After a year of GPU repair researching, this is hands down the most informative video i have ever came across so far! Thank you for the precious and valuable information you make available for the public. Even the Super Pro Max Tester XL info in the other video i needed so much! Thank you ! ❤
Dear Tony! Maybe some of the viewers does only see they have spent 52 minutes on a video and it was "only" for a torned off resistor, but the catch is in the details. I think you always do visual inspection first to shorten the diagnostics time to around 1-2 minutes and you already found this problem, but you showed the viewers every detail from the start to the finish and then everyone can see how a torned off part cause big and complex problems. This is one of the most detailed repair video i've ever seen, worth to watch every second! Maximum respect and keep up the good work!
I just commented on a similar situation. The card was looking excellent under the microscope. No sign of any ripped component. It was actually missing a resistor from factory... or at least it looked like this. Soldered a darn zero Ohm resistor and called it a day.
Hey Tony! Bloody excellent video! Not only do you do what you do, but you also explains how and why. Way above my level of knowledge, but to me this thoroughness is a great learning experience. Thank you!
Big LIKE on this one... Your realtime thought process makes all the difference... Also, that metallic brush is a pretty handy tool to hunt down those traces. I definitely praise what I've just learned here. Reverse engineering at its finest! Good job, keep up the good work! Cheers from Bucharest, Romania.
Serves as a good reminder that these repairs take time, patience, skill and a dollop of curiosity. Edited videos give the mistaken impression that gfx cards are quick fixes. Granted it was a guided repair but every troubleshoot and repair take time even for the professionals.
This is a great video, probably the best GPU repair/diagnostic demonstration I have seen. Thanks for explaining your methods and fault finding expertise. I am currently trying to repair my 3070 that has a similar issue no power on 1.8 V rail. Cheers
Its already its way back to the owner. I Just wanted to make this video for the owner and for the person who repaired the card so they can see the mistake they made. Also this video serves as a reminded that failed attempt cards are harder to fix after someone had already tried.
The title of this video kept me in suspense the whole time. I refused to look at the comments. Was this failed attempt by a different company or did you also fail to repair it. Excellent video. I remember my grandfather watching this old house on tv and I imagine that if younger me was here to watch myself watching this it would remind him of my grandfather.
Thanks again northwestrepair for the awesome repair video. Always lerning somthing new from your video thank you.. Btw love the super tester mega pro xl 🎩.
You got me scared for a moment, as my Asus Dual 3060ti has Hynix memory. Luckily, no "X005" at the end. I googled a bit about it and it seems, mostly Zotac and Gigabyte (what a surprise) are affected.
Good job, this video is the one should be watch by so called repair shops!! so hard to find ripped components esp on graphic cards stupid 0 ohm resistor makes it look like a dead one, even someone very experienced like you spent a lot time to get it done.......... I dont know why they really dont work on bordview, it makes the life so easier... cuz while we travelling on the bord with wires to find paths we can rip off another component too. On phone job there is plenty of schematics and softwares to solve a problem, graphic cars crazy expensive but no one works a software which can help a lot...
Very informative ! Failed repair like this are still a goldmine of information. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. (edit : and you still managed to save it in the end)
Excellent video!! I have exactly this model (VRAM hynix) and the last time I cleaned it, in the core I used Noctua NT-H1, I replaced the 2mm thermal pads (that's the size) from Thermalright, in the VRM a thermal pad is needed of 1.5mm and the original pads as they were not damaged, I reused them placing them behind the VRAM between the PCB and the backplate (they fit well). This model does not have a temperature sensor in the VRAM, I just hope that this helps to improve the lifespan of the chips
Wow I was gaslit by the video title I thought you FAILED to repair this 3060 Ti but you were successful !! Because I think we often learn more from our failures than from our successes ...
Hello Tony, thank you very much, I am always very impressed about your skills. Also your other channel "Tony", very great knowledge you have, love greetings from switzerland!
This is a great instructional video Tony! I really appreciate your efforts to make such a video for us dumb dumbs out here, I have saved this video in my Library as my how to diagnose a graphics card and how to also repair. Very in depth and basic logic of a Video cards i/o. Cheers!
Thank you for the video! Can you please tell me: a) Where do you get these schematics from? b) What flux do yo use? c) What do yo use for cleaning excess flux?
I had a GTX 1070 card with main enable voltage missing and the trace was going to a pad where probably a zero Ohm resistor should have been soldered but it wasn't anything there. The pads were looking like factory under the microscope. The second pad had indeed the enable voltage but no resistor was ever soldered there to allow the enable voltage go through. That was the weirdest situation I ever met. Soldered a zero Ohm resistor and the card started to work. I know for a fact it was looking like factory so this baffled me a little bit.
Every card i had did stay alive and well for years till i sell them but i would clean and repaste every 6 months and always in good case so air is always in case must be cleaned at least once every 2-3 months never had a problem
Haha I got this card, bought it a few months ago for 280$, in great condition, cleaned and repasted it, got lucky and my card came with Samsung memory that OCs to +1600 before starting artifacting and stable at 1500 but the core is meh only +75 OC with temps staying under 80C even managed to get a rank 1 in timespy and timespy extreme with a 5960x, went into a PC for sale.
Great debugging method with that metal brush! If only manufacturers published board views and schematics by default and you didn't need to do all this detective work. And I really don't understand the lack of board views and schematics from the manufacturers viewpoint. Their cards would be more valuable to the customers if the data was available and competitors can always reverse engineer your card if they really want to do that so it doesn't even give any protection against the competitors either. All I can guess is either sheer stupidity or Nvidia requiring the manufacturers to keep the data secret just to be evil (as Nvidia does).
That was a hell of a troubleshooting job. One question, would a visual inspection of the board first have allowed you to see the missing component? Granted, it was a small component.
Absolutely yes. Visual inspection is something that rarely helps and often skipped for that reason. It's hard to do visual inspection when it's rarely beneficial so I try to find a problem the easy way.
soo many memory fails after pascal generation, this did not hapend very often in the maxwell times and earlier, these gddr5 5x and 6s are just not very reliable anymore
No se si podrás leer mi comentario. He estado buscando el esquema de esa placa hace mucho. Tengo la misma con un corto a la entrada de 12v. Se en que bobina esta el corto pero no se que componentes van a esa bobina.
I have 3 gpus sapphire rx 570 with no temperature showing, full fan speed as well as sudden complete shutdown upon load... And another is 1070ti gaming x with 12 Volts instead of 1.8v on 1.8v coil ( already replaced 8pin small ic but same situation)... 3rd one is Asus rx 580 with sometimes detected but sometimes not.. Also on drivers installation display gone... Kindly advise
Hello, I have a KFA2 GTX 1060 6Gb card, it still worked in the morning, in the afternoon it started with no signal, and since then it doesn't give a picture. Fans run at normal speed, the machine sees it, the driver goes up, but there is no image on any of the ports. Could it be a gpu error? Does it make sense to fix it? Or trash? Thanks.
possibly memory. Device manager shows error 43 or no error at all ? If no error and GPUZ recognizes the card without any problems then you may have simply lost 5V at the display port somewhere.
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metallic brush used to hunt down those traces is brilliant 👍
Best repair I've ever witnessed. Your diagnostic knowledge is most excellent.
After a year of GPU repair researching, this is hands down the most informative video i have ever came across so far!
Thank you for the precious and valuable information you make available for the public. Even the Super Pro Max Tester XL info in the other video i needed so much!
Thank you ! ❤
Dear Tony!
Maybe some of the viewers does only see they have spent 52 minutes on a video and it was "only" for a torned off resistor, but the catch is in the details.
I think you always do visual inspection first to shorten the diagnostics time to around 1-2 minutes and you already found this problem, but you showed the viewers every detail from the start to the finish and then everyone can see how a torned off part cause big and complex problems.
This is one of the most detailed repair video i've ever seen, worth to watch every second!
Maximum respect and keep up the good work!
I just commented on a similar situation. The card was looking excellent under the microscope. No sign of any ripped component. It was actually missing a resistor from factory... or at least it looked like this. Soldered a darn zero Ohm resistor and called it a day.
Hey Tony! Bloody excellent video! Not only do you do what you do, but you also explains how and why.
Way above my level of knowledge, but to me this thoroughness is a great learning experience. Thank you!
Stumbled upon your channel, you are really good at explaining every step.
I had a great time, thank you
Awesome! Thank you!
Masterpiece! It's so impressive how you patiently analyze piece by piece and try to tell us what's going on.
Big LIKE on this one... Your realtime thought process makes all the difference...
Also, that metallic brush is a pretty handy tool to hunt down those traces.
I definitely praise what I've just learned here. Reverse engineering at its finest!
Good job, keep up the good work!
Cheers from Bucharest, Romania.
Amazing, this is quality content. You are great at mentoring
Serves as a good reminder that these repairs take time, patience, skill and a dollop of curiosity. Edited videos give the mistaken impression that gfx cards are quick fixes. Granted it was a guided repair but every troubleshoot and repair take time even for the professionals.
This is a great video, probably the best GPU repair/diagnostic demonstration I have seen. Thanks for explaining your methods and fault finding expertise.
I am currently trying to repair my 3070 that has a similar issue no power on 1.8 V rail.
Cheers
Great Video. Of all the GPU repair videos I've watched (Northridge Fix, Eli Tech and Tech Cemetery), This has got to be the most comprehensive.
KrisFix makes nice vids too
Yes, he is also very good
Good repair! kinda wish to see the cards fully put together and looking all healthy lol but can't believe it was one torn resistor crazy.
Its already its way back to the owner. I Just wanted to make this video for the owner and for the person who repaired the card so they can see the mistake they made.
Also this video serves as a reminded that failed attempt cards are harder to fix after someone had already tried.
@@northwestrepair sounds good lol 😂 youre the creator, just wanted to comment. Glad it wasn't a massacre of a repair lol
The title of this video kept me in suspense the whole time. I refused to look at the comments. Was this failed attempt by a different company or did you also fail to repair it.
Excellent video.
I remember my grandfather watching this old house on tv and I imagine that if younger me was here to watch myself watching this it would remind him of my grandfather.
Thx for the brush tip 👍 gonna try that one on a pny 1060 6gb that I don't have a close enough boardview.
Great job once again, thx for sharing.
Thanks again northwestrepair for the awesome repair video. Always lerning somthing new from your video thank you.. Btw love the super tester mega pro xl 🎩.
Yes, it's an old vid.. but still, very nice tracing and finding the 0hm jumper resister that was missing. Nice repair here. Gratz! ;)
Wooah... You are the man! Perfect diagonitic skills.
so cool. love all the side information snippets.
You make this job look like so easy. Great work. I wish in my country we have a guy like you. Love from Turkiye.
Love your vids. Thank you!
You got me scared for a moment, as my Asus Dual 3060ti has Hynix memory. Luckily, no "X005" at the end.
I googled a bit about it and it seems, mostly Zotac and Gigabyte (what a surprise) are affected.
Sleepy fix, some trains are coming ;-) glad to hear this long video from you, impresive job!
Yeah, late night repairs are taking long time especially when I try to film everything.
You are a wizard.
I hope you read this. It was the best 52 minutes of 2024 for me. Thank you. I learned a lot of new things. Already subscribed to your channel.❤❤❤
brush idea was pretty good. Good find. So tiny parts wow 🔎
Good job, this video is the one should be watch by so called repair shops!! so hard to find ripped components esp on graphic cards stupid 0 ohm resistor makes it look like a dead one, even someone very experienced like you spent a lot time to get it done.......... I dont know why they really dont work on bordview, it makes the life so easier... cuz while we travelling on the bord with wires to find paths we can rip off another component too. On phone job there is plenty of schematics and softwares to solve a problem, graphic cars crazy expensive but no one works a software which can help a lot...
nice man! reading the title i really thought it was a no fix , but i'm glad i stayed until the end
I always enjoy watching your videos, they are instructive and easy to follow.
Thank you.
Very informative ! Failed repair like this are still a goldmine of information.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
(edit : and you still managed to save it in the end)
Thank you for the knowledge.
My pleasure!
Excellent video!! I have exactly this model (VRAM hynix) and the last time I cleaned it, in the core I used Noctua NT-H1, I replaced the 2mm thermal pads (that's the size) from Thermalright, in the VRM a thermal pad is needed of 1.5mm and the original pads as they were not damaged, I reused them placing them behind the VRAM between the PCB and the backplate (they fit well). This model does not have a temperature sensor in the VRAM, I just hope that this helps to improve the lifespan of the chips
Still working?
@@EdgarIvanIbal I sold a few months ago, and i believe still working; cos my friend not complaint at all
You sounded very tired.
Please take care.
We need you..
Wow I was gaslit by the video title I thought you FAILED to repair this 3060 Ti but you were successful !! Because I think we often learn more from our failures than from our successes ...
You sir are a surgeon...of electronics. Wow
Brilliantly tracked down the issue, well done
That is a nifty trick putting that brush on the end of the probe. I'll have to remember that one.
Hello Tony, thank you very much, I am always very impressed about your skills. Also your other channel "Tony", very great knowledge you have, love greetings from switzerland!
Thank you for the great insights
Great video! Like how you gave your thought processes and procedures that you use to troubleshoot.
Best repair vid you've done so far =)
I would give a hundred thumbs up, as bill and ted would say most excellent!!
this is one of the most interesting video i've ever seen!
Thank you for all your hard work.
Cheers m8.
this is kind of art man!
metal brush technique has changed my life
Great video. Your knowlegde is impressive.
This is a great instructional video Tony! I really appreciate your efforts to make such a video for us dumb dumbs out here, I have saved this video in my Library as my how to diagnose a graphics card and how to also repair. Very in depth and basic logic of a Video cards i/o. Cheers!
Another great repair video. Thanks again.
Impressive!!
thankyou for sharing your technique.
you are simply genius.
Perfect job, and awesome brush trick :)
brush method is awesome!
this was very informative .. good job!
Very well done sir, i love ur vids, keep it up 👍
Hey dude, your work is excellent ;-)
The previous repair guy might be kicking himself :D :D
Slap on the face on the previous repair man, LOL.
Thank you for the video!
Can you please tell me:
a) Where do you get these schematics from?
b) What flux do yo use?
c) What do yo use for cleaning excess flux?
That was 52 minutes well spent. thanks
I had a GTX 1070 card with main enable voltage missing and the trace was going to a pad where probably a zero Ohm resistor should have been soldered but it wasn't anything there. The pads were looking like factory under the microscope. The second pad had indeed the enable voltage but no resistor was ever soldered there to allow the enable voltage go through. That was the weirdest situation I ever met. Soldered a zero Ohm resistor and the card started to work. I know for a fact it was looking like factory so this baffled me a little bit.
Long form content is the way to go
Every card i had did stay alive and well for years till i sell them but i would clean and repaste every 6 months and always in good case so air is always in case must be cleaned at least once every 2-3 months never had a problem
20 minute is max to watch you content by me
Mr. Wizard did it again 😁
Hey that's my card, I've got a Zotac 3060TI! I hope mine doesn't end up in a video though :/
Not if you mess with it 😑
Me too.
It was so interesting, i watched the whole video
Amazing! Greets from Germany...
master of GPU
Haha I got this card, bought it a few months ago for 280$, in great condition, cleaned and repasted it, got lucky and my card came with Samsung memory that OCs to +1600 before starting artifacting and stable at 1500 but the core is meh only +75 OC with temps staying under 80C even managed to get a rank 1 in timespy and timespy extreme with a 5960x, went into a PC for sale.
Awesome video
Nice, good JOB.
Thanks!
wow, just wow
Sadly, most repair places don't go to the extent you do, so even if they do watch, your expertise will baffle them.
Great debugging method with that metal brush! If only manufacturers published board views and schematics by default and you didn't need to do all this detective work.
And I really don't understand the lack of board views and schematics from the manufacturers viewpoint. Their cards would be more valuable to the customers if the data was available and competitors can always reverse engineer your card if they really want to do that so it doesn't even give any protection against the competitors either. All I can guess is either sheer stupidity or Nvidia requiring the manufacturers to keep the data secret just to be evil (as Nvidia does).
The best video ❤
Epair excellent fault finding.
That was a hell of a troubleshooting job. One question, would a visual inspection of the board first have allowed you to see the missing component? Granted, it was a small component.
Absolutely yes.
Visual inspection is something that rarely helps and often skipped for that reason.
It's hard to do visual inspection when it's rarely beneficial so I try to find a problem the easy way.
soo many memory fails after pascal generation, this did not hapend very often in the maxwell times and earlier, these gddr5 5x and 6s are just not very reliable anymore
I have been trying to find or make that soft brass brush. Can you give any direction to obtain something similar?
sorry. i was lucky to find this one
What kind of solvent do you use? Something like 100% iso or ensolv? Seems to cleanup that flux really nicely
There appears to be a crack ready showing across the chip within the first 20 seconds of the vid, cleat visible by the lighting.
I might be wrong be sometimes (like in this video) your voice sound tired AF :)
👍👍👍
are the bad hynix 3060Tis '46' or '6B' vbios tag cards? (middle group of numbers) I think there are 5 revisions of 60TI so curious!
No se si podrás leer mi comentario. He estado buscando el esquema de esa placa hace mucho. Tengo la misma con un corto a la entrada de 12v. Se en que bobina esta el corto pero no se que componentes van a esa bobina.
Me pasa exactamente igual. Si lo conseguiste avisame amigo por favor.
Have the same card with 0,2v on 5v rail. Is the chip on backside (up1666q) responsible? Had a cracked cap near the chip. Replaced it without any luck.
nice
I have 3 gpus sapphire rx 570 with no temperature showing, full fan speed as well as sudden complete shutdown upon load...
And another is 1070ti gaming x with 12 Volts instead of 1.8v on 1.8v coil ( already replaced 8pin small ic but same situation)...
3rd one is Asus rx 580 with sometimes detected but sometimes not.. Also on drivers installation display gone...
Kindly advise
My wife said I look all cute gettin my nerd on watching you man. Good repair.
One tiny resistor in size of cockroach poop that rules whole board.
wowee
великолепно
What is that utility called? I haven't seen it before.
Can you share a boardview please?
what are software you use at 47:47? can i know it, please?
I'd love a(n affiliated) link to that brush. they're hard to find, but damn handy.
No such thing exists that I know of.
Its from an insulation tester device.
@@northwestrepair Thanks for the reply. I've found the device. That's always scary ;) Will try to find a second best thing.
Hello, I have a KFA2 GTX 1060 6Gb card, it still worked in the morning, in the afternoon it started with no signal, and since then it doesn't give a picture. Fans run at normal speed, the machine sees it, the driver goes up, but there is no image on any of the ports. Could it be a gpu error? Does it make sense to fix it? Or trash? Thanks.
possibly memory.
Device manager shows error 43 or no error at all ?
If no error and GPUZ recognizes the card without any problems then you may have simply lost 5V at the display port somewhere.
Why send a discount GPU in for repair?