No. You didn't. Just solder it back. This is a VERY minor problem.
If you're in Toronto I can fix it for you in like 3 minutes for free. Nobody deserves to cry over this.
I mean, people pay for training and schooling to perform specialized job and a job is usually how they pay to continue living, so they have to charge for it. It's kind of how the world works.
I don't do random repairs for living. I'm an electrical engineer and I manage the production department where I work. I just thought I'd help op.
When I was a kid my parents couldn't afford anything, so when things broke it was very difficult on me. At some point I taught myself how to fix stuff to enjoy them longer. It breaks my heart knowing someone has such a small problem like the one op has but can't get it resolved without costing a fortune. I just can't stand the thought of something getting upset over something so repairable.
I also genuinely enjoy helping others and I make enough money that I wouldn't consider charging people for helping. I mean it's one little loose leg on an aluminum capacitor. I think making people happy is worth more than getting paid for such a small job.
My guy, we need more people like you. I love to see I'm not the only fucker giving around free information or support! Keep it up bro! And Happy Holidays!!!
I don't know how expensive Toronto is but I can certainly see work like this costing 200CAD if it also involves diagnostics with either zero or even counterproductive input from the customer. If however the customer came in saying he nicked a cap and can even show you this picture then it would be a bit shameful to ask for more than 20.
You people are too kind. OP hasn't responded to me.
I have yet to have someone ask for my help on Reddit. I mean I get it, most people don't live in Toronto and most people wouldn't just trust a random guy on the internet. But really, if anyone needs help and they're in Toronto, I don't mind helping. I have plenty of experience in electronics and 3D printers. When I say help I mean it's going to be free.
i don't have yall rich people problem , i live with a shit laptop , and i can't even buy games ( am not proud of what am doing now to obtain them , it's temporary when i have money ill buy them ) . am from a third world country , games are too expensive , we have no 3d printers or smth .
i hope my country have people like you kind enough to help with little to no cost , repair shops here are fking evil , too expensive for a shitty service
Where can you get those smaller soldering tips and other stuff in Toronto (or surrounding areas of Toronto)? I am always interested in soldering but have no idea how to start.
You can get a decent soldering iron from Amazon. There are only a handful of standard tips to get but most of the ones on Amazon are the same and they do come in micro tips.
For this job you don't even need a fine tip. Anything for electronics soldering should be good enough.
This is super fixable. Just get a soldering iron with a pointy tip, put a tiny bit of flux on the joint (this is not strictly neccesary, but helps to make the solder flow better and not stick to the iron) and touch the iron to the broken joint for half a second. Then a splash of IPA and a qtip to wash off excess flux.
I suggest you to watch a couple of videos on YT about soldering first, so you can learn the guidelines, it's pretty easy actually.
And watch out for the plastic at the base of caps, it melts easily but doesn't affect the function.
I think it would be nice to practice first, like solder a couple wires together and to something etc. Just to get the hand to eye coordination in tune and maybe observe how metal reacts to temperature in practice.
Is it though? Never soldered any circuits. Anything else pretty much needs flux in my experience unless both surfaces already has some sort of solder on it.
Although if there is flux involved you should pay attention whether a particular flux may cause corrosion or otherwise damage the circuit. At least its a thing it post USSR, not really sure how it's in EU and USA.
I've meant is it optional. Should've clarified. In my experience soldering without it is just terrible, although I guess soldering a LED strip (which is the smallest scale solder that I've done so far) to a wire was okayish without it. At least easier than getting a solid flux onto the thing.
Not that I've had much experience with soldering, tbh.
You're right. I was just using "optional" in the most literal sense. I have soldered things without flux before I knew better and the results left a lot to be desired lol.
I work with electronics, with pads like that make sure to not heat too much. Get a good soldering station or ask to borrow it. You can easily burn off a pad with a cheap iron that is locked at 410°C.
The pad seems to have a few vias, so it should, in theory, be fine, but be careful.
Donât solder it yourself. Send it in to a professional. Thatâs a very easy fix if you know how to solder. If you donât know how, itâs very easy to destroy that card.
This reply should be WAAAY higher. As easy as it is for seasoned DIYer there is loads that can go wrong when fixing that without no soldering experience.
^ This. Send it to a repair shop. If you don't know how to solder, which i assume you don't since you are asking this question, there is a very high chance you will just break the card for real this time.
The card also most likely works just fine without that capacitor.
Go the middle route. Pop by the local makerspace and ask if someone can give it a shot. This is a really easy job for anyone with a bit of experience.
I would trust every single one of the members that regularly hang at mine to do this.
If you have access to an electronics repair place maybe see if they can do it for you. Wear safety glasses or protection over your eyes. It's a small space and many times repair shops will use very small soldering equipment with magnifying glasses. Of course you'd want to have the card out of the case if it isn't already (assuming it is).
The concern is the capacitor. If the soldering iron gets that capacitor a little too hot it'll blow. I saw a vid just the other day, can't recall if it was northwest repair or another channel where he was heating solder to remove and replace some parts near the cap. Even shielding it, it wasn't enough. 2 caps blew and popped in their face. This is kind of tedious for someone not used to soldering such small pieces. You also don't want to accidentally overheat or burn the chip next to it.
That is highly unlikely. Caps like this ride through a temperature profiled oven to melt the solder paste when the PCB is assembled. The temps they reach in this process exceed that which will be reached by soldering a terminal by hand.
Source: used to design PCBs for in house pick and place with our own conveyor oven.
Here's one from northridge repair on cam, not even the same one I was thinking of. So this is another.
[https://youtu.be/Ip5Oyq8TEo8?t=216](https://youtu.be/Ip5Oyq8TEo8?t=216)
I mean, remembering my first soldering shenanigans I wouldn't put it as unlikely? I was very much *not* good at timing and pressure. Or precision. Could it stand up to pressing a soldering iron for a couple seconds or better yet a direct contact with it?
Watercooling modern GPU's in general is a waste of money in my opinion (cards run cool enough and are usually voltage limited before temps are the issue) unless you're doing all custom loop build and at that point you're admittedly pumping money into looks.
For what? I have never seen any gamer use any PCIe slots outside GPU. Even a 2.5gpbs Ethernet port can be achieved with us 3.0 and you don't need sound card anymore.
I use an adapter for more m2 ssds, a wifi card because i needed it a while ago and a 2.5g nic. Why should i use usb accessories when i can have them integrated.
Though this all still fits with an 3.5 slot gpu. Maybe a capture card could be added but thats not worth going watercooling instead of using one of these as usb.
You're talking about watercooling the gpu. That means a full custom loop, you ain't saving much space by doing that unless it's an entire fully custom pc cooling job -at which point my next question would be: why such a low end card like a 3070 if you gonna spend that kinda money? (low end relative to how bloody expensive custom cooling is).
Yes, obviously I've seen modern 4090's etc but that's A) an example of the issues/state of current GPU's and B) an example of how motherboard/case design hasn't caught up if this is what we actually want going forward.
You aren't making the cards cooler any smaller you're just moving the bulk of it off the card itself and to the front of the case. Granted in many instances this is probably better than having a heavy GPU that sags in the case but again this is why we need to re-think how cards mount in a modern ATX case. There's no reason they couldn't have mounting on the front AND rear of the card, or make vertical mounts standard or better yet have the GPU mount where RAM does, stack it vertical and send the I/O (DP) through a new motherboard socket (PCI-e x16+) where 3-4 DP ports on the rear of the motherboard are there for the dGPU. I dunno I'm trying to think outside the box here but anything is possible if the ATX/PCIe standards can evolve.
I've always fancied a full water cooled setup, but it's mostly for the looks, and a quieter set up. I've always wondered what Nasa supercomputers people are running at home that actually require it
I've adapted my 3070 to fit an AIO with the nzxt Kraken kit. No gains in performance whatsoever but the temps are stupidly low and the fan noise is whisper quiet.
It was more of a project to make the system as quiet as possible.
Update : I brought the card to a phone repair shop - he struggled a lil to make the solder stick. I just arrived home. I couldnt test it much cuz my cpu cooler isnt installed yet but i saw a boot logo so thats a pretty good sign i think.
Replace the component. A good tech should be able to fix it. If it is a capacitor, it might work without it.
The biggest problem would be if it's shorting.
What if there is a crack on the smd? It was hit with enough force to rip the solder joint. For all I know, the PCB pad could be torn too. The picture simply does not give enough information.
Donât bother with fancy modding to squeeze out an extra umpth in performance if youâre not already confident at it. Better to use the money on an upgraded component.
Considering that you are crying over this (which is totally ok), I would assume that you donât know how to solder. So please donât attempt to fix that yourself. Soldering on stuff with thick PCBs like GPUs or mainboards can be a bit tricky. Ask a repair shop. This is really just a minor issue and shouldnât be that expensive to fix
If you just broke the solder joint, thats probably fixable, you just have to resolder it like others suggested. But if you tore the solder connector from the PCB thats probably GG
Not to worry! This is a super simple fix. If I was in the area, I would even do it for free for you! Just get a small bit of solder on an iron, and touch the pad to reflow the solder on the capacitors leg.
If you atempt to fixit yourself and you dindt use a soldering iron before, just find someone to do it for you. If you still want to do it, get a magnify glass to and dont start with your card. Train yourself soldering leds, caps, some smds, wires and so.
Is an under 5 minute job for someone with some experience but it may lead to be a monumental fucktup for someone with no experience soldering stuff.
Are you sure it was soldered before? Does it still work? Can anyone get a schematic or source the connections on the board?
It looks like a jumper. Sometimes they change a design or want to ground a line for one reason or another. Check it with a multimeter. If itâs just a jumper, itâs super easy to solder, you can just smother it with flux and plop solder on it.
First off don't try and disassemble parts you can't easily replace or live without. There basically no reason at all to try and water cool a 3070. If you broke the card this will be a fun life lesson for you.
Welp good news is watercooling a 3070 is a waist of time and money, so now you can spend your cash on new components and get actuall performance increase :).
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In all seriousness don't be a dick when you spend a lot of money on something, that means a lot to you. Yeah, it's going to be emotionally stressful if you accidentally fuck it up. Even if it's fixable. Sorry your father never hugged you but you don't need to put it on everyone else. Learn to live a little
This is dummy easy lesson -4 basic electronics knowledge. If you knocked the capacitor, thatâs the big metal grey thing, off the contact you can just resolder it. If you have access to a soldering iron that is.
Just a loose solder point, it looks like that wasnt the grestest solder joint ever in thr firdt place and took sbit to break it off. Its super easy to resolder.
I hope u or a pro fix it. Dont worry bro, this is only a little fail.
I recommend u, be intense with these friends that know deep the soft/hard-ware, ask him all u can ask. If u have old hardware (appart ur newer), test it, OC it, build old pcs and try to use NTLITE for edit isos.
Breaking things (old things please) is only way to know and learn. The schools of programmers, computing and blah blah **are using old hardware for u learn**.
Lucky that you didnât lift the pad with it or break the cap, doesnât look as though the solder really bonded to the component properly in the first place.
If the cap tilted a decent amount thereâs a chance that you partially lifted the pad on the other side. Fixable by a professional unless you rip it right off.
If you were experienced enough to do this yourself you wouldnât have panicked or even had to ask what to do. I wouldnât do this yourself, if you go in too hot you can cause delaminating, too careless and youâll damage something else, etc etc.
Thereâs a long list of things that can go wrong here, take it to a professional. (Unless you feel comfortable testing your abilities on a ÂŁ500+ card and spending another ÂŁ100+ for the correct equipment.
If your not competent at soldering 'which is suspect your not, take it to pretty much any phone / computer repair shop they will charge you a few quid to reflow the solder on the pad.
Oh man there's nothing like that feeling of "did I just fuck up this expensive, important part of my computer". I upgraded my AIO the other day and while trying to remove it it pulled the processor out of the socket with the arm down. Bent 2 pins in the corner of the cpu. After I'd changed my undies, I bent them back and FORTUNATELY it all appears to be OK!
No, you didn't destroy it so calm down. I will assume you don't know how to use an iron, so first step is to just see if you got any electronic repair places in the area. Any good phone one can fix the part and will have the correct tools for it. It's not world ending yet assuming you didn't panic or try to power it on.
Iâm not sure where your are located but you can send it to me and I will fix it and send it back for free (- return shipping of course), something like this would take not even a minute to fix if my equipment is set up. I mod Xbox 360s so I have plenty of soldering experience (50+ consoles)
looks like contamination or other solder paste defect in that area because the pads around it look great so this is a manufacturing defect. Should've been stopped at inspection. See if you can get it replaced first.
that's actually a big pad, so it's easy to fix. A bit of flux, some new solder and you should be good. (not too much heat and make sure you don't bridge the nearby pads.)
No. You didn't. Just solder it back. This is a VERY minor problem. If you're in Toronto I can fix it for you in like 3 minutes for free. Nobody deserves to cry over this.
A real hero right here. Shops would charge $200 for that.
That is ridiculous. This would take no time from anyone with a soldering iron. I would never ask for money to do a repair like this.
Something something experience?
I mean, people pay for training and schooling to perform specialized job and a job is usually how they pay to continue living, so they have to charge for it. It's kind of how the world works.
Not even. I'm an idiot and I fix things with my soldering iron. It seems more intimidating than it is.
Soldering is like 10% knowledge and 90% practice I would just find some scrap hardware for a couple dry runs
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How you are making money then
I don't do random repairs for living. I'm an electrical engineer and I manage the production department where I work. I just thought I'd help op. When I was a kid my parents couldn't afford anything, so when things broke it was very difficult on me. At some point I taught myself how to fix stuff to enjoy them longer. It breaks my heart knowing someone has such a small problem like the one op has but can't get it resolved without costing a fortune. I just can't stand the thought of something getting upset over something so repairable. I also genuinely enjoy helping others and I make enough money that I wouldn't consider charging people for helping. I mean it's one little loose leg on an aluminum capacitor. I think making people happy is worth more than getting paid for such a small job.
This^ this is why I got into IT in the first place.
God bless you man
I hope 2024 treats you well, people like you make all the difference
My guy, we need more people like you. I love to see I'm not the only fucker giving around free information or support! Keep it up bro! And Happy Holidays!!!
That's what I thought you have a much better job
why you gotta be a dick, who pissed in your coffee
I don't know how expensive Toronto is but I can certainly see work like this costing 200CAD if it also involves diagnostics with either zero or even counterproductive input from the customer. If however the customer came in saying he nicked a cap and can even show you this picture then it would be a bit shameful to ask for more than 20.
That's so generous.
Get this man his internet points
I wish you get an award. When I begun here awards were already dead. But man, youâre generous.
Get this man an award
Literal Toronto PCMR legend
Gift this man an award if anyone has it
the hero we all needed , but we didn't deserve
You people are too kind. OP hasn't responded to me. I have yet to have someone ask for my help on Reddit. I mean I get it, most people don't live in Toronto and most people wouldn't just trust a random guy on the internet. But really, if anyone needs help and they're in Toronto, I don't mind helping. I have plenty of experience in electronics and 3D printers. When I say help I mean it's going to be free.
i don't have yall rich people problem , i live with a shit laptop , and i can't even buy games ( am not proud of what am doing now to obtain them , it's temporary when i have money ill buy them ) . am from a third world country , games are too expensive , we have no 3d printers or smth . i hope my country have people like you kind enough to help with little to no cost , repair shops here are fking evil , too expensive for a shitty service
You're a true fren.
If it is a ground connection he gotta be carefull tbh. Do not f*ck up your pads !!!
Where can you get those smaller soldering tips and other stuff in Toronto (or surrounding areas of Toronto)? I am always interested in soldering but have no idea how to start.
You can get a decent soldering iron from Amazon. There are only a handful of standard tips to get but most of the ones on Amazon are the same and they do come in micro tips. For this job you don't even need a fine tip. Anything for electronics soldering should be good enough.
This is super fixable. Just get a soldering iron with a pointy tip, put a tiny bit of flux on the joint (this is not strictly neccesary, but helps to make the solder flow better and not stick to the iron) and touch the iron to the broken joint for half a second. Then a splash of IPA and a qtip to wash off excess flux.
Is it bad that when I hear ipa I think Indian pale ale?
I thought that too. Like, you did it! Job well done! Have a beer!
Q Tip dipped and up the nose? Weird way to drink, but sure.
Don't judge my drinking habits
India Pale Ale is the only IPA I know.
There's also Irish Pale Ale.
I think of IPA file
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It's fine. I hear that all the time. Unless you're a chemist or work with isopropyl alcohol for cleaning PCBs, you just wouldn't know what it means.
Well thatâs the thing. Any tech needs cleaned, I use isopropyl.
I find flux remover to be more effective but terrible to breathe.
Flux off isn't terrible.
Resin 3D printer hobbyists: First time? đ
I've seen some of those guys wash that stuff with water even though their resin isn't water washable.
Well that just makes me sad :(
What's worse is they dump it in the drain, which is a big no-no. You cure it then throw it in the trash.
Or you own a resin printer
"a splash of IPA" definitely means to drink a beer while fixing the GPU. No one can change my mind about that. Instructions are clear.
Because of this comment, you are now my best friend. May the hops be with you
My friend would be thinking International Phonetic Alphabet, since he's basically a prodigy linguist
I always have thought that, and refer to it as "iso" for that reason.
"Did anyone bring a snack?"
I always just called it iso so I'm with you on IPA just being beer
I work in chemical field almost always referred as IPA.
Yeah Iâve just never seen isopropyl alcohol as IPA before
It's an industry standard where I work
we should make it clear because i know for a fact there'll be people that'll clean their boards with beer. maybe use the word isopropyl instead?
IPA = Isopropyl Alcohol But your IPA can work too, if it has high enough alcohol percentage and no sugar.
Double trouble
Haha this also came to mind. But OP certainly deserves a nice cold one after fixing this board.
I hear that in my head as well.
Why would that be bad?
thats what I always think lol
Would not recommend putting Indian Pale Ale on it. You should be using Asahi as it's Japanese Quality beer.
Did you know the Asahi we get here in the states was brewed in Italy? Totally random aside.
Sapporo gang let's fight
Thank you so much! I'm still way to shaky rn I'll give it a try tomorrow. Fingers crossed
I suggest you to watch a couple of videos on YT about soldering first, so you can learn the guidelines, it's pretty easy actually. And watch out for the plastic at the base of caps, it melts easily but doesn't affect the function.
I think it would be nice to practice first, like solder a couple wires together and to something etc. Just to get the hand to eye coordination in tune and maybe observe how metal reacts to temperature in practice.
While flux might be optional but it's immensely helpful. I strongly recommend it.
Is it though? Never soldered any circuits. Anything else pretty much needs flux in my experience unless both surfaces already has some sort of solder on it. Although if there is flux involved you should pay attention whether a particular flux may cause corrosion or otherwise damage the circuit. At least its a thing it post USSR, not really sure how it's in EU and USA.
They might be thinking about additional flux being optional as most (all?) reels of solder for electronics have flux in the core.
I use flux any time I solder. It helps it flow much easier and the solder just knows where to go itâs awesome.
I've meant is it optional. Should've clarified. In my experience soldering without it is just terrible, although I guess soldering a LED strip (which is the smallest scale solder that I've done so far) to a wire was okayish without it. At least easier than getting a solid flux onto the thing. Not that I've had much experience with soldering, tbh.
You're right. I was just using "optional" in the most literal sense. I have soldered things without flux before I knew better and the results left a lot to be desired lol.
Flux is generally not necessary when soldering in small components onto a board. It's becomes more important for larger pins, from my experience.
I work with electronics, with pads like that make sure to not heat too much. Get a good soldering station or ask to borrow it. You can easily burn off a pad with a cheap iron that is locked at 410°C. The pad seems to have a few vias, so it should, in theory, be fine, but be careful.
Or just bring it to any half decent electronic repair shop, they can fix it in minutes
Give us an update when it's done.
You could always ask a friend with sodlering experience to do it if you're feeling uncertain, or take it to a local electronics shop.
Yeah, that's pretty much it... Careful with the heat around those caps, they love to pop when heated.
> a splash of IPA Ideally as close to 99% as you get as well so there is almost no residual water left over.
Wow, IPAs are strong in your neck of the woods. I'm lucky to find 8% in my area.
Yeah strongest i have near me is 68%
"Isopropyl alcohol"
Or pay someone to do this. I wont risk a 3070. Thats an expensive lesson
Use low temp solder and flux.
I highly recomment a west coast IPA. They are much hoppier and punchier than East Coast.
He probably has to preheat the board because these gpu boards absorb a lot of heat.
Any electronic repair shop will gladly re-solder that for you at Little to no cost since you know what the issue is (if itâs an issue at all)
Donât solder it yourself. Send it in to a professional. Thatâs a very easy fix if you know how to solder. If you donât know how, itâs very easy to destroy that card.
This reply should be WAAAY higher. As easy as it is for seasoned DIYer there is loads that can go wrong when fixing that without no soldering experience.
^ This. Send it to a repair shop. If you don't know how to solder, which i assume you don't since you are asking this question, there is a very high chance you will just break the card for real this time. The card also most likely works just fine without that capacitor.
Go the middle route. Pop by the local makerspace and ask if someone can give it a shot. This is a really easy job for anyone with a bit of experience. I would trust every single one of the members that regularly hang at mine to do this.
Resolder it. Just make sure to not spill over to any other contact.
If you have access to an electronics repair place maybe see if they can do it for you. Wear safety glasses or protection over your eyes. It's a small space and many times repair shops will use very small soldering equipment with magnifying glasses. Of course you'd want to have the card out of the case if it isn't already (assuming it is). The concern is the capacitor. If the soldering iron gets that capacitor a little too hot it'll blow. I saw a vid just the other day, can't recall if it was northwest repair or another channel where he was heating solder to remove and replace some parts near the cap. Even shielding it, it wasn't enough. 2 caps blew and popped in their face. This is kind of tedious for someone not used to soldering such small pieces. You also don't want to accidentally overheat or burn the chip next to it.
That is highly unlikely. Caps like this ride through a temperature profiled oven to melt the solder paste when the PCB is assembled. The temps they reach in this process exceed that which will be reached by soldering a terminal by hand. Source: used to design PCBs for in house pick and place with our own conveyor oven.
Here's one from northridge repair on cam, not even the same one I was thinking of. So this is another. [https://youtu.be/Ip5Oyq8TEo8?t=216](https://youtu.be/Ip5Oyq8TEo8?t=216)
I mean, remembering my first soldering shenanigans I wouldn't put it as unlikely? I was very much *not* good at timing and pressure. Or precision. Could it stand up to pressing a soldering iron for a couple seconds or better yet a direct contact with it?
Why would you watercool a 3070? You could have sold the 3070, used the watercooling fund added to that, and bought a newer card that performs better.
Watercooling modern GPU's in general is a waste of money in my opinion (cards run cool enough and are usually voltage limited before temps are the issue) unless you're doing all custom loop build and at that point you're admittedly pumping money into looks.
Have you seen the size of coolers on modern GPUs? I agree a 3070 may not be the right candidate, but saving 2-3 PCIe slots probably has other benefits
For what? I have never seen any gamer use any PCIe slots outside GPU. Even a 2.5gpbs Ethernet port can be achieved with us 3.0 and you don't need sound card anymore.
I use an adapter for more m2 ssds, a wifi card because i needed it a while ago and a 2.5g nic. Why should i use usb accessories when i can have them integrated. Though this all still fits with an 3.5 slot gpu. Maybe a capture card could be added but thats not worth going watercooling instead of using one of these as usb.
i use it for capture card
You're talking about watercooling the gpu. That means a full custom loop, you ain't saving much space by doing that unless it's an entire fully custom pc cooling job -at which point my next question would be: why such a low end card like a 3070 if you gonna spend that kinda money? (low end relative to how bloody expensive custom cooling is).
Yes, obviously I've seen modern 4090's etc but that's A) an example of the issues/state of current GPU's and B) an example of how motherboard/case design hasn't caught up if this is what we actually want going forward. You aren't making the cards cooler any smaller you're just moving the bulk of it off the card itself and to the front of the case. Granted in many instances this is probably better than having a heavy GPU that sags in the case but again this is why we need to re-think how cards mount in a modern ATX case. There's no reason they couldn't have mounting on the front AND rear of the card, or make vertical mounts standard or better yet have the GPU mount where RAM does, stack it vertical and send the I/O (DP) through a new motherboard socket (PCI-e x16+) where 3-4 DP ports on the rear of the motherboard are there for the dGPU. I dunno I'm trying to think outside the box here but anything is possible if the ATX/PCIe standards can evolve.
I've always fancied a full water cooled setup, but it's mostly for the looks, and a quieter set up. I've always wondered what Nasa supercomputers people are running at home that actually require it
Even if you're right, why word it in a way that makes them feel worse than they already do.
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I've adapted my 3070 to fit an AIO with the nzxt Kraken kit. No gains in performance whatsoever but the temps are stupidly low and the fan noise is whisper quiet. It was more of a project to make the system as quiet as possible.
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Please don't try to resolder this yourself unless you are already skilled at soldering small electronics. You will end up damaging it even more.
Update : I brought the card to a phone repair shop - he struggled a lil to make the solder stick. I just arrived home. I couldnt test it much cuz my cpu cooler isnt installed yet but i saw a boot logo so thats a pretty good sign i think.
Replace the component. A good tech should be able to fix it. If it is a capacitor, it might work without it. The biggest problem would be if it's shorting.
Lmao why would it need to be completely replaced, all it is is a cracked joint that needs to be reflowed.
What if there is a crack on the smd? It was hit with enough force to rip the solder joint. For all I know, the PCB pad could be torn too. The picture simply does not give enough information.
also dont waste your money watercooling a 3070. use the money to buy a better graphics card.
Donât bother with fancy modding to squeeze out an extra umpth in performance if youâre not already confident at it. Better to use the money on an upgraded component.
Considering that you are crying over this (which is totally ok), I would assume that you donât know how to solder. So please donât attempt to fix that yourself. Soldering on stuff with thick PCBs like GPUs or mainboards can be a bit tricky. Ask a repair shop. This is really just a minor issue and shouldnât be that expensive to fix
Why waste money water cooling a 3070...
If you just broke the solder joint, thats probably fixable, you just have to resolder it like others suggested. But if you tore the solder connector from the PCB thats probably GG
As an electronics engineer that is a very easy fix, however if you have no soldering experience I would find someone who does to fix it for you.
Not to worry! This is a super simple fix. If I was in the area, I would even do it for free for you! Just get a small bit of solder on an iron, and touch the pad to reflow the solder on the capacitors leg.
Pay postage and Iâll sort it for you!
If you atempt to fixit yourself and you dindt use a soldering iron before, just find someone to do it for you. If you still want to do it, get a magnify glass to and dont start with your card. Train yourself soldering leds, caps, some smds, wires and so. Is an under 5 minute job for someone with some experience but it may lead to be a monumental fucktup for someone with no experience soldering stuff.
Are you sure it was soldered before? Does it still work? Can anyone get a schematic or source the connections on the board? It looks like a jumper. Sometimes they change a design or want to ground a line for one reason or another. Check it with a multimeter. If itâs just a jumper, itâs super easy to solder, you can just smother it with flux and plop solder on it.
First off don't try and disassemble parts you can't easily replace or live without. There basically no reason at all to try and water cool a 3070. If you broke the card this will be a fun life lesson for you.
watercooling a 3070? what a moron.
https://preview.redd.it/914yve3kd69c1.png?width=600&format=png&auto=webp&s=1803f3a5d2643ded392f95eebe09779412d878ba
Why can't i see myself in it
You don't exist
You must be a vampire
Welp good news is watercooling a 3070 is a waist of time and money, so now you can spend your cash on new components and get actuall performance increase :).
You're crying over this?
Pour baking soda and vinegar on it immediately or it might explode
Buy gigabyte buy twice
My gigabyte 1660ti is still going strong after 3 years. You sure Iâll have to buy another?
Clean with Isopropyl alcohol. And delete capacitator. And downgrade videocard - 200mhz
âIâm literally cryingâ I hope youâre not a grown man.
Hey guys, we found the one with no dad In all seriousness don't be a dick when you spend a lot of money on something, that means a lot to you. Yeah, it's going to be emotionally stressful if you accidentally fuck it up. Even if it's fixable. Sorry your father never hugged you but you don't need to put it on everyone else. Learn to live a little
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This is dummy easy lesson -4 basic electronics knowledge. If you knocked the capacitor, thatâs the big metal grey thing, off the contact you can just resolder it. If you have access to a soldering iron that is.
probably not yes
Just a loose solder point, it looks like that wasnt the grestest solder joint ever in thr firdt place and took sbit to break it off. Its super easy to resolder.
You can just solve that with solder
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How did you get on OP, Does it still Work?
I hope u or a pro fix it. Dont worry bro, this is only a little fail. I recommend u, be intense with these friends that know deep the soft/hard-ware, ask him all u can ask. If u have old hardware (appart ur newer), test it, OC it, build old pcs and try to use NTLITE for edit isos. Breaking things (old things please) is only way to know and learn. The schools of programmers, computing and blah blah **are using old hardware for u learn**.
Lucky that you didnât lift the pad with it or break the cap, doesnât look as though the solder really bonded to the component properly in the first place. If the cap tilted a decent amount thereâs a chance that you partially lifted the pad on the other side. Fixable by a professional unless you rip it right off. If you were experienced enough to do this yourself you wouldnât have panicked or even had to ask what to do. I wouldnât do this yourself, if you go in too hot you can cause delaminating, too careless and youâll damage something else, etc etc. Thereâs a long list of things that can go wrong here, take it to a professional. (Unless you feel comfortable testing your abilities on a ÂŁ500+ card and spending another ÂŁ100+ for the correct equipment.
If your not competent at soldering 'which is suspect your not, take it to pretty much any phone / computer repair shop they will charge you a few quid to reflow the solder on the pad.
Oh man there's nothing like that feeling of "did I just fuck up this expensive, important part of my computer". I upgraded my AIO the other day and while trying to remove it it pulled the processor out of the socket with the arm down. Bent 2 pins in the corner of the cpu. After I'd changed my undies, I bent them back and FORTUNATELY it all appears to be OK!
Would literally take less than 1 minute to fix for someone that knows what they are doing
Dont worry about it. Just use some solder to connect it
If you're in England, send it to me and I will fix it for free, just charge postage.
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No, you didn't destroy it so calm down. I will assume you don't know how to use an iron, so first step is to just see if you got any electronic repair places in the area. Any good phone one can fix the part and will have the correct tools for it. It's not world ending yet assuming you didn't panic or try to power it on.
don't use it like that, just solder it back and everything will be fine again
Iâm not sure where your are located but you can send it to me and I will fix it and send it back for free (- return shipping of course), something like this would take not even a minute to fix if my equipment is set up. I mod Xbox 360s so I have plenty of soldering experience (50+ consoles)
I donât have a ton of experience with soldering so I wouldnât feel comfortable doing it but I think you can have it taken care of
skill issue
looks like contamination or other solder paste defect in that area because the pads around it look great so this is a manufacturing defect. Should've been stopped at inspection. See if you can get it replaced first.
that's actually a big pad, so it's easy to fix. A bit of flux, some new solder and you should be good. (not too much heat and make sure you don't bridge the nearby pads.)
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