Nvidia 7600GT Repair

[Fir3Chi3f]

So after letting this thing sit in front of me for a bit, I noticed something...


OH MY!!


Dab of solder here... There we go



I can't believe it worked, I put it in my little brother's computer to test and the screen turned on. I might try to touch up the solder later, but I can't believe that even worked.

[c_hegge]

Re: Nvidia 7600GT Repair

I think I've seen this happen once before, on a 6600GT

[PlainBill]

Re: Nvidia 7600GT Repair

Two points.

1. Do not post pictures inline. It seriously inconveniences retiredcaps and others who can help you, and irritates the rest of us. Instead, use 'Manage Attachments', below the text entry area.

2. For using your little brother's computer to test it.

PlainBill

[Fir3Chi3f]

Re: Nvidia 7600GT Repair

Two points.

1. Do not post pictures inline. It seriously inconveniences retiredcaps and others who can help you, and irritates the rest of us. Instead, use 'Manage Attachments', below the text entry area.

2. For using your little brother's computer to test it.

PlainBill

I did use the 'manage attachments' to upload, that is why there are thumbnails at the bottom and I didn't read anything about not putting pictures inline in the 'Forum Rules *ALL NEW MEMBERS, PLEASE READ!! UPDATED!!*' sticky. I didn't think it would be too bothersome as the pictures are a fairly small 800x535

I wasn't actually looking for help either- the fix worked and I was looking for others to either explain what that thing is or help others with a broken 7600GT card.

[c_hegge]

Re: Nvidia 7600GT Repair

I only ever get annoyed with inline pics when there are lots of them (like 10 or more) as it takes too long to load them all, but one or two really doesn't bother me, but that's just me.

[momaka]

Re: Nvidia 7600GT Repair

I did use the 'manage attachments' to upload, that is why there are thumbnails at the bottom and I didn't read anything about not putting pictures inline in the 'Forum Rules *ALL NEW MEMBERS, PLEASE READ!! UPDATED!!*' sticky. I didn't think it would be too bothersome as the pictures are a fairly small 800x535

You're right, it's not in the forum rules. But it does make grumpy-old-PlainBill a bit less grumpy .
(good enough reason for me ).

Of course I agree with c_hegge - if it's just one or two pictures, I wouldn't really call it a problem.

One time though, some guy here posted about 15 HUGE pictures in the PSU pictorial thread. When I tried to view that page, my computer ran out of RAM (so over 768 MB) - and that's with Internet Explorer 6 too, which is absolutely stingy with the RAM usage. Normally my computer uses ~200-250 MB with multiple pages open.

By the way, congrats on fixing the video card. I guess it won't need a reflow after all .

[kc8adu]

Re: Nvidia 7600GT Repair

thats an inductor in the vrm.its a big heavy part with lots of thermal mass.probably didnt get hot enough for the solder to flow and wet properly.just had a 2 month old 32" sharp hdtv that a friend found on his city trash route that had 3 of those cracked loose.had the box,reciept and all accys with it.soldered them and it was fine.his grandkids are going to fight over it now ;-)

[Fir3Chi3f]

Re: Nvidia 7600GT Repair

thats an inductor in the vrm.its a big heavy part with lots of thermal mass.probably didnt get hot enough for the solder to flow and wet properly.just had a 2 month old 32" sharp hdtv that a friend found on his city trash route that had 3 of those cracked loose.had the box,reciept and all accys with it.soldered them and it was fine.his grandkids are going to fight over it now ;-)

Thanks for the info, I didn't think I could get a good solder joint on there just because it was a big piece of metal. Great find on the TV, why would his grandkids fight over? Wouldn't he just use it? Or does he have too many awesome TVs from finding and fixing them