I Destroyed My $1,500 Dream Setup in One Mistake… 😱
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- Опубликовано: 26 янв 2025
- This video is tough to make because I managed to completely destroy my custom-built setup, including the RTX A2000 and my MS-01. 💔 It all started with a simple benchmark setup, but a few small capacitors and a bad design choice turned my powerhouse Plex server into a nightmare. 😞
If you’re considering custom cooling or working with tight-fitting components, this is your warning: BE CAREFUL. Learn from my mistakes so you don’t end up with a bricked system like me.
If you know of any repair shops in the NYC area or have ideas on fixing this, drop a comment below! Let’s try to bring this beast back to life. 💪
👉 Specs of my setup (RIP):
RTX A2000 with custom cooling
MINISFORUM MS-01 (96GB RAM, 2TB NVMe drives)
Intended as a Plex server with insane benchmarks
⚠️ This is a hard lesson for anyone in the tech world: tiny components matter! I hope this serves as a cautionary tale for anyone modifying their hardware. 😅
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This happens to even the professional so don’t be scared. YOU CAN SAVE IT! It’s not over. Far from it. The components didn’t look damaged and there shouldn’t be any problem to solder back on.
I am an Electrical and computer engineer and I’ve seen my fare share of burnt components, PCB and even soldered back components. This is FIXABLE! No doubt!
You are completly right, this is fixable. But, tbh, this is nearly impossible for anybody without proper knowledge, tools and experience. So, for anybody without a electrical or engineering background, this is scary af.
If I look at the parts, they seem to be resistors and a cap. They are most likely from the back of the GPU-PCB, not the mainboard. The mainboard is "protected" with the the rubber feet, but when you try to pull the GPU while it rests on the rubber feet, it is very likely to shear off the components where the rubber feet were.
Louis Rossman used to be based in NYC (now in TX). You can try reaching out to see if he knows anyone that can do this repair in NYC.
For what it's worth, based on color, those darker ones are probably resistors or inductors (the tannish one is a capacitor). If it was just capacitors, it may still work or work at a reduced capacity (e.g. unable to overclock or unstable at stock) with one or several missing but I wouldn't try it either. It all depends on where they came from.
It's not the end of the world, but it won't be a cheap repair. You should check that there aren't any scratches on either board. Broken traces will make the repair more expensive.
you could try look up a picture of the motherboard online and take a picture of your one and just go side by side looking for the missing capacitors, same for the GPU, but man that sucks, cant even imagine building in a case that small.
Those can be fixed/replaced, if the solder pads are not broken too. In general you will need the board schematics or at least a higher resolution image of a working board etc. there are people that can fix what you have. I would not test it, even if it works, to avoid any further damage. Good luck
try contaction Northwestrepair or louis rossman
What I would do in your seat. Look at the complete motherboard Schematics or find a 3D CAD of it and compare to yours. Do the same with the components you think might have these as well and when you find the missing spots where they should be. Go to a professional solder and solder them back on.
I've been building PC's for 20 years. I still get the pucker the first time I power a new build up. One time son and I were installing a new video card and the magic smoke came out of his motherboard. I forgot to unplug it. Scrambled to find him another motherboard.
Louis Rossman is your guy to fix this. I would look into him. Might take a while but he will do you right. This is a pretty basic job for those with the skills. You gotta be really careful installing that card. Might be a good idea to remove the main board, install the card, and then put the whole assembly into the case.
Very sad. But better things will be. Good luck!
these caps are normally used for filtering it may still work without them it unlikely wont burn out
It's not really bricked as you have not tried turning it on.
Look for professionals that do microsoldering (NY has quite a few) - more than likely they will be able to fix this. Fairly sure this is not warranty material though, as claiming this even due to delivery issues would be difficult.
Damn bro.....
Just plug it in and test it, a few missing caps won't do any damage and if they're just power filter bypasses, it'll likely still all work 100%
Worst advice possible. That's how you turn a $100-200 repair into a no-fix. "Just power filter bypasses". Please try this on your own stuff and see how many unnecessary components you r equipment has. Bonus points if you fry the whole setup.
@@ML-old In a power supply that runs on mains voltage, it is true that leaving out capacitors will cause some kind of damage to the connected components. On low-voltage equipment like Motherboards or GPUs though, those are mostly used to stabilize the voltage of the VRMs, so if they would be missing the voltage might be too low, I don't know about you, but I've never seen any component "frying" when too little voltage is applied. Even if they would be part of an oscillating circuit, the oscillator might produce a wrong signal or not work at all, but it shouldn't lead to any other component to go up in "magic smoke" and the device might just not behave correctly. Just to be clear: I am not saying that the capacitors are unnecessary, I'm just saying that they might just be there for stability reasons. Also I've dealt with multiple devices that had failing/dead capacitors and none of them did "fry" themselves because of it, they just showed strange behavior.
@@ML-old iIt's not bad advice; the tiny caps are used for filtering. You will often find they come off things unnoticed, so there are probably many devices around working that have lost some caps.