video card

[ogsky]

need help..1 have four identical video cards..some are displaying garbled display while the fan running..the others are not displaying anything and the fan not running..is it worth trying to repair the video cards by recapping? which is better to repair, the no display or the garbled display? tia

[Shodan486]

Re: video card

I guess Nvidia here ...well you can try frying them in an oven, especially the one which seemingly works...the others it's a 50/50 whether to recap / fry first (possibly repairing it)....But I'd go for recapping first, then the ''hell''...

[shovenose]

Re: video card

unless any of the caps are visibly bad, chances are its something else. what cards are they?

[ogsky]

Re: video card

they are 7600gt nvidia gpu..no visible signs of busted caps.

[ratdude747]

Re: video card

are you sure? what brand? i know the evga ones had the sacon FZ of doom... topcat, the admin here, got a a huge lot for $30 that had bad caps... new caps fixed it (I have one myself).

[ogsky]

Re: video card

not sure about the brand but it has red pcb, emtek by zalman heatsink fan, nvidia gpu, rubycon caps.