Man i watch your vids so often, because of the good jobs you have done. Highlight for me you keep it clean every time. I Love that. Someone that works every time clean is on my Side 👍🏼. Keep in with the good sence of humor sometimes. Greetings from Germany
You speak very well French 😎 coucou from France my 3090 is alive and in good shape since you have apply you're impressive level of repair to it, people here is wizard of electronics, as usual video are great for information.
How can u repair the crack?! That's so amazing!!! No offense, but I remember there's a video where NorthridgeFix said that cracked PCB cannot be repaired (most of them are ASUS), so the GPUs were returned to the customers. YOU'RE THE MAN, TONI!!! 😊❤❤❤
Wonderful job on the repair. You are always amazing. I think you can reattach the I/O bracket to the heat pipes using JB Weld. I would try that. It is super strong. Probably much stronger than the original welds and I think it would last forever.
@@hanswurst3811 I did request a RMA and they accepted right away, i sent the card but the shipping company lost the package, then i got paid the insurance, got myself a FE later on.
These are the most entertaining repairs to watch - cracks, blowouts, and reball all in one. I remember watching my first NWR video like this, I think it was the shunt mod one.
I'm really thinking of getting the heat jig to help with stuff like this. Just have my high temp iron and would end up destroying boards with that thing.
since you might not be able to weld the heatsink to the io shield very well, do you think soldering it together would be effective? It’s not the same as welding, I know, but it might be better than buying an entirely new heatsink for the customer.
you've had 3 of the same cards, with that blown cap, you could've referenced it from the other for the restoration, tho it is good for the video to show how to diagnose it from scratch
Heatsinks are usually assembled by soldering. As they didn't used enough solder in the factory, the joint broke. You can solder it back using heatgun and leaded solder. Just avoid blowing too much hot air on the heat pipes
Tony on your next video can you discuss any possible areas nvidia could be running these lines instead of at the most vulnerable place. Is this a move towards planned obsolescence or just no where else to place these traces. Curious of your take on this practice.
Was going to make the same comment. What's going on with these people? It's the same with the 12v connector burn, I have mine since launching day and I have 0 problems. I don't get it!
I’m pretty sure all those 4090/s were out of pre built pc’s that were being shipped. A lot of cheaper prebuilt Companies love zotac cards and you see groups of cards like this being sent by pre built companies.
Amazing piece of delicate work! Blows my mind to see all those layers and a tiny jumper wire is a workable solution! (I would be worried that a tiny jumper would not handle the amp draw compared to a flat plane of copper of unknown width after grinding.) These cracks have been an ever increasing problem, yet board engineers are still running layers right over that stress point! Between this and the 12VHP connector fiasco, makes me really question the quality and competency of engineers coming out of Universities these days!!!!!!!
Those heat pipes are 100% soldered, and not welded. My guess is that they used silver solder, as this gives a pretty sturdy connection with good heat transfer. Copper does not weld well.
Fixing that I/O plate back to the fins could actually be as hard as the most basic of the soldering jobs. Was actually quite baffled by you deeming that beyond repair not as an act of irony.
@@northwestrepair Don't know if there's any aluminium - most of the fin stacks I've happened to come across were of a coated/uncoated copper flavor, and they are soldered like a charm with almost any flux. Maybe that's got something to do with the fact that they're also usually soldered to the heat pipes/vaper cheems at the factory. Just maybe. I'm dumb, don't judge me. That might be a mere coincidence. The I/O shield side is a bit more tricky, you might have to pick a flux that will actually make it work with the coating. But, once it's leaded, you only have to prelead the fin stack as well, heat the shield and put it in the right position at the first try (the actual tricky part). Just in case the fin stack is actually total chinesium and has pressed on aluminonium fins (however, it's such a low tech low throughput solution you would hardly be likely to see that anywhere near a vapour chamber and big watts) - you'll just have to experiment with some acid to make it stick, you know, like those guys back at the Woodstock in 69.
crazy that they make such big heavy cards, cracks always appear in that area because people put them in with no support whatsoever. "it's too much weight!" me personally i would never put a big card in un-supported by something, fortunately for me i have an old case which has a double HDD bracket rising up from the floor coupled with a double SSD on top of it and with with my 12mm braided power supply wires coming up over it means that i can rest easy, assured that my 3080 12gb beast is safe from cracking because the card rests nicely on top, as if to give it it's own suspension. so the card is supported from "3" sides 💣💣💣 love your channel, i subbed.
3 месяца назад
Ppl don't use their brains with expensive tech. Sometimes it's a kid whose parents spent the money. Thats the only reasonable explanation i can think of.
Yo, NWR! I bought a second hand Zotac Trinity 3090 and it runs hot. I am going to replace the paste and thermal pads. I have contacted Zotac but they failed to give me the exact W/mk rates and sizes (MM) for thermal pads they used for both front & backside. I would be happy if you could shed some light on my issue. With regards!
I don't know of anyone else that will go to the lengths you do to repair a card. Excellent work by a genius.
Agree
You're doing things that will anger the GPU gods, bringing such dead cards back to live...
Well done !
Wow - I think there's maybe 3 guys in the whole world that can do what this guy does....... congrats!!!
And the 3 of them are this one in particular 😄
INSANE repair! You are a real GPU magician. (SynthWave all the way! YAY :)!)
Man i watch your vids so often, because of the good jobs you have done. Highlight for me you keep it clean every time. I Love that. Someone that works every time clean is on my Side 👍🏼. Keep in with the good sence of humor sometimes. Greetings from Germany
Tenacious
Obsessive
Noteworthy
Yielding
Well done as always
Since kid I always said wizards do exist, here we have one proof exerting his magic! Job well done
Watching these repairs makes me wanna buy a broken 4090 and try my luck that it doesnt have a bad core. Awesome informative and entertaining.
Circuit diagrams have improved somewhat since the late sixties - lol. Well found sir.
You speak very well French 😎 coucou from France my 3090 is alive and in good shape since you have apply you're impressive level of repair to it, people here is wizard of electronics, as usual video are great for information.
That's some skill you got there...
how much patient you have is beyond me
Watching you grind the board and establishing the connections was new to me and a great job.
How can u repair the crack?! That's so amazing!!! No offense, but I remember there's a video where NorthridgeFix said that cracked PCB cannot be repaired (most of them are ASUS), so the GPUs were returned to the customers. YOU'RE THE MAN, TONI!!! 😊❤❤❤
As always, I learn different trouble shooting Ideas from all of these types of fixes that involve board crack "surgeries". Way to go Tony...
Wonderful job on the repair. You are always amazing. I think you can reattach the I/O bracket to the heat pipes using JB Weld. I would try that. It is super strong. Probably much stronger than the original welds and I think it would last forever.
Enjoying your repair videos! Great work :)
Thanks! 👍
I had one of these ZOTAC 4090, lasted only 4 months then black screen every time i installed the driver.
Awesome work on this card!
then you have warranty !!!!!
@@hanswurst3811 I did request a RMA and they accepted right away, i sent the card but the shipping company lost the package, then i got paid the insurance, got myself a FE later on.
For me so satisfying to watch how you lift core and reball it. Like on older videos with that epic soundtrack.
These are the most entertaining repairs to watch - cracks, blowouts, and reball all in one. I remember watching my first NWR video like this, I think it was the shunt mod one.
Mind boggling impressive work. If only more people knew about your skills !!
I love how you troubleshooting and share your thoughts what is going on, please continue as you do :)
When i saw the blue UV light, this process reminded me of going to the dentist. These boards are getting their cavities cleaned…
I stay up at night to see your video haha, please don't exclude the core reball, I love to see the core melt and seat.
each repair is a freaking journey.Great job man.
Hey Tony, hard crack fixed well.. looks nice. Lucky customer.. hope the other two will be revivable.. 👍👍
You're the MAN tony. Fabulous work. Love from Pakistan
I'm really thinking of getting the heat jig to help with stuff like this. Just have my high temp iron and would end up destroying boards with that thing.
Amazing repair ,,,,Repairing those traces looks extremely hard to keep straight. Awesome job🧔♂🤠😎
Love the music and the crack repairing skills, you're a beast!
Super repair. Some of the pads under the core did look a bit grey, at least in the video.
Thanks Tony. Nice work.
Спасибо. Скилл невероятный.
Great fix. Finding the problem on PCB using board/schematic can be puzzling :)
Nice job concealing the wires
Crackle, Snap and Pop is Rice Krispie's quote for pcb breaking 😅
Wrong title for this video... Impossible repair everywhere but on this channel💪🏻😎
Красавчик . Для нас минуты за которыми скрыты часы крапотливой работы.
love how you don't give up
It must be amazing having that type of knowledge........respect to you sir!!
Great videos! Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Your amazing dude great work
Thanks
since you might not be able to weld the heatsink to the io shield very well, do you think soldering it together would be effective? It’s not the same as welding, I know, but it might be better than buying an entirely new heatsink for the customer.
you've had 3 of the same cards, with that blown cap, you could've referenced it from the other for the restoration, tho it is good for the video to show how to diagnose it from scratch
Awesome repair Tony!
awesome repair!
Thanks!
Great video thanks for posting
That's a lot of work. Hopefully you are paid well.
Great video!
Bro your videos is too short for me i want 1 hour of this ( i am joking). I love your videos i hope you continue on uploading videos every day.
Brett heart eat ur heart out 😅cause this guy is best there is ,the best there was and the best there ever will be😅😅😅
Heatsinks are usually assembled by soldering. As they didn't used enough solder in the factory, the joint broke. You can solder it back using heatgun and leaded solder. Just avoid blowing too much hot air on the heat pipes
Brilliant work as always!
28:35 There is a way to polish that with round felt polishing drill. So it will be even less visible
Hmm I don't think I have that attachment
@@northwestrepair You've got the drill and those polishing felt tips are very cheap on Ali
every time i want to buy 4090 and your vids about repair 4090 make me doesnt want 4000 series gpu man hahah
you should buy some of those boards and coolers for your shop to use for repairs
Good work 💯👏
Tony on your next video can you discuss any possible areas nvidia could be running these lines instead of at the most vulnerable place. Is this a move towards planned obsolescence or just no where else to place these traces. Curious of your take on this practice.
I love your work. Wow.
i va han bawn rapthlak ve sir ji
you can drill small holes 1mm and fast cooler with small rivets, (small nails and a hummer)
u could have used hot air to solder them back n yes soldered joints would be strong enough if u use leaded solder
great stuff,again.thanks.... your supertalented..should have been a brain surgeon..or he like...very brave ,multilayered pcb master!!
Awesome video
that phone dropp was epic :D
AMAZING skills ❤❤❤awsome video
another great job.
Try using JB Weld.
Too late now. I threw away that heatsink already and put in a new one I had laying around.
good repair!
That's a wizard harry!!!
Gods work 👏
There is something like conductive epoxy out there! Maybe you could use it on damaged layers!
hop you get a nice day man good job
Masterful, as always. +1
What is up with people treating an almost $2000 gpu like a soccer ball?. One of those more money than brains senarios.
Was going to make the same comment. What's going on with these people? It's the same with the 12v connector burn, I have mine since launching day and I have 0 problems. I don't get it!
@@Anev0 This and the 12VHPWR fiasco is different. One is user damage and one is an engineering failure.
A rich billioner kids 😂
Hello🤝good job 👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👋👋👋👋👋
There’s something beautiful about redoing the wire trace on that crack
Well done
Beautiful
Nice work 👏 👌 👍 💪
excellent
🎉
Amazing
Just curious , after a crack repair do you recommand custumers to install their cards vertically ?
tks
It just breaks my heart seeing these high end Video cards mistreated.
I’m pretty sure all those 4090/s were out of pre built pc’s that were being shipped. A lot of cheaper prebuilt
Companies love zotac cards and you see groups of cards like this being sent by pre built companies.
I'm here exposing your content! :)
Amazing piece of delicate work! Blows my mind to see all those layers and a tiny jumper wire is a workable solution! (I would be worried that a tiny jumper would not handle the amp draw compared to a flat plane of copper of unknown width after grinding.) These cracks have been an ever increasing problem, yet board engineers are still running layers right over that stress point! Between this and the 12VHP connector fiasco, makes me really question the quality and competency of engineers coming out of Universities these days!!!!!!!
Fun stuff!!
That part of the heat sink can be welded with tin and heat
Those heat pipes are 100% soldered, and not welded. My guess is that they used silver solder, as this gives a pretty sturdy connection with good heat transfer. Copper does not weld well.
And it lives 🎉
Very impressive :)
do you let your customers know their repair was uploaded? would be fun to see my own board being fixed
sometimes. most of the time uploads are for cards that were fixed while back and i cant really trace who sent it.
Fixing that I/O plate back to the fins could actually be as hard as the most basic of the soldering jobs.
Was actually quite baffled by you deeming that beyond repair not as an act of irony.
Have you ever welded steel to nickel plated aluminum and copper tubes ?
@@northwestrepair Don't know if there's any aluminium - most of the fin stacks I've happened to come across were of a coated/uncoated copper flavor, and they are soldered like a charm with almost any flux.
Maybe that's got something to do with the fact that they're also usually soldered to the heat pipes/vaper cheems at the factory. Just maybe. I'm dumb, don't judge me. That might be a mere coincidence.
The I/O shield side is a bit more tricky, you might have to pick a flux that will actually make it work with the coating. But, once it's leaded, you only have to prelead the fin stack as well, heat the shield and put it in the right position at the first try (the actual tricky part).
Just in case the fin stack is actually total chinesium and has pressed on aluminonium fins (however, it's such a low tech low throughput solution you would hardly be likely to see that anywhere near a vapour chamber and big watts) - you'll just have to experiment with some acid to make it stick, you know, like those guys back at the Woodstock in 69.
good evening
yeah 1:30 am
@@northwestrepairits now 13:12 for me xd
Which 4090 comes out of the factory with the best build quality?
crazy that they make such big heavy cards, cracks always appear in that area because people put them in with no support whatsoever. "it's too much weight!" me personally i would never put a big card in un-supported by something, fortunately for me i have an old case which has a double HDD bracket rising up from the floor coupled with a double SSD on top of it and with with my 12mm braided power supply wires coming up over it means that i can rest easy, assured that my 3080 12gb beast is safe from cracking because the card rests nicely on top, as if to give it it's own suspension. so the card is supported from "3" sides 💣💣💣 love your channel, i subbed.
Ppl don't use their brains with expensive tech. Sometimes it's a kid whose parents spent the money. Thats the only reasonable explanation i can think of.
i like to repair cracks too
Yo, NWR! I bought a second hand Zotac Trinity 3090 and it runs hot. I am going to replace the paste and thermal pads. I have contacted Zotac but they failed to give me the exact W/mk rates and sizes (MM) for thermal pads they used for both front & backside. I would be happy if you could shed some light on my issue. With regards!