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[INGlewood78]

 

[Powermoloch]

:camera:'s ?

dude..that sucked

well...i'm not sure RMA will do the job at all =/ (since physical dmg voids warranty lol)

S.O.L.

 

[tuteja1986]

Originally posted by: INGlewood78
When I was working on my computer, a little screwdriver slipped out of my hand and landed on my videocard, leaving a little mark on the PCB. Now artifacts are showing up. Is there a way to fix this or am i screwed? Its a very small mark.

if you did the damage :! then yeah .. your are pretty screwed but i would still to rma it

 

[Bull Dog]

Originally posted by: tuteja1986

Originally posted by: INGlewood78
When I was working on my computer, a little screwdriver slipped out of my hand and landed on my videocard, leaving a little mark on the PCB. Now artifacts are showing up. Is there a way to fix this or am i screwed? Its a very small mark.

if you did the damage :! then yeah .. your are pretty screwed but i would still to rma it

People.....so lacking in morals these days.....................

 

[elpres05]

Originally posted by: INGlewood78
When I was working on my computer, a little screwdriver slipped out of my hand and landed on my videocard, leaving a little mark on the PCB. Now artifacts are showing up. Is there a way to fix this or am i screwed? Its a very small mark.

Let an electronics engineer talk here...

Are you sure you the screwdriver dropped on the PCB and not damage anything else?
I it damaged something else too, if not, provide a picture of the mark.

Also, there are two possibilities for the damage...

1) The screwdriver also hit some other part of the card, electrostatic chargea and some chip you probably lost, shorts and all sorts of stuff can happen.
2) The mark must have revealed some golden paths, they are very small so you might even cut them in between or even short them.

Can you provide me with a picture.

 

[BigPoppa]

Originally posted by: Bull Dog

Originally posted by: tuteja1986

Originally posted by: INGlewood78
When I was working on my computer, a little screwdriver slipped out of my hand and landed on my videocard, leaving a little mark on the PCB. Now artifacts are showing up. Is there a way to fix this or am i screwed? Its a very small mark.

if you did the damage :! then yeah .. your are pretty screwed but i would still to rma it

People.....so lacking in morals these days.....................

Meh, if it was his fault, they'll most likely find it. I work at the Geek Squad in a Best Buy. We have people bring in stuff all the time. The service center is very good at finding water damage, corrosion damage, drop damage, etc. Our camera center takes pictures. Being able to poin the customer to the website with pictures is a nice tool.

 

[INGlewood78]

I dont have a camera at the moment with me, but by looking at the board...it seems that the sharp end of the screwdriver hit the board and chipped off a little of the green layer..and disconnecting one of the foil lines...can this be repaired?

 

[elpres05]

Originally posted by: INGlewood78
I dont have a camera at the moment with me, but by looking at the board...it seems that the sharp end of the screwdriver hit the board and chipped off a little of the green layer..and disconnecting one of the foil lines...can this be repaired?

Yes if you can see the line breakage. By the way, repairing it won't give 100% successful results because that line break might have caused for damage internally to the connected components

 

[Sunrise089]

Originally posted by: Bull Dog

Originally posted by: tuteja1986

Originally posted by: INGlewood78
When I was working on my computer, a little screwdriver slipped out of my hand and landed on my videocard, leaving a little mark on the PCB. Now artifacts are showing up. Is there a way to fix this or am i screwed? Its a very small mark.

if you did the damage :! then yeah .. your are pretty screwed but i would still to rma it

People.....so lacking in morals these days.....................

100% correct, normally I don't get too excitied about people pushing RMA guidelines, but my new system is that if eVGA doesn't cover it, I won't try to claim it. In other words, if it is actually allowable for me to overclock my card to the point of damage, I won't try to RMA it after hitting it with a rock just because I can (in this scenario). Of course, the OP never said he would try to RMA, so kudos to him.

 

[INGlewood78]

anyone else know if I can repair this?

 

[firewolfsm]

try and connect it. there is a risk though: it might fix or you might mess the entire card or you try and live with the artifacts. how bad are they?

 

[MX2]

Those foil lines are called "trace routes." You might be able to find an expert soldering tech and get it working again.