Most expensive piece of hardware ruined

[Don66]

Took out my 8800gtx and was prepping it to go into my sons machine and ripped off one of the memory chips:disgust:
It was water cooled and I was pulling the ram sinks off.

My it rest in peace

 

[panipoori]

ouch

 

[Juno]

warranty?

 

[Crucial]

Originally posted by: Juno
warranty?

Fraud?

 

[MegaVovaN]

Duct tape?

 

[legoman666]

Originally posted by: Crucial

Originally posted by: Juno
warranty?

Fraud?

heat gun?

 

[Don66]

Originally posted by: Juno
warranty?

No since I'm the guy that broke it.

I'm still pissed @ myself for killing the card like that.

I've learned an expensive lesson.

Well, at least I have an ATI 3870 x2 to play with.

 

[91TTZ]

Solder it back on.

 

[legoman666]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Solder it back on.

indeed, fbga chips are fairly easy to do...

 

[redly]

Originally posted by: legoman666

Originally posted by: Crucial

Originally posted by: Juno
warranty?

Fraud?

heat gun?

ebay!

 

[Don66]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Solder it back on.

I would if I had any soldering skills.

I did read somewhere about baking the card in an oven and resoldering that way.

 

[MegaVovaN]

WTF, you're not putting whole card in the oven!!!!!!!!!
to solder just 1 chip!!!!!!

 

[TestedAcorn]

Damn, 500$ down the drain unless you solder it.

 

[Don66]

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN
WTF, you're not putting whole card in the oven!!!!!!!!!
to solder just 1 chip!!!!!!

LOL!

no

 

[Don66]

Originally posted by: TestedAcorn
Damn, 500$ down the drain unless you solder it.

$500 now.....$650 when the card first came out:brokenheart:

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Can you claim for accidental damage on your credit card or home insurance?

 

[meltdown75]

might be worth your time to try to develop the necessary skills to fix this.

 

[OhSnap688]

Good job!! lol

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
might be worth your time to try to develop the necessary skills to fix this.

Exactly. OR just sell card + chip on Ebay so some fella with basic soldering skills can get awesome card for cheap.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN
WTF, you're not putting whole card in the oven!!!!!!!!!
to solder just 1 chip!!!!!!

It's not too far off. You ever seen a solder-wave machine?

Toaster-oven soldering

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Solder wave machine running

Soldering machine in action - skip right to 40s.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: Crucial

Originally posted by: Juno
warranty?

Fraud?

exactly -- there is always one in the crowd.....

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN
WTF, you're not putting whole card in the oven!!!!!!!!!
to solder just 1 chip!!!!!!

It's not too far off. You ever seen a solder-wave machine?

Toaster-oven soldering

More

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Solder wave machine running

Soldering machine in action - skip right to 40s.

Amazing. I learn something every day! Thanks.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Lol, I'll give you $75 for it

All those days of soldering cell phone PCBs.........finally pay off!!!

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN
WTF, you're not putting whole card in the oven!!!!!!!!!
to solder just 1 chip!!!!!!

It's not too far off. You ever seen a solder-wave machine?

Toaster-oven soldering

More

Text

Solder wave machine running

Soldering machine in action - skip right to 40s.

Amazing. I learn something every day! Thanks.

Yeah, you wouldn't think, "Oh, plastic components. They'll be FINE being immersed in hot solder!"
I was surprised the first time I saw how industrial PCBs were soldered. I guess because the solder doesn't wet the surface of the plastic, it doesn't adhere, and so isn't able to transfer much heat to it.

 

[CraKaJaX]

What the hell do you mean by "prepping"? Apparently it's pretty rough.