Re: EVGA Titan X Maxwell suspected bad caps
If the card was baked at some point it would explain why the caps and plastic connectors look like they've been subjected to such high heat. Thanks a lot for your comments, I'm not bothered about losing my initial investment but I'll chuck it back on eBay and see if I can recoup some of it and mark the card as for-spares.
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Re: EVGA Titan X Maxwell suspected bad caps
I'm worried it might be a GPU solder issue or a bad memory module. However since they appear to be working in VGA mode I figured there's not much to lose by testing all the mosfets and caps. One thing I've noticed is a 2.5ohm short to ground on all the solid caps behind the chokes, but since the mosfets appear to be OK and I have no schematics available, I can't begin to figure out where the apparent short is coming from, and the card boots so I'm not sure what to make of it.
The card is out of warranty and I bought it as...
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EVGA Titan X Maxwell suspected bad caps
Hello guys!
I have an EVGA Geforce Titan X (Maxwell) with suspected bad caps. The card boots fine into BIOS and Safe Mode, as well as regular Windows without drivers (VGA mode). As soon as the drivers kick in the PC blue screens (actually black screen, but no display output during the blue screen). Also, I get a small number of artifacts in VGA mode in any resolution higher than 640x480 but none at that resolution.
I've attempted to downclock the card by doing a card bios flash through nvflash as well as trying a stock bios flash, no results. Thermal paste and pads are in...
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