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Sloppy video card
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bitrex
Jan 30, 2018, 7:06:58 PM1/30/18
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The PC that had this Nvidia GTX 670 graphics card in it refuses to start
any recent variant of Linux I try on it via a USB live installer, it
shows the boot/BIOS and splash screens OK but ends up with a black
screen or garbled graphics. Still not sure if it's a hardware or driver
issue, but...
This is the side of the GPU PCB facing upwards in the tower:
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/1jq330axgnvlj7l/IMG_20180130_185355206.jpg?dl=0>
Looks like thermal grease dripped all over it from somewhere. Related?
any recent variant of Linux I try on it via a USB live installer, it
shows the boot/BIOS and splash screens OK but ends up with a black
screen or garbled graphics. Still not sure if it's a hardware or driver
issue, but...
This is the side of the GPU PCB facing upwards in the tower:
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/1jq330axgnvlj7l/IMG_20180130_185355206.jpg?dl=0>
Looks like thermal grease dripped all over it from somewhere. Related?
Terry Schwartz
Jan 30, 2018, 7:37:15 PM1/30/18
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Have you verified that it's thermal grease? Looks almost like some form of corrosion.
Rheilly Phoull
Jan 30, 2018, 7:47:55 PM1/30/18
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dansabr...@yahoo.com
Jan 30, 2018, 8:20:40 PM1/30/18
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This card is toast. The white stuff is corrosion from most likely water or some other spilled liquid. Given the extent of the corrosion, I would doubt that this card is salvageable. The corrosion has likely eaten through the contacts under some of the ICs.
You can try cleaning this off, but I doubt it will help.
Dan
You can try cleaning this off, but I doubt it will help.
Dan
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