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Can We Revive This 10 Year Old Graphics Card?
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This 10 year old graphics card is on the verge (pun intended) of crapping itself! Can we revive it? Let's find out!
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@StefanEtienneTheVerrgeRep 2 жыл бұрын
The human eye can't even see more than 8 years.
@Apocalyman 2 жыл бұрын
Facts
@smakfu1375 2 жыл бұрын
Lol'd. Nicely done.
@mruczyslaw50 2 жыл бұрын
I can't even see what is 0,0000000001 light year away from me, I think my vision is bad
@weerobot 2 жыл бұрын
Eh?
@PBW891 2 жыл бұрын
This here is an MSI 7770, ya we got one.
@jarsky 2 жыл бұрын
"Some of you may never have gamed on a card this old" *PCIe Gen 3.0* Hold my senior citizen card
@GregSalazar 2 жыл бұрын
😂
@aaronhiggs 2 жыл бұрын
Did you even voodoo fx bro! Lol 😂
@haikopaiko 2 жыл бұрын
My first 3d accelerator was a voodoo 2 card 👌
@jarsky 2 жыл бұрын
@@haikopaiko same here, 2 voodoo 2's in SLI with a voodoo banshee
@tep1003 2 жыл бұрын
I recently found my first graphics card from 2006. An Asus EN7900GT, which was PCIe, had 2 DVI ports (and an S-Video port), and a whopping 256MB of onboard memory.
@jarsky 2 жыл бұрын
That artifacting can be caused by dry solder joints as well, especially if the cards overheated. If you cant find anything wrong with the SMD's its worth baking it to reflow the solder just in case thats the issue, also if it works could result in another video 😊
@DuneRunnerEnterprises 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly, second that!!!
@Mamomr 2 жыл бұрын
Fixed two of my cards with baking.
@Marvin_R_91 2 жыл бұрын
@@Mamomr Fixed an HD 5850 this way years ago...
@SgtEriksson 2 жыл бұрын
I do have a card that started with help by baking in the oven. Had green artifacting and slowed down the computer completely. Worked for 1 month now with no issues
@matiasspesot7884 2 жыл бұрын
Shhhh. Guys stop.
@HumanWithNoExtraLimb 2 жыл бұрын
Had this same issue a while ago. The gpu needs reballing. In safe mode it operates on the minimum freq, voltage etc.. When installing drivers, it uses the proper settings up to specs, which crashes the card. Not the drivers or windows fault at all. Pure hardware issue unfortunately.
@andrewmcewan9145 2 жыл бұрын
Ive had some gpus thst just degraded and some part of the voltage frequency curve (nvidia) or pstate (older amd) was unstable changing voltages in the bios did resolve the issue. Most of the time it was somewhere in the middle of the clock randge. Even had a intel cpu do this.
@jrok96 2 жыл бұрын
@Andrew McEwan unfortunately bes a one trick pony . Clean and repaste is his only repair
@LeoXeloN 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Greg for sharing ideas and knowledge for every content videos that you made.
@GregSalazar 2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@Venoxium 2 жыл бұрын
Wooow I remember this card! I remember debating whether to get the 7770 or the 7790 back in the day. Got the 7790, overclocked it as hard as possible and managed to rock it until getting the GTX760
@yogi491 2 жыл бұрын
You do go reasonably more than the mile, Greg to repair stuff and even if for KZfaq or usual reason or content. It's heartening to see all the hardwork!! Great work man. Respect!! 🙏
@Alvin853 2 жыл бұрын
My guess is: one of the vcore phases died, and now there is too much stress on the other phase resulting in unstable power delivery. But that's going to be close to impossible to diagnose and potentially fix
@PeteKay 2 жыл бұрын
so check it out. I'm an old retired grizzly looking (nowadays) soldier. But for some damn reason Greg was in my dreams reviewing an umbrella last night. All rated "g" of course. You can't be the last video I watch at night anymore.
@GregSalazar 2 жыл бұрын
😂🍻😆
@MysticalWafflez 2 жыл бұрын
I've had a few AMD cards overheat with no fan spinning. Usually it's after driver installs. The first card I ever saw overheat and die was an AMD R9 280x. Once it overheated, the core was so hot it actually was damaged. You could see artifacting just like on the screen you had.
@SgtEriksson 2 жыл бұрын
Im running a AMD R9 290 right now that had artifacting, green lines all over and slowing the computer down. Tried a few things before i just threw it into the oven. Have been working for a month without issues. Ran RDR2 meanwhile i was home with corona and the poor thing was 100% peaked all the time and still works. Now the question is how long it will last
@jmugurr994 2 жыл бұрын
I have a 280X and have been using it to speculative mine some coins as i have a better gpu for gaming. Whenever i start a miner it jumps to 99C, i never noticed if it did that before in games because i never really paid attention to it like i do now. But if i use the AMD software to change the voltage or the frequency settings in the tuning menu, it will fix itself and run at a good temp. Very strange behavior.
@guiorgy Жыл бұрын
@@SgtEriksson Does it still work after a year?
@SgtEriksson Жыл бұрын
@@guiorgy no, it did not 😋 held on for about three months
@johnathansmith1003 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for being realistic in your repair process. Alot of unexperienced pc enthusiasts try the oven or a heat reflow on the gpu die, both of which are temporary fixes. The real fix for the main culprit is a reball which 99% of people won't do. A+
@mlthmp Жыл бұрын
I'd say most people wouldn't know where to start. Lord knows I wouldn't, lol
@AshishKotnala29 2 жыл бұрын
This behavior, specifically the artifacting in vertical bands (when drivers are loaded) is a sign of bad memory. GPU is probably fine and yes it prevents itself from overheating if fan is bad but memory doesn't.
@DroneMee 2 жыл бұрын
100% exactly good diagnoses.
@MMMHOTCHEEZE 2 жыл бұрын
4 memory modules and the bands are in series of 4's, hmmmm. No idea if that's how it works or not but it is interesting.
@coolpoete 2 жыл бұрын
Great video as always man. I'd love to spend a day troubleshooting and learning with you!
@ervingoss5442 2 жыл бұрын
Very good video. Your commitment to getting things to work is inspiring.
@hoodlumrocknroll1 2 жыл бұрын
At 3:07 mark, with the card port side on left of video, I can see part of the gold plating on the second from far right side end, the second one in from side nearest the L shaped side of long connector, has a bit of the gold missing from the connector. It's possible that could cause a bad connection in the slot on motherboard.
@PercyVTS 2 жыл бұрын
I have an R9 290 which did exactly the same. As it was I had the side of my pc off and notice the card sagged slightly (quite normal), but as I lifted it the corruption stopped and returned when I let go. In short I propped it up with an empty monster can and its been fine ever since.
@Jay_the_Caffeinator 2 жыл бұрын
Wow!!! I actually have 2 of them still. I used to run in Crossfire. I only upgraded in winter 2019 to a used GTX 1070, just before the balloon in GPUs. They have NEVER been taken apart. I really have a full system, just needs a case. If you want it Greg, I can send it to you, if you want to clean it up.
@ogbogb10z 2 жыл бұрын
Same! Got 2 in sli, but sli is dead, so couldn't get extra performance from that
@7MPhonemicEnglish 2 жыл бұрын
I once had dual crossfire 6770s if I remember right.
@nickoftimes972 2 жыл бұрын
Love this channel and I'm always interested in your next videos. Thank you.
@notavailable9919 2 жыл бұрын
Got a feeling this may be a failing capacitor. It works briefly but then fails, the capacitor may be fine when discharged but then is providing inconsistent power. Test each capacitor for resistance.
@macking104 2 жыл бұрын
All Solid Capacitors - 10 years ultra-long lifetime (under full load) - Lower temperature and higher efficiency - Aluminum core without explosion. msi 7770 website page guess Steve at GN wouldnt like the last statement...!
@migsmigs87 2 жыл бұрын
I picked up a 5770HD locally for $15 a couple of years back. I had a similar issue, very dusty, but the fan did spin. After cleaning and re-pasting, it would boot into windows but had some odd artifacts on occasion and slow downs. I figured the chip had deteriorated, so busted out the heat gun to "re-ball". That seemed to fix it - which more often than not is a temporary fix. I still have the card and use it in an old LGA775 build that sits in the garage for when I do car repairs/upgrades and want to refer to repair manuals, videos etc. without greasing up my phone.
@NortheastRacing 2 жыл бұрын
I had the same issue with a Sapphire HD7950. I overheated the card after the fans failed. It reached 99 C, which shouldn't have been a big issue as I shut it down as soon as I realized it was overheating, but it did fry the 2nd v bios. I replaced the fans, and the card worked fine for a while, but started exhibiting the same artifacting yours did. I baked the card and it worked fine for 8 months, but eventually completely died.
@datriaxsondor590 2 жыл бұрын
Seen something similar to this years ago, with a buddy's GPU. I think it was a GTX 280 iirc, but it behaved almost identical to this. What happed with his was, when trying to clean the thing, he vacuumed over the fan and spun it up so fast, that the charge it generated, fried the card. The artifacting it produced was a little different than what this one showed, but it behaved, almost identical. The boot looping in particular, and this was back on Windows 8. Pretty sure he either fried the ram, or gpu itself. It's quite possible the damage to this card, was irreversible.
@philipburrows 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Greg Have you ever thought of building a computer with part's from the 80's and 90's, you know those old school mother boards, graphics cards, processers and so on to see if they can still be used today 2022,running Windows 98, XP, vista and so on, just to see if they can cope with simple tasks of running 1080p games and other programs, just in case someone out there still has a pc running and just wants a couple of extra gigabytes of storage, ram, memory or speed. As I have a couple of Intel motherboards that could run Windows 98,but would struggle with XP, vista and so on. Would be fun to see if they are capable of doing basic tasks like running Internet searches and some basic game plays with the modern games. Just a thought to put out there in the computer tech world. Loving the video's and the information into the parts of the pc and so on.
@TBomb85 2 жыл бұрын
Your wife is such a good sport for helping with the ad spot lol
@reallyryan_ 2 жыл бұрын
These videos are so satisfying for me I have OCD 😅 love it when you clean tech :D
@johnpaulbacon8320 2 жыл бұрын
Great video. Like you had mentioned - might be a bad bios chip or another IC.
@ZombieWolfe 2 жыл бұрын
something similar happened to my 9600 gso from 2011, it was a blown capacitor, after i changed it i didn't add enough solder and got a crazy screen glitch.
@hovanthecool1995 2 жыл бұрын
Greg: "Toothbrush and soap come in real handy here..." Me: I hope that was not a toothbrush a child was using.... XD
@cracklingice 2 жыл бұрын
The only thing that I could think that might yolo fix it would be to re-flash the original bios on it if there's a backup on techpowerup for that model. It's pretty common for cards to seem to work fine and then when drivers load things go down the drain. The artifacts lead me to think the flash wouldn't be successful though.
@jasonjavelin 2 жыл бұрын
These videos are always awesome as someone someday will use this as a reference
@kozla2504 2 жыл бұрын
I had the same problem with my evga gtx 750 ti, i tried so many things, and none of them worked and the last thing i tried is different versions of drivers, i somehow found an older drivers for card and it worked for me, and to this day im still using it 😀😀
@fireshorts5789 2 жыл бұрын
I just revived my old Radeon HD5770 to give to a friend who is struggling with 4th gen intel integrated graphics. The thermal paste had basically turned into powder but after a re-application and a deep clean of the fan/heatsink, its still going (relatively) strong at over a decade old now. My backup GPU is an HD7850 that could probably use the same treatment too, I hope I can keep it going for years to come.
@jaylucino8890 Жыл бұрын
My rx 580 did the same thing, it even escalated to where all of the screen was red fracturing. It was only the hdmi cable like you suggested. I had to set aside the gpu for months cause i thought it was already dying.
@DiegoPCMR 2 жыл бұрын
Usually what happens is that the card first will work since there are no drivers installed. After drivers installation the card will try to operate at its “full potential”, and that’s when things will start to go south. Same happened to me with an old gtx980, awful day, such a good card that failed one day to the other.
@bigmind8508 2 жыл бұрын
I also had the same issue with a vapor-x 7770. The card died after few days when those vertical lines appeared.
@SidDTheSimschannel Жыл бұрын
Greg I fixed aold graphics card for my only desktop at the time my new build wasn't done yet and I still wanted to play games but it would artifact and freeze and crashed the games to desktop. I looked in the case and the fans were so clogged with dust that the blades couldn't spin. So one day I decided heck I will try cleaning it and see if that worked. It did, you got to peal off the seal on the back because dust can block the contact with the motor in the fan and also absorb the lubricant,, I opened it up there was nothing but dust rapped around the geal, so I cleaned that out. Relubracated it taped the seal back on and put the card back in with new thermal paste and the card fired up like new.
@FENIX3233 2 жыл бұрын
Artifacts are usually caused by bad VRAM. My guess is module c based on the green lines. You should try to get mats and t server. They are really good tools for that type of diagnostic
@windowsxpprofessional 2 жыл бұрын
I always love your channel. And today this is a i can probably relate to Because i have a 14 years old pc🤣 Still functions well, gotta revive it's fan for which I was inspired by you!
@gentlejake605 2 жыл бұрын
I really want to see you cook something like this to resolder everything in one go? internally and exteranlly? in like a little oven or sum
@mlnorth6431 2 жыл бұрын
It was pretty common back then to try to flash a bios from the next tier up on cards. Maybe they tried to put firmware from the 7870 or upward?
@FabianM 2 жыл бұрын
Hello!! Love the content that’s uploaded super educational
@GregSalazar 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the support!
@HitMarkersAreFun 2 жыл бұрын
this reminds me of last year when I took my old 7970 apart. It was working just fine but running very hot when I decided to finally put it up for sale on something like offerup. so i got some new thermal paste and thermal pads, took the card apart, cleaned it up with new tim and pads, put it back together and was immediately getting very similar artifacting. I wound up taking it apart one more time to make sure I had put all the thermal pads in the right spots, put it back together and still same artifacting. Started going through driver troubleshooting and then the card just stopped working. I think I may have put to much pressure on one or more screws when putting it back together(i know better than to crank down on it, but maybe I still used to much force). Is it possible that at some point in the cards past it too was taken apart, repasted and then later on started showing artifacts due to incorrect pressure used when mounting the cooler? this might explain why paste didn't look that old for a card that is very old. when i took my old 7970 apart, the thermal paste flaked off, it was really bad.
@Pochaco2007 2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and entertaining video, as usual, señor Gregorio. Thank you very much.
@samfisher146 2 жыл бұрын
it seems like the same problem with my old gtx 780 can't even install the driver every time i tried to do the windows breaks and goes into boot loop
@TheBluntsmith69 2 жыл бұрын
This was my first graphics card on a $600 build in like 2013, man how times have changed.
@blaster-vv8so 2 жыл бұрын
great video I love these type of videos. The only other thing I could think of is a corrupt V bios.
@JoshuaG 2 жыл бұрын
i would love to see a video of you trying to reheat that MSI HD7770, whatever tools necessary
@DementedApe 2 жыл бұрын
My hd 8490 did this exact same thing when I received it, I got it for about 15 bucks, luckily the seller was kind enough to replace it with a r5 240 which I used for a while waiting to get a better card
@RVail623 2 жыл бұрын
Some other factors: 1. There may be a firmware update available. "GPU-Z" can identify the current video card firmware. 2. Check for UEFI compatibility using the free "GPU-Z" program. 3. Depending on the UEFI compatibility, may require setting the motherboard configuration set to "CSM Enabled". In which case, would also require complete Windows re-install with "CSM Enabled". 4. Check the status while the motherboard bios on-board graphics is set to "Enabled" instead of "Auto". Then plug in the graphics card, but the monitor still connected to the motherboard's HDMI port.
@SubZtx 2 жыл бұрын
I actually own the 7790 version of that card. Looks almost the same with the two blue bars on it single fan MSI R7790-1GD5/OC. The fan went out on it and it was behaving very similarly. I found a fan on eBay at the time and that fixed it. Could be like you said the thing just burned up because of it.
@playstation1freak26 2 жыл бұрын
I had a r9 270 twinfrozr from msi that did the same thing. The fans would stop spinning I would have to spin them to get it to work, it gets worse until gpu temps get real bad, gpu artifacts, black screen with windows recovery and system shutdowns, I install the drivers with ddu and safe mode, driver crashes then shuts down computer. I eventually replaced it with a 1660 super from asus I hope it doesn't end up like the r9 270 did. I only got 5 years out of the r9 270. Forza motorsport, doom 2016, and titanfall 2 were running badly on it anyways.
@patrikforsman5421 2 жыл бұрын
I would disagree with the ports as they are pretty decent. The card has Displayport and HDMI and the DVI is most likely digital so it's pretty modern for it's age.
@johnkehagias5147 2 жыл бұрын
For me it was the opposite. I had artifacting on an older card. I was fixing a PC for my brother in law. I reinstalled Win10 and that actually fix the issue completely. No idea why but if I had to guess I would say the Win 10 that was installed was not updated and causing the issue so when I reinstalled it, it then had the correct drivers already for it.
@daytona1445 2 жыл бұрын
I had a Dell N7110 with a GT 525m that would get random artifacts in Windows 10 but never had an issue with 7. Just cause windows 10 will install a driver or you get one claiming to work with windows 10 doesn't mean it really is compatible.
@fokthewef 2 жыл бұрын
I've seen this type of behaviour, vertical lines, with a couple of GPUs some 13 years ago. One XFX Nvidia card and one Sapphire AMD card. Due to high ambient temperature, in a very hot country, the cards overheated as the fans were not efficiently cooling the GPU. This was in a heavily used game rig.
@ihateeveryone8161 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds more likely you were too lazy to maintain your hardware like you should in that climate, it got dirty, got hot and then died.
@fokthewef 2 жыл бұрын
@@ihateeveryone8161 nah. GPU didn't last even 6 months. Didn't have time to get dirty. It was only improperly cooled
@Ashachi 2 жыл бұрын
I used to have the HD 7750 about 5 years ago which was the tier below it, It got all its power from PCIE and was enough for my low tier games at the time.
@slizzer161 2 жыл бұрын
I'm fascinated by your videos❤️
@pbales8951 2 жыл бұрын
I have this exact same card that I purchased with my AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black CPU and Gigabyte motherboard way back in September of 2012. I looked up my order on TigerDirect, and I paid $119 for it. I've kept this card around to put into test systems since it was the oldest Radeon HD family that had Windows 10 drivers.
@secondary5913 2 жыл бұрын
I had this exact card but it had an issue with the fan where it was either off or at 100% so i strapped a 120mm fan to it with zip ties.
@bigmike4544 2 жыл бұрын
Same thing happened to my 5500 xt. Booted to safe mode to remove drivers. When I booted to Windows and looked in hardware manager it defaulted to windows standard gou drivers. But once I try to install amd gpu drivers I would just get a boot loop. Just replaced it with a 2060.
@koosvaneijck 2 жыл бұрын
You should try to flash the bios .. and down clock vram and core clock little bit to. Might work
@nexusiv1421 2 жыл бұрын
that card's power connector position is soo convenient!
@mruczyslaw50 2 жыл бұрын
I would try just giving this card 10 minutes in oven, I repaired few cards like this before.
@217RockStar217 2 жыл бұрын
What temp did you use? I got an ole 770 with old paste and artifacting, oven is it's only option left
@HumanWithNoExtraLimb 2 жыл бұрын
Can confirm, fixed one gpu this way as well.. Worth a try. Smells very toxic though xD Not sure you want to cook food in the same oven xD
@mruczyslaw50 2 жыл бұрын
@@217RockStar217 220°C is what I use
@pedrocosta758 2 жыл бұрын
i baked my old gtx460 more than 10x times over multiple years,everytime artifacts started popping i would put it in the oven at around 200-220ºC for around 10-12 mins. Still works today.
@mruczyslaw50 2 жыл бұрын
@@HumanWithNoExtraLimb keep oven door and window open for few hours and it's good to go
@fedepede04 2 жыл бұрын
I have had many ATI/AMD cards over the years, and I have seen this more than once I had a 270 die a half year ago, same problem.i did some research on it. And my conclusion is, when the thermal paste gets too old and the heat starts to rise, that soldering joint starts to get loose, so the GPU needs to get refitted. Many have got it to work using the oven method (don't use the oven you use for food) others have used a blow dryer and also many got it to work using a heat gun. There is a lot of videos here on YT showing it
@robertcline7687 2 жыл бұрын
i suggest doing a revisit ive seen thsi before when people have overclocked the video card with msi afterburner now something to try would be to reinstall the drive use advanced options and there should be a spot that says factory reset video card. or you could try running msi afterburner and down clocking the video card
@animedrawer69 2 жыл бұрын
My family pc I believe had a Nvidia Riva TNT2 card in it. I remember trying to play a demo of Alien vs Predator 2 on it and it ran at like 10fps. Terrible times.
@Renopus 2 жыл бұрын
My older brother owns this card, really should remind him to clean it up and re-paste. Also, is it natural for a high-power GPU to heat up rapidly when fans are not spinning? Mine is MSI R7950 with Arctic Accelero Twin Turbo II cooler (250W rated). Fans do work, but i have to get an molex to 3-pin adapter since both 4-pin attached to the PCB and 3-pin connected to PSU are required for them to run. Idle sits at 40-50C, set to lowest speeds, and manages to reach 100C after few minutes while under load. Hopefully did not cause any damage as this happened 5 times, each the moment hit 100C i put it back to idle. No artifacts, no crashes. Processor, together with VRAM modules at this scenario were always at safe temps, around 50-60C. Left side panel has been removed for such reason, other than having to tidy up PSU cables that go outside the case, with single fan on the front. It got cleaned up, re-pasted with NT-H1, also has pads on memory modules.
@Dragunov1111 2 жыл бұрын
You could test the vrams on it and if any of them isnt working try to reflow/change it with flux...
@Brian_Buckley 2 жыл бұрын
Get yourself a cheap used Toaster oven, heat this thing up to 400 degrees for 10 min. Let it slowly cool....and see what happens "poor man's Reball". I have rescued Several cards doing just that even an HD7970!
@pcguy21 2 жыл бұрын
I wish Greg would do an oven bake video on a card or at least a heat gun video on an artifacting card to see if that fixes it. I've fixed a few video cards using the oven method.
@schakalix 2 жыл бұрын
I had the same issue with a GT 8800 a looooong time ago after I did something stupid in Furmark. Long story short, I knew from the beginning of the video you were not going to have luck with this one. The GPU core is toast, nothing you can do. Great video as always, I really enjoy your channel!
@japaneserequired6314 2 жыл бұрын
nothing is wrong with the core but rather the soldier joints between the flip chip and the package. These can be temporarily repaired with a heat gun but will fail again.
@Rooachie 2 жыл бұрын
I had a 660 with the same shroud. Sold it this year for 30. Glad it makes someone else happy now
@skyler2020 2 жыл бұрын
Greg, can you update your cleaning gear links? I specifically want to know the new air duster you are using. But you are linking the old one. Also some other links seems dead.
@ijac 2 жыл бұрын
Wow I could really use that video card. I 've been looking for a cheap card for a old computer I have. I lost all my video cards when we got flooded in September.
@tpbablues4886 2 жыл бұрын
I recently open my 3070 Ti FE, that i bought in July, it was completly new, but after only 7 months the thermal compound was TOTALLY dry. I had to use some instrument just to remove it from the GPU and the cooler.. what a shame for a new card.
@nightstah 2 жыл бұрын
Older cards may offer an initial spin up; they don't turn/engage unless under 3D load. So this may be normal for the card (that's definitely a cooked card - you should bake it - it won't last but may confirm it by reflow which is temporary at best)
@sitordan 2 жыл бұрын
I promised I'd come and watch the video after the McLaren car launch, so here I am. Could the culprit be the BIOS of the graphics card? I've seen similar behaviour with cards that have the wrong BIOS or a corrupted version. Keep up the great work, Greg. I'm looking forward to more PCDC and Fix or flop videos. Those are really good.
@RedRacconKing 2 жыл бұрын
Should have tried the oven baking method to reflow the solder.
@kermitthegaminghermit8736 2 жыл бұрын
I still have a Radeon 7870 in my last build from 2013 or 2014 (don't recall). My build can actually still play Doom Eternal on low settings. I look forward to my next upgrade.
@brucepreston3927 2 жыл бұрын
Kinda looks like a solder issue...I had this same thing happen with a gtx 1060 that belonged to a friend...I threw it in the oven at like 180 degrees or so and voila it worked again! Might be worth a try, it's not like you are gonna lose anything if it doesn't work...
@igoterectionuk 2 жыл бұрын
Those lines on startup look like memory corruption on one bank of chips. Necroware covered this on a GCN 4 card (RX580)
@herensugue 2 жыл бұрын
Had something like that with an old Pentium system running last of it's kind VooDoo 5500 videocard. Got it running on Windows XP only.
@snakedoctor3921 2 жыл бұрын
Have ever worked on on a thermaltake level 10/;20? would love to see it
@rogerdouglas2306 2 жыл бұрын
if your seriously considering getting into this repair thing then you should check out some northridgefix videos. i feel at least buying a thermal camera may help you in these specific situations.
@PixelGxming 2 жыл бұрын
My first GPU was actually a 770 but founders edition It really was a good card at the time
@chrisnorrell7489 2 жыл бұрын
If it will work for racing games I'd love to have a gaming pc. I'm saving for one at the moment. My pc died 3 years ago and i haven't been able to do anything till i started saving a bit recently.
@LtAccomplisher007 2 жыл бұрын
greg so the boot loop happened to me also. so to fix it what i did is to reinstall the whole windows and clean my whole hard disk wipe
@white_mask13 2 жыл бұрын
I actually understand what is happening with that card because i had a simular expirience with a GTS 8800. Your card need a HOT minute in an oven.Also when you get into Windows the OS tried to initialise the card but because the card has a fault on it, it doesn't know what to do and restarts before you see it fully boot up and crushes to the screen you saw. Also that's the reason you can boot it up without drivers.
@michaelthedad Жыл бұрын
I've had this exact issue with 2 AMD cards. R9270x and a RX570 I posted on the AMD forum with regards to the R9 270x, after the RX 570 did the same thing, I just gave up on team red
@couchpotatoe5706 2 жыл бұрын
i've seen old gpus that doesn't work with new Os', maybe trying out Windows 7 or XP might do the trick, in a future scenario.
@docgiggs 2 жыл бұрын
When I see color banding like that and I know the monitor/cable is good, it basically means the memory is toast on the video card. The fact that the fan isn't spinning on startup indicates to me the owner of this card was doing some intensive graphics with the card and the memory started to fry. If the GPU was fried, it wouldn't POST. You only get the color issues like that with segments of the memory being dead. So unless you resolder some new memory chips to that card, it will be forever like that. Your first attempt probably fried more memory in areas where the drivers were being loaded. Also cheap old cards didn't throttle or shutdown on overheat either. So basically it's dead Jim.
@tibolloliollo2346 2 жыл бұрын
greg did you try an older windows ? i had a 7970 and that thing gave me headaches when i put it in a pc that runs on windows 10 but when i put it in a pc with windows 7 it works perfectly fine
@JoshuaG 2 жыл бұрын
Good thing i'm keeping watch on my family's old PC with the H.I.S RX 560 still kicking after getting it for just $60 pre-pandemic , i'm not taking any chance's, throttled back power limit (-20%), that bought down temps from 61 C to 52 C with little performance loss.
@MJ-uk6lu 2 жыл бұрын
Dude, those temps are very low and RX 560 is not powerful card at all. There's really no point in gimping it like that.
@junbugdoe3930 2 жыл бұрын
i have a gtx 590 witch is 13 yrs old and it still works. thx for the video..
@MegaDoggyBag 2 жыл бұрын
Had the Asus version 2gb best bang for the buck back then still have it in a rig for the little ones .
@crumbman 2 жыл бұрын
I have an old HD 7870 that "died" on me 3 weeks ago with kinda the same issue. It's working fine until the driver loads.. after that I get nothing. I will try to fix it by putting it as a secondary card into a system that works and then try to reflash the BIOS because after 10 years there might be some issue with it. Maybe you could try the same with this card.
@Teksers 2 жыл бұрын
Greg, there is another posibility. It's called bitrot, the card is 10+ years old thermal paste was crusty and dusty. It could be that the BIOS chip got corrupted, I would boot directly from the APU and then try with ATI flash to re-flash the BIOS on it from TechPowerUp, where you can find the exact model.
@Negiku 2 жыл бұрын
I had the exact same card which was my first dedicated GPU, and I loved it.
@newroo 2 жыл бұрын
watch der8auer, these kind of problems can be resolved by putting the card in the oven for x amount of time in y degrees. Think it has to do with the solder will get soft and when cooling down resolder and maybe fix the problem. I'm also pretty sure the artifacting is due to bad memory/connection to memory.
@ndowie5 2 жыл бұрын
I have an old gpu and on a certain render mode my gpu fans stop spinning and I get blank screen do you know what this could be?