any available right now from reputable pc cable manufacturers.
Here's *another* problem with the 12VHPWR 16-pin connectors that have been problematic since day one. It seems clear that what this customer did was to view one too many videos from the usual suspects before receiving his card as a gift. The videos told him "make sure you FORCE THE CONNECTOR INTO THE INTERFACE TO MAKE SURE IT'S SEATED PROPERLY". So, that's what he did. And then he broke the connector right off the board. It took A LOT of force to break the connector off entirely. This is what happens when you trust the information given to you by people who ARE NOT technicians or engineers but only PRETEND to be on RUclips.
I saw that you will get a 90 degree socket, that's great ! . But I wanted to know if you could solder the connector on the other side of the board so the connector is accessible?
I'm the owner of this card and really appreciate Northridge going the extra mile to help. I am concerned the connector will be too difficult to get to, but if that's our only option is what it is. Willing to wait and see if we can get an appropriate fix if Northridge wants to invest the time to do so. For those saying I "abused" the card, did I break it? Yes, yes I did. Did I push too hard? No, not at all. I plugged it in once and it had a gap so I disconnected it and tried again. After the card broke doing a quick reddit search nearly everyone that owns this card has confirmed the power cable adapter does not click like other brands. Since it never clicked, I wiggled the connector the second time and that's when it broke. This card is extremely hard to unplug the adapter once it's in. I did not apply super human force to this card. I still stand by the connector was poorly soldered from the factory or there was a defect. I've built many PC systems and never had issues like this, but this is also only my second gigabyte card when I normally buy Asus or EVGA. When all you see is people saying "don't let there be a gap" I never once thought this card would be different than the other brands. For those questioning the warranty, I broke it and accept fault which is why I asked Alex to help. He is the only person I would trust to work on a card this expensive and if he couldn't/can't fix it, I will sell it for parts.
@@shamgarconnors I did thank you, but would prefer the connector be the correct way if at all possible. If Alex can't or doesn't have the availability I will go that route. Appreciate everyone's suggestions thus far!
I sent Alex a link to a connector that should fit your card the correct way, and I also commented on his pinned comment. So hopefully he sees it and it gets resolved.
Alex. I recently found your channel. I really enjoy watching you fix all types of electronics. I’m interested in learning soldering skills. I never done it before. I’ve watched other RUclips channels on this subject and I find myself critiquing them based on how you do it. I’m not impressed by the other’s. I want to buy a t-shirt you sell. But I’m a big guy. Hello to Big Boss the Boss of all bosses!! I look forward to all new videos! Keep it up. Blessings to you and all your family 👍✌️
I wonder if bending/straightening the pins on the broken connector would have allowed pushing the remainder of the broken pins out of the board after heating?
Seen one other repair exactly like this one. All pinns broken off the same way. They cound not find a new connector eather (guy from Italy) so he went another way with replacing just the pinns inside the connector. He could get the pinns from somewhere and he puched out the broken pinns from the connector and pushed in new ones.
If i were repairing instead of Alex i would send him the card exactly with that power connector, that's what you get for destroying your own graphics card.
Wires would not be able to withstand the force of plugging a cable into the connector. You need something that will essentially bind it to the board. I suppose he could've used metal pins of the same thickness and just soldered them to the pins on the original connector, but the problem there is that you now have more potential points of failure. This is why It's better in this case to just replace the connector as a whole.
20:00 Does that pins should be in 90 degree angle versus the board? How the cables will be fit beneth cooling radiator? I'm not an expert. Just asking.
@@GregoryShtevensh Yes, you have right. Owner of this graphics card can but a waterblok feom EKWB fkr example and mount it without worrying of interference with gpu cooler
What a pain. I mean it seems like you could manually swap 90 degree pins in there until the connectors are available but what a pain that would be. Amazing work as always though.
you can reduce the 90 degre bend on the back of the connector to increase the length of the pin its like pipe bending its gonna suck but it might work to get the pins to contact the board.
Jobs like this are a pain, when you cant quite get the correct angle or height connector because it is slightly proprietary I used to repair printers and computers back in the 90's so feel your pain
Wicking up unleaded solder is very hard, espacially with a thick board like this which absorbs a lot of heat from your soldering process. Additionally you cant remove all solder out of the holes by wicking, so you have to heat up anyway to remove the pin
The solder helps transfer the heat making it easier to either push or pull the pins out. As you can see, even when the pins were removed, wicking up the excess solder in the holes took some time. What you don't want to do is apply so much heat that the traces start to lift from the PC board.
Could this be a result of that, connector not pressed in enough might cause a fire issue. Dont press hard enough you get a fire/press too hard it snaps? Should probably be covered by warranty since it is a result of bad design?
So thats the question as you mention on 22:45 the connector is being held by 18 pins, and its gone take a buldozer to rip it of, so I still dont get it how the owner managed to rip it this of ?
Customer will need an adapter, which in a 4090 maybe will end in heat problems and a melted connector. I hope Alex could find the 90 degree original connectors
@Jo Blow i'm not saying it won't be a tight fit, but it looks like there is over half an inch of clearance over that connector, so folding the cable before pluging it in should do the trick. I dunno for sure though, my 3070 still has the old molex connectors.
@@spyroledragon no, I have one of those, you cannot fold the connector ... and the connector itself is not small, even if you could fold it it you would not be able to fit it in and then push it down.
@@Siminfrance reminds me when I fixed old sega saturn controllers to change their busted 90 degrees rotated microswitches, took some from a mouse that were straight and it was quite a challenge to make it to work, hot glue was my only option, but I wouldn't trust hot glue on such an expensive graphic card.
Couldn't you re-pin the old connector using the pins from the new connector? Then bend the pin 90 deg and you have the correct connector in the correct orientation.
couldn't you of bought a extender cable and cut the connector and soldered them into the holes? so that he can actually plug in the cable? it looks incredibly difficult to plug that cable in now
you could have used a wooden toothpick after low melt solder to push the pins out :) and maybe solder the connector from the other side so it's easyer to connect ?
Alex, I find your videos SOOOOO relaxing, I think it is super cool how you take your time to try, test and ensure that the customer receives a super result. By the way, how many years have you been working in Micro-Electronics? And how did you first get in to it? Keep up the good work!
I'd like to know the back story also of what his first bench job was and doing what? It takes years of experience to reach Alexs' level of expertise. Alex been riding a bench since he was a teenager. Im not saying those silvery hairs mean anything. lol
Instead of all this, I would make a pigtail cable with 4 6-pin using 6mm stranded copper wire with silicone insulation as extension. It would make car ugly, but it will never melt.
Hi Alex. Is there any possibility that the connector you used could have been mounted from the underside of the board and still be compatible with the cable that connects to it? it looks like it would work.
I checked, and there is a 90 degree PCIe 5.0 12VHPWR 16Pin 12+4Pin Male GPU Power Cable Connector available from Ali. Also is there sufficient clearance for a 180° angle adapter to fit?
aren't those still under warranty and able to be sent back to the manufacturer for a new one for basically nothing? lol some people, i find tons of RTX series cards on ebay all the time that are still in warranty but are broken and being sold for dirt cheap
The only thing that would have made this more satisfying is hearing a metal "clink" sound as you drop the broken pins into a metal dish, like in action movies when they remove bullets from people and drop them in a metal dish.
Hmm... the plug into the pins may have different shape. Square, trapezoid-like plastic connection. Between the customer's and the connector you found, does it match? 🤔
I gotta ask maybe some one can tell me. How does something like this happen? All thous pins including the legs which are much bigger break of like that. Even if you rock the connector back and forth i dont see how something like this could happen. Its like he removed it from the shell and he broke it of somehow maybe to try and replace the thermal pads for better ones etc. I just don't get it.
It would be nice to see an attempt to use the existing connector I m sure with the right mind it can be salvageable but probably not economical so still a good repair but the cable is quiet thick and bending doesn’t help with these boards so I wonder if you might make part 2 with old connector repair attempt thank you for your content always happy to see repair stuff 😊
I really doubt 90 degrees connector exist for this type of connector for this card. Also this what he did is not possible to insert cables bellow cooler, especially if they are thick wrapped in that net as most PSUs do, they are not bendy at all.
I got an email from someone who will send over the 90 degree socket coming from another country. I will do a part 2 and solder the new 90 degree connector once we have it.
i think current connector will make it saver since the extended cable (converter cable) will pressed between the board and the fan case, also that way will avoid broken and burnt out extended cable (that very common issue with new type of gpu power converter cable) except your customer using newest power supply that come with new tipe power connector
thats good news, as i was worried about how the customer going to plug in the power supply when all the heatsink and covering is back on the card.
@UCb4jUDt_laQdAmThqXt9KJg Yeah its the one but without anchor points
You should definitely thoroughly test the card for a year, just to see if you did a proper fix. I'm sure they don't mind waiting until the Christmas of 2023
I was wondering about that problem even before you realized it yourself on the video ... I was like .. "hmmmm is he gonna mod the cooling assembly or what is he gonna do :D ?"
The 4090 has a cable that plugs into it that splits that one connector into 4 cables (150w each) so there is no way he can plug that in. Also the 4090 connectors have been melting if not plugged in correctly and with limited bend in the cable. I do know CableMod makes a 90° but it might be to thick.
If this dose work though it will be ideal for a horizontal mount.
There are aftermarket 90 degree connectors that could fit in there. Also a small correction: one 8 pin PCIE can deliver up to 288watts (8x12x3), the 150W rating is from some obscure old manufacturer safety guideline.
The trick is plug in the 1 to 4 connector cable when the card is not mounted in the case. At this point you can very easy ensure the cable is plugged in correctly
this the 4090 connector issue as even custom cables are burning too if not well properly inserted
The connectors themselves have been breaking
Why not RMA it with gigabytes??? My gigabytes 4080 power connector and adapter was hard to connect all the way, I as a smart person just connected it carefully… so far no problems..
As soon as I felt how much force was needed to plug in the official power adapter on my 4070 Ti, I knew there was going to be cases like this showing up with the 40-series. The replacement PSU cable I bought from Corsair was much easier to plug in and gave out a loud click when seated.
I would not have had any problems with them stacking as many molex connections on it as it needed. I’m not a fan of the high power cable at all
The card owner was so worried about the insertion gap issue so he hammered it in. XD
I don't think he damaged it first try, he must have tried to unplug the connector as well and try to plug it back in several times before it happened. I don't think it's even possible to damage it while plugging it the first time. My wild guess is that he damaged it when he tried to unplug it from the board, but he didn't press the tab that lets the connector loose so he must have tried to pull it out therefore damaging the pins in the process.
If I had a card that cost more than most PC's by itself, I would be very careful with it. No matter what, it took a ridiculous amount of force to snap all those pins clean like that.
@@Ryan_DeWitt Sometimes it don't matter how carefull you are if you lack knowledge about the card. It's a fair mistake to make.
If it's a brand new card, what happened to the warranty? There's no way they'd all sheer off at that point. Manufacturing issue.
Yeah the force needed to do this would break the board(PCB) long before the pins would sheer.
They will say that is user error, it does not break off by itself...
To snap those pins he was obviously applying stupid amounts of force.
People with a lot of money do not learn to respect the value of things, so he learns this lesson the hard way.
The customer did some mod to the board, prob thermal paste. Look at the chip at 1:10
Gigatrash thats why. One of the worst warranty polices
wrong.
Steve kinda proved it was from from improper connection.
100% user error
i know you are a professional. I've done a few repairs like this to were i used low melt solder then used a pick to push the pin out the bottom. Like you heat it with the hot air and just take a pick on top of the board and push the pin out the bottom. Nice Videos! Keep up the good work!
Imagine the force applied to connect the cable … sorry for the customer but he is a savage , this card is a monster you cannot break it unless you use tremendous force !
I have this card and it’s a beast
Ive done consumer electronics repair in the past as well for almost 10 years and handled these sort of thick multilayer boards as well. If there was one thing i always hated was these thick boards comming in with some dead old solder on it. Good luck cleaning that up. Quality solder and flux is key, as well as skills and experience to use the right technique and heat to not mess up the boards traces and pads etc. Good job on the fix love the video's you guys put on.
for multilayer board you must put it on preheater for 5 minutes
What about soldering wires on the PCB and small harness to to connector so it's not a pain to connect for the customer ?
I did own a Aorus 4080 which is using same design for cooler and for sure the connector. For my card it was really a pain to remove the cable once plugged in. This is a good thing at first but that might explain why customer did break the connector. Thumbs up for the work done!
*Alex, your sense of humour is as savage as your talents are amazing. Respect!*
What kind of rich Gorilla snaps the power connector of a 4090?
The solder wick can be re-used , if melted together with the tin of the solder you get bronze it's the same metal used for statues and 3rd place medals in competitions ,
this guy fixes! i have been captivateed by his videos recently. beautiful work.
The dongle to attach the card to a power supply can't be plugged into the card now. Gonna need to get the proper connector on there.
As a journeyman plumber I have ran through miles of solder putting together copper homes and repairs. I did not have the luxury of a fume extractor yet here I am 20 years after retiring from a 22 year carrier as a plumber and my health is just fine!
Yeah worked on a farm all my life all sorts of nasty shite and im not dead. No safety at all on farms.
They banned the use of lead in pluming solder in 1986, in the US. If the solder contains lead, the melting process can release fumes that contain toxic lead oxide fumes. Inhaling the fumes can add to lead accumulation in the body. In solder fumes you can find other hazardous substances. But lead oxide is by far the most unwanted.
Also you are the sample of one. It is like saying I have been smoking 40 cigarettes a day for 22 years, and my my health is just fine!. Ergo smoking is safe. Please stop being a male Karen.
Look up survivorship bias.
@@spaceducky101 Survivorship bias is a type of selection bias where the results, or survivors, of a particular outcome are disproportionately evaluated. Those who "failed", or did not survive, might even be ignored.
Your point being?
".....it's a gaming board but, have some respect...." Agree, show some respect to the elderly, and I say this with the utmost respect. Your knowledge surpass your age by decades.....
How do you completely break all pins on such a solid looking connector, but don't damage anything else?
I love when day begins with NortridgeFix video :)
I found a way to reuse some spent wick.. Fixed wifes crockpot that had a button go out. its cheap and button went out. Took a button off an xbox controller and it was through hole button on the board but not the button I was using so I filled the holes with some used wick and made a pad with it on the other side of the board and now it works! Great video! made my first order off yalls site today. excited to get some good tweezers!
I doubt the customer will be able to connect the cable to it, these new cables only allow just for minimal bending up to a certain distance from the connector.
Thanks for another instructive video! It is a very clear example of the magic and necessity of low melt solder.
By the way, I have had the same problem before with anchor points that were horizontal instead of vertical. I was able to solve that by bending the legs 90 degrees on their own axis, so they just fit.
Yes I thought that would be a better option
You can't twist the anchor pins to fit in the hole?Just asking.
Impressive force to sheer that many pins without damaging the board. I wonder what really happened.
right???
Can you plug in the cable adaptor first, then place on the heatsink?
Not enough space, and cables are thick so they may not bend enough to do that.
I thought you were going to bend those two anchor pins vertically to insert them in the board. I guess it works anyway
24:30 I would go with the 90 degree adapter. CableMod has some nice ones.
Would you recommend adding some UV glue to help reinforce the connector?
digikey and mouser has some. Just search CEM-5 they seem like they have plastic supports legs instead of metal though.
I just bought the same card 3 days ago still not here but don’t this card have a 4 year factory warranty? Even then you still have a month to return card for any reason?
Holy shit what'd he plug it in with, a hammer?
Think this customer was a bit to paranoid about the cable catching fire lol 🤣
@@atimo4959 I think so lol, definitely wouldn't be leaving it the way it is now either as that is a sharp bend you wouldn't even get the nvidia supplied connector in there if he's using that..
I know he mentioned a 90° adapter but I don't think there are any available right now from reputable pc cable manufacturers.
When the Incredible Hulk builds a PC...
@@justinspiredfallout hahaha nice
More like: he yanked the cable with all of his retarded might, he really wanted that connector to fail, one way or another.
Warranty?
Here's *another* problem with the 12VHPWR 16-pin connectors that have been problematic since day one. It seems clear that what this customer did was to view one too many videos from the usual suspects before receiving his card as a gift. The videos told him "make sure you FORCE THE CONNECTOR INTO THE INTERFACE TO MAKE SURE IT'S SEATED PROPERLY". So, that's what he did. And then he broke the connector right off the board. It took A LOT of force to break the connector off entirely. This is what happens when you trust the information given to you by people who ARE NOT technicians or engineers but only PRETEND to be on RUclips.
I saw that you will get a 90 degree socket, that's great ! . But I wanted to know if you could solder the connector on the other side of the board so the connector is accessible?
that connector has a very poor design it could also be user error too but to not be able to bend a cable I feel as it is their design flaw
I'm the owner of this card and really appreciate Northridge going the extra mile to help. I am concerned the connector will be too difficult to get to, but if that's our only option is what it is. Willing to wait and see if we can get an appropriate fix if Northridge wants to invest the time to do so.
For those saying I "abused" the card, did I break it? Yes, yes I did. Did I push too hard? No, not at all. I plugged it in once and it had a gap so I disconnected it and tried again. After the card broke doing a quick reddit search nearly everyone that owns this card has confirmed the power cable adapter does not click like other brands. Since it never clicked, I wiggled the connector the second time and that's when it broke. This card is extremely hard to unplug the adapter once it's in. I did not apply super human force to this card. I still stand by the connector was poorly soldered from the factory or there was a defect. I've built many PC systems and never had issues like this, but this is also only my second gigabyte card when I normally buy Asus or EVGA. When all you see is people saying "don't let there be a gap" I never once thought this card would be different than the other brands.
For those questioning the warranty, I broke it and accept fault which is why I asked Alex to help. He is the only person I would trust to work on a card this expensive and if he couldn't/can't fix it, I will sell it for parts.
did you see if you can just get a 90 degree connector to put on the card? i think someone was making them
@@shamgarconnors I did thank you, but would prefer the connector be the correct way if at all possible. If Alex can't or doesn't have the availability I will go that route. Appreciate everyone's suggestions thus far!
Thanks for accepting fault so we can eliminate much "faulty" speculation.
@@shamgarconnors using an adapter would add unnecessary resistance, heat, and another point of failure (melt, as if the original doesn't already).
I sent Alex a link to a connector that should fit your card the correct way, and I also commented on his pinned comment. So hopefully he sees it and it gets resolved.
Alex. I recently found your channel. I really enjoy watching you fix all types of electronics. I’m interested in learning soldering skills. I never done it before. I’ve watched other RUclips channels on this subject and I find myself critiquing them based on how you do it. I’m not impressed by the other’s. I want to buy a t-shirt you sell. But I’m a big guy. Hello to Big Boss the Boss of all bosses!! I look forward to all new videos! Keep it up. Blessings to you and all your family 👍✌️
I have been watching your videos for years and this one with Wick washing just made my day.
I wonder if bending/straightening the pins on the broken connector would have allowed pushing the remainder of the broken pins out of the board after heating?
Thanks , I could watch you do magic all day.. you are very skilled.
Seen one other repair exactly like this one. All pinns broken off the same way.
They cound not find a new connector eather (guy from Italy) so he went another way with replacing just the pinns inside the connector. He could get the pinns from somewhere and he puched out the broken pinns from the connector and pushed in new ones.
That was some force put on that connector for them to snap it off!
He's going to have a hell of a time plugging in that power cable
If i were repairing instead of Alex i would send him the card exactly with that power connector, that's what you get for destroying your own graphics card.
Why didn't you bend the pins on the new connector at 90 degrees?
Gorgeous job. Thank you for all the tips when dealing with such thick beast boards.
plugging in the 12VHPWR connector would be gorgeous as well.
Great job, I have a question, why didn't solder wires direct to socket hols besides waiting too long for a new socket?
Wires would not be able to withstand the force of plugging a cable into the connector. You need something that will essentially bind it to the board.
I suppose he could've used metal pins of the same thickness and just soldered them to the pins on the original connector, but the problem there is that you now have more potential points of failure.
This is why It's better in this case to just replace the connector as a whole.
Why did the customer send it to you instead of RMA the card?
20:00 Does that pins should be in 90 degree angle versus the board? How the cables will be fit beneth cooling radiator? I'm not an expert. Just asking.
You dont need a cooler
@@GregoryShtevensh Yes, you have right. Owner of this graphics card can but a waterblok feom EKWB fkr example and mount it without worrying of interference with gpu cooler
What a pain. I mean it seems like you could manually swap 90 degree pins in there until the connectors are available but what a pain that would be. Amazing work as always though.
Is flux a newer thing my dad was a electronics tech til he passed 20 years ago
instead of bending the anchors could they be twisted instead?
Would a desoldering station not have been a good choice for this job?
you can reduce the 90 degre bend on the back of the connector to increase the length of the pin its like pipe bending its gonna suck but it might work to get the pins to contact the board.
U can solder the pin on the opposite side of the board where there is no heatsink?
Welcome to this version of "Why Some People Should Not Have Nice Things"
For the Future, Cablemod has some 90° cables now...
Jobs like this are a pain, when you cant quite get the correct angle or height connector because it is slightly proprietary I used to repair printers and computers back in the 90's so feel your pain
Newbie Question: wouldn't it have been easier to wick up the solder around the pins so the stuck pin connectors have nothing to hang on to?
Wicking up unleaded solder is very hard, espacially with a thick board like this which absorbs a lot of heat from your soldering process. Additionally you cant remove all solder out of the holes by wicking, so you have to heat up anyway to remove the pin
The solder helps transfer the heat making it easier to either push or pull the pins out. As you can see, even when the pins were removed, wicking up the excess solder in the holes took some time. What you don't want to do is apply so much heat that the traces start to lift from the PC board.
There no way he plugged it in gently . He had to jam that shit in there to break it off like that. My 4090 is pretty damn solid
Could this be a result of that, connector not pressed in enough might cause a fire issue. Dont press hard enough you get a fire/press too hard it snaps? Should probably be covered by warranty since it is a result of bad design?
Why didn't he just RMA it?
Customer probaly modified the card 1:10 has thermal on the chip
When it comes to thick boards small drills and drill bits work wonders.
I am really really curious how they solder that in the factory?
So thats the question as you mention on 22:45 the connector is being held by 18 pins, and its gone take a buldozer to rip it of, so I still dont get it how the owner managed to rip it this of ?
Dosnt have waranty ???
Straight connector will be less likely to snap than vertical when you apply connecting force with the cable so I'm calling this an improvement. 👍
Maybe, but without a right angle connector for the cable it is useless.
Also, not sure how it will be connected there seem a few things in the way.
Customer will need an adapter, which in a 4090 maybe will end in heat problems and a melted connector. I hope Alex could find the 90 degree original connectors
@Jo Blow i'm not saying it won't be a tight fit, but it looks like there is over half an inch of clearance over that connector, so folding the cable before pluging it in should do the trick. I dunno for sure though, my 3070 still has the old molex connectors.
@@spyroledragon no, I have one of those, you cannot fold the connector ... and the connector itself is not small, even if you could fold it it you would not be able to fit it in and then push it down.
@@Siminfrance reminds me when I fixed old sega saturn controllers to change their busted 90 degrees rotated microswitches, took some from a mouse that were straight and it was quite a challenge to make it to work, hot glue was my only option, but I wouldn't trust hot glue on such an expensive graphic card.
What's the liquid applied @21:46? Is that flux remover?
How do you shear off 16 pins in one fell swoop?
Couldn't you re-pin the old connector using the pins from the new connector? Then bend the pin 90 deg and you have the correct connector in the correct orientation.
13:20 Of course you can reuse the wick. Just use some more wick to remove the solder from the first wick. 😳
that will be WICKED 🤣
If i need to tin a trace or clean a dirty oxi trace, i use a used piece of wick from that same job, does a nice job.
get it real hot and shake it, ouch, ouch
couldn't you of bought a extender cable and cut the connector and soldered them into the holes? so that he can actually plug in the cable? it looks incredibly difficult to plug that cable in now
can't you solder the old connector back to its legs ?
you could have used a wooden toothpick after low melt solder to push the pins out :) and maybe solder the connector from the other side so it's easyer to connect ?
Alex, I find your videos SOOOOO relaxing, I think it is super cool how you take your time to try, test and ensure that the customer receives a super result. By the way, how many years have you been working in Micro-Electronics? And how did you first get in to it? Keep up the good work!
I'd like to know the back story also of what his first bench job was and doing what? It takes years of experience to reach Alexs' level of expertise. Alex been riding a bench since he was a teenager. Im not saying those silvery hairs mean anything. lol
They don't let me do board repairs at work anymore, even during lunch! So watching this channel is my lunch hour entertainment.
You can try hot twisters to hold the broken pins and desolder it at the same time??
I can't see, I can't see, I can't see the glare!! 🙂 thank you!!! You finally turn the anti glare on at 6:06 🙂
Instead of all this, I would make a pigtail cable with 4 6-pin using 6mm stranded copper wire with silicone insulation as extension. It would make car ugly, but it will never melt.
How hard would you have to push on that connector to snap all the pins like that?
The answer would be if gorilla was trying to connect that cable... people are just that dumb.
Could you put extension cables and then the connector? it would be hanging but accessable.
Hi Alex. Is there any possibility that the connector you used could have been mounted from the underside of the board and still be compatible with the cable that connects to it? it looks like it would work.
I still don't understand how people buy the 40 series
I checked, and there is a 90 degree PCIe 5.0 12VHPWR 16Pin 12+4Pin Male GPU Power Cable Connector available from Ali. Also is there sufficient clearance for a 180° angle adapter to fit?
I would not trust it
Was that card not supposed to be under warranty?
Thanks for showing final product put back together
aren't those still under warranty and able to be sent back to the manufacturer for a new one for basically nothing?
lol some people, i find tons of RTX series cards on ebay all the time that are still in warranty but are broken and being sold for dirt cheap
You would have to prove fault was caused by a manufacturing defect and not user error
@@gordonm2821 i see, well next time they should be careful when handling a 2000$ graphics card xD
The only thing that would have made this more satisfying is hearing a metal "clink" sound as you drop the broken pins into a metal dish, like in action movies when they remove bullets from people and drop them in a metal dish.
Alex your a friggin magician! You always amaze me with your mad skills! Love your channel even though I am NOT a solderer!
yeah he fixed that beast like a pro
Would it not have been possible to push the pins through rather than pull them
Are you not able to twist the anchor pins 90 degrees and press them through the holes?
Never mind, My bad. I understand the issue now.... Look forward to the part 2.
90 degree connectors basically don't exist yet for that connector type. At least not from reliable source.
Hmm... the plug into the pins may have different shape. Square, trapezoid-like plastic connection. Between the customer's and the connector you found, does it match? 🤔
I gotta ask maybe some one can tell me. How does something like this happen? All thous pins including the legs which are much bigger break of like that. Even if you rock the connector back and forth i dont see how something like this could happen. Its like he removed it from the shell and he broke it of somehow maybe to try and replace the thermal pads for better ones etc. I just don't get it.
Had similar issue and desolder gun worked a treat
When you said "just throw the wick into the washer, you'll be fine", I was like "surely he must be joking" :P Great video as always. Keep it up.
a real hot wringer washer
How do you solder and blower at same time 😅
Good job we wait part 2 video.
Do those desolder stations that vacuum out the solder not work in a situation like this?
That stations will not provide all the heat needed in this case, and it will be stuck with the pins
It would be nice to see an attempt to use the existing connector I m sure with the right mind it can be salvageable but probably not economical so still a good repair but the cable is quiet thick and bending doesn’t help with these boards so I wonder if you might make part 2 with old connector repair attempt thank you for your content always happy to see repair stuff 😊
I really doubt 90 degrees connector exist for this type of connector for this card. Also this what he did is not possible to insert cables bellow cooler, especially if they are thick wrapped in that net as most PSUs do, they are not bendy at all.
Man. I been railing 1000w through this connector. What the hell did this without snapping pcb first?
is not Mouser 10160920-1240100LF connector?