How to kill a £300+ gfx card (by me)

Well this card:


http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/6...65lv0xn.th.jpg

had a problem , it was overheating , so it was removed from the machine , and the EPOXY frozen in the freezer for 6 hours


yes epoxy on the core


well , i tried to remove the heatsink and this happened:

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4...01864hc.th.jpg

http://img317.imageshack.us/img317/5...01876nb.th.jpg

http://img344.imageshack.us/img344/1...01881sy.th.jpg

a bad picture of the thickness of the epoxy :


http://img344.imageshack.us/img344/8...01891ic.th.jpg


Yes thats a DEAD Radeon X800 XT PE.

damn.

You stuck it in the freezer.................................

And you used epoxy..............

I don't wanna go there, thats a bad place.

So that's what the inside of the chip looks like. ;)

On a more positive note check your household insurance as it may cover accidental damage like this. It may not but it's worth checking.

My condolences by the way.

Dont worry. Its probably just a driver problem.

Don't use epoxy if you _ever_ want to remove the HSF

Lesson learned...

I didn`t use epxoy it was on the card when i got it - been in this game for long enough to know NOT to do it - but the car was artifacting at stock , and that heatsink was way to big , so i had to try and get it off some how

whats that heatsink that was stuck to it??

Thats what happens if you use epoxy.. :eek:

Especialy on a heavy heatsink. The wieght of the heatsink probably played a big part in weaking the chip...

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I didn`t use epxoy it was on the card when i got it - been in this game for long enough to know NOT to do it - but the car was artifacting at stock , and that heatsink was way to big , so i had to try and get it off some how

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Someone sold you the card like that? :eek:

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

More like, "you bought the card like that"?

Ebay it as faulty :P

anywone want to buy it....... [wink]

Rofl omg I done that with my geforce 3 :D So i dismantled it and took the actual GPU off of the board. Except the damn thing was moulded on, so I ended up peeling several parts of the GPU off

that sucks, looks mad like.

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Originally Posted by Agent

Dont worry. Its probably just a driver problem.

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nah, a reboot should fix that.

Nox

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Originally Posted by Agent

nah, a reboot should fix that.

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Originally Posted by Nox

nah, a reboot should fix that.

Nox

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ROFL you two.

that heatsink is thermal right sp-97 looks to me. this thing is quite heavy & will break the chip soon or later anyway