this guy has got to be the most advanced logic board repair engineer in the world, i do the same or similar work and i am so so jealous how advanced you are and skilled i dont think ill ever get this good , on the other hand i wont do CPU/GPU BGA jobs dont have the skills nor the equipment but just wanted to drop a line to give you the respect and credit you deserve

@Giggidygiggidy12

3 ай бұрын

Isn't there an apple repair guy in NYC that might be equivalent to this guy?

@justincgs

3 ай бұрын

I agree! I was amazed to see him repair a via under a GPU BGA pad by drilling a hole through the PCB and running a botch wire. And get this... The botch had to reach a trace on the 2/3rd layer so he found a spot on the trace path where he could sand down to it without hitting other traces. Best repair work I've seen in years and he makes other KZread electronic repair channels look amateur. Total master.

@Omsip123

Ай бұрын

This guy is awesome. But I would have to be an expert in repairing and would need to know all repair technicians which exists to rate him “most…. of the world”

What a gut-punch! 2000 Bucks down the drain because someone thought using Liquid Metal is just like using thermal paste and didn't research proper usage first. Very expensive learning experience and a quite effective cautionary tale. Too bad about the Card - my condolences to the owner despite all else.

@nexxusty

Жыл бұрын

Whoever learned this lesson clearly needed it.

@neruneri

Жыл бұрын

Hey, at least they learned it now. Lord knows what the -90 cards will cost 5 or 10 years from now, would probably suck a lot more to have to learn it then.

@luminatrixfanfiction

Жыл бұрын

People say it's a very expensive 2000 dollar mistake but if the guy has to buy another 4090, then it's actually a 4000 dollar mistake. Oof

@luminatrixfanfiction

Жыл бұрын

@Thomas B I'll counter with, what goes through Joe Brandon's mind? Nuff said.

@StilgarAstartes

Жыл бұрын

@Thomas B I'd assume the owner wanted to integrate the GPU into his/her Watercooling loop - which is not too problematic if done correctly. Why on earth they decided to use Liquid Metal still boggles my mind...

I find these kind of repair videos to be like therapy, very relaxing and satisfying.

@sekovittol3124

9 ай бұрын

To watch someone do effortlessly what would make you give up. I have a dead ASUS motherboard from trying to remove the backplate to install a CPU fan, the screwdriver sliced through some trace lines. The time and effort (after putting in time and effort) and failing wasn't worth the cost of the MB. This guy could have it fixed faster than Alice could serve up minute rice. But yeah, very relaxing and interesting to watch!

i have done a lot of soldering in my life and i know my way around circuit boards, but what you do on this tiny components is like pure magic to me. keep up the great work, i love watching your videos.

Liquid metal is always the best friend of repair technicians

I’ve been doing component level repair for 20 years and I’ve never been close to what you’re doing here. 2 layers, maybe 3… very impressive even with the nice tools. A true master

@iikatinggangsengii2471

11 ай бұрын

im very hesitant to give spoilers but as for now they sounds like an iem, thats it, i dont hear hopes

@fellpower

11 ай бұрын

thats no mastery. gpu rapair is easy, the most special stuff is in the core. and they cant repair it, only change. and u can do it easy, with the right tools ^^

@SupraSav

11 ай бұрын

​@@fellpoweryes, that's why this is so common

@carcharhinus_555

9 ай бұрын

@@fellpower Care to post a video?

@justincgs

3 ай бұрын

Did you see the video where he fixed a trace connected to a via at the GPU BGA pad? He also had to hit it's trace a couple layers down mid PCB without hitting other layer traces.

This channel is an absolute gem. Thank you for this video. Too bad that the card was unsalvageable.

Some bad descision were made there, but an absolute joy watching you work on gpus :-)

@Radek__

Жыл бұрын

which ones?

@kimborch8547

Жыл бұрын

@@Radek__ using liquid metal when you dont know how.

@Radek__

Жыл бұрын

@@kimborch8547 oh I thought that you are saying about Kirs, that his decisions during service/maintenance were bad.

@kimborch8547

Жыл бұрын

@@Radek__ Oh, ok. No no, Kris does some amazing work on this, as well as other cards.

Thank you for publishing another video :D I really enjoy watching professional level repair even though I repair circuits only as a hobby. On the other hand, I would never consider repairing after such a mess from liquid metal, if I had such expensive tools.

AFAIK 4090s have only 2 main 12V power planes. 1 for ALL the Vcore VRMs and 1 for ALL the memory power. A fuse for Vcore that wouldn't blow under regular operation would have to be rated for like 50A. MSI does put a fuse on their memory 12V power plane but they are the only manufacturer I've seen do that and they also don't have fuses for Vcore.

@gtijason7853

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I did not know this. Thanks for the info

@Ohlukei

11 ай бұрын

my MSI Suprim X (air cooled) died after the first day (no experiments, it was in original condition). 😞

Big ouch. Liquid metal on the gpu for 2-3°C better temperatures is not worth the trouble.

@ruxandy

Жыл бұрын

This!

@madmartigan9720

Жыл бұрын

Liquid metal for 1k $ less in your pocket :D

@dannygraves4997

Жыл бұрын

@@madmartigan9720 The cheapest RTX 4090 from Gigabyte that I've found goes for €1899 where I live (which exchanges to roughly $2014 as of this post), so that's well over $2k down the drain (especially if you count the extra cost for the liquid metal, shipping for all these products, etc.).

@dra6o0n

Жыл бұрын

It's never about the thermal compound used anyways, its about how much heat the cooling can dissipate, the bigger the gap in dissipation temps the faster the temp is dragged out of the chip. But too large and you cause condensation from moisture in the air.

@KillingTheMost

Жыл бұрын

it's not "2-3c" more like 5-15c

thank you its always fun and informative to watch your videos , hope there are much more of them

Some people are unqualified to buy PC hardware, the owner of this GPU is one of them

By night, Kris plays in a band called "Gallium Corrosion". The genre is a fusion of Liquid DnB and Death Metal.

For water cooling GPUs, it's not necessary to use liquid metal. Just get Thermal Grizzly Hydronaut. It is more than enough, with good radiator setups and fans you will not even reach 70°C on the hotspot, ever.

@the_Scarlet_one

Жыл бұрын

“But it can give me 2 degrees lower temps!!! That so much more performance I can get!” I like waterblocks. Always have and always will, just because of the aesthetic and the noise levels. Liquid Metal is only useful for delidding and relidding a CPU die.

@TerraWare

Жыл бұрын

Even though I get watercooling your card it's not even really necessary with 4090's from a temperature perspective, they're all so overbuilt.

@RNG-999

Жыл бұрын

Don't use Thermal Grizzly thermal pastes. Just use Gelid Extreme. It is literally the exact same formula, doesn't cure or dry out like Thermal Grizzly, and it costs only 20% the price of Thermal Grizzly.

@MickyMouse4000

Жыл бұрын

This guy was just to dumb to use it. He didn't even used any protection for the transistors around the CPU

@thatguy7595

Жыл бұрын

Why even bother if you are not going to go all the way?

Really enjoyed that, thanks. That gallium liquid metal is so dangerous in the wrong hands.

Damn, and I was scared to replace the thermal pads on my 3090 FE with better pads (though I finally did replace them without any issues) - I can't IMAGINE murdering an even more expensive GPU with what appears to be a completely unnecessary mod. That sucks!

@romangruber6685

Жыл бұрын

Especially as you can buy reassembled water block gpus. Only an idiot does it himself and void warranty for water block.

@PsychEngel

Жыл бұрын

​@@romangruber6685 Hey, here's the idiot, who do this for fun and cause I know what I do. I optimize my systems for low temp, low noise and as much power, as needed. If you know what you're doing, it's absolutely fine and doesn't harm. My 1080 OC was running 5-6 years with 30% OC, undervolting and a max temp of 46°C for several thousands of hours and life's till today. Also my i7-6700k run the same time, mostly stock, Direct-die and a max temp of 52°C in a ultra-silent system. That's what I'd like to achieve. Actually I'm running my i9-13900k (E-Cores deactivated, cause my screws on the contact frame are to short) and a 3080ti in a silent system with max temps at 60 on the CPU and 50 on the GPU. I'm waiting for my Direct-die upgrade kit and some other parts and then I'm going in the same direction, but without an aggressive OC, cause it's not necessary at the moment. I'm enjoying such work and love to optimize the systems, as much as possible. Also liquified some laptops, with dedicated GPUs, which got a new life, cause before, they had temps nearly instant at 100°C and couldn't utilize nearly half their power.

@PsychEngel

Жыл бұрын

@Thomas B Why?

@petenikolic5244

11 ай бұрын

@@PsychEngel Same question WHY what do you gain from it from my experience basically next to Zero gain .

@PsychEngel

11 ай бұрын

@@petenikolic5244 I can't see his answer anymore. Do you know what he wrote?

I love your style, calm voice and demeanor. Good audio, good camera work, all around excellent. I can watch you do repairs all day

@fernandodorian

Жыл бұрын

Is it a declaration of love and marriage proposal?

I'm developping an addiction to "GPU repair videos"

Some bare minimums when using liquid metal IMO, cover the entire PCB with protection (I use paper stuck down with electrical tape) while applying to prevent accidents. Coat any caps/resistors on the die using nail polish. Use a very small amount of liquid metal, work it out using the supplied spudger. Get some pre applied ahesive open cell foam gasket strips from your local hardware store and apply around the chip so if any liquid metal escapes there is a good chance it will be caught by the foam.

@VashStarwind

11 ай бұрын

Or just you know, dont use liquid metal... lol

@glebglub

11 ай бұрын

don't use nail polish, use proper electrical conformal coating - nail polish contains moistourisers, vitamins/minerals with penetrators, etc.. since it's meant to go on biological matter, which may end up corroding the components over time and heat cycles. the £2 you save on using nail polish is not worth it

@TheSunshrine

11 ай бұрын

Or you know look at the ingredients?@@glebglub

@eudaimonia9386

11 ай бұрын

@@glebglub Good advice! Can conformal coating be purchased in small tubs?

@glebglub

11 ай бұрын

@@eudaimonia9386 small tubs, big jugs, sprays, toothpaste-tubes, syringes, pens... in other words yes lol. some are UV reactive though (like a solder mask) so make note if it is an needs/comes with a UV torch, or have a 24-hour cure period due to being evapourative meaning it may dry up like super glue/caulk once opened, 2 part epoxy, etc.. I honestly forget which one is "best" for this use-case (guessing silicone-based but don't quote me on that, it may be acryllic afaik), I just remember you don't want to go *too* thick else it wil impede its ability to radiate heat, but the same can be said about nail polish anyway

I recently watercooled my Gainward 4090, instead of Conductonaut (Liquid Metal) I now used MX-6, performs really good and no risk as shown in the video. A little too expensive to experiment with it haha, although I always was very careful, tape off areas etc etc, never had problems but this time I was naaah, let's just use MX-6.

I see people in forums and in comments talking about using liquid metal, like it’s something to be taken lightly, I’m not using liquid metal on anything I can’t isolate. So that if it leaks out, no damage can be done. For example, on CPUs I have delidded, I always seal up the IHS so no liquid metal can escape. And I’m 100% not using it on a GPU. It’s not worth the risk for a 10C temperature reduction that might get me an extra few MHz

it's really fun to watch, and maybe you can still take one or the other with you. but I wouldn't dare to do it myself, first learn from someone like you who can really do it. good work

Awesome video. Great camera work.

I'm just blown away... I understand modifying your hardware etc but when it's brand new like that, I guess I've just never had the money to afford losing to even consider modifying something that is worth thousands of pounds and still in warranty.

@SianaGearz

Жыл бұрын

Early deaths of any given hardware in the first 3 months are are anything but uncommon... this is why you have warranty. It's good to get past that stage at least. But it's more fun to wait till hardware has all its warranty lapsed and has as little residual value as possible and then go WILD.

@DKTAz00

11 ай бұрын

Its like investing, dont do it if you cant afford to lose it all

@compwiz00

9 ай бұрын

I have put 240w and liquid metal and custom water on a brand new ryzen 3950x and got into the top 20 in the world in some benchmarks for that model of CPU, though over time more dedicated overclockers beat me. Gotta be fast if you want you name on top of the list of fastest CPUs even for a day. Probably could have done top ten if I delidded it. Maybe when I save up enough pennies to buy and delid a ryzen 7950x with some drr5... or 8950x even... It's a bit scarier to do this to GPUs since they cost more and have more vulnerable parts near by which are slightly more challenging to protect. I usually just cover everything nearby with liquid electrical tape so any spills can be peeled off. Saved a laptop from some clumsy fingers this way.

When I had a liquid metal spurt from the syringe that got under a memory chip on a 1070 MXM that luckily only caused a code43 in device manager, I managed to get it out using copious 90+% isopropyl and compressed air, outside, so the LM ended up somewhere in the backyard. Card still works. I have found isopropyl and paper towel is good for surface cleanup

@garyr7027

Жыл бұрын

I've washed cards in soapy water before that had nicotine stains that I got cheap. It won't hurt it any but like you mentioned, use alcohol on it then compressed air real good under all the SMD parts. Alcohol will mix with water and evaporate much better, and air drys it out. The key is completely dry under all the parts, GPU included. Having a air compressor to do it is recommended though... Lol.

putting liquid metal on anything is a recipe for disaster so putting it on a us$2000 gpu is like buying a ferrari and sticking tnt to the exhaust

Very nice video to look at. You explain very good aswell.

You are a wizard! Thanks, Kris!

I am happy to see again doing proper love to those poor graphics cards, I have learned a lot from your channel you are master!!!

I'm sorry, but this customer should be rewarded with some sort of diploma. They did not even try to cover the smd components surrounding the core with nail polish or other insulator, and they used the wrong tip which made way too much liquid metal spray out of the tube. As others have pointed out before me, this is a classic example of more money than wits. Hope they have a hard time recovering financially from this, so that the lesson sticks.

the godfather of cardrepair, great video

Looks to me like somebody tried to apply liquid metal like regular paste with the drop on the middle technique. No liquid metal will not spread by itself over the surface, placing a drop will only cause the metal to squish itself out, liquid metal is great but it has to be applied correctly.

Why people nowadays feel they need to liquid metal everything? All the old and safe(r) ways still work very well, folks!

@fcmancos884

Жыл бұрын

All the 4090 are well cooled, too much, the only reason to put a water block is to get rid of the enormous cooler and do a water cooled system, in top of that liquid metal always is risky because is conductive and corrosive for a tiny small amount of degrees of cooling.

@1983Konstantin

Жыл бұрын

Why do people even need liquid cooling on cards with such good cooling ! Idiocy.

@Gnarfendorf

Жыл бұрын

@@1983Konstantin space, or they already have a custom loop and want to integrate it into it. Otherwise it does not make sense as enough ppl in the comments stated.

@lemagreengreen

Жыл бұрын

@@1983Konstantin Yeah it is becoming very unnecessary given the size of these cards, the fans they use are large and quiet. The space saving advantage does still exist to an extent but it's not like a radiator and all the hoses etc are tiny, it just seems like water cooling in general does not offer quite the same advantages as it once did when graphics cards in particular liked to pretend to be hairdryers.

@darkmanure

Жыл бұрын

Same question to all the people deliding cpus that work perfectly fine.

You're a modern age wizard; You show, and tell... We're very impressed as per usual my good sir :)

Bin immer wieder beeindruckt, wie man an so filigranen Bauteilen arbeiten kann. Ich arbeite in einem Bereich, in welchem man scherzhafterweise alles unter M12 als Feinmechanik bezeichnet.

I have used liquid metal on so many applications I even did liquid metal on my reference Rx 6900 xt when it was brand new coated $1000 and just released. Liquid metal isn't that dangerous if you know how to use it and take some precautions. I bought another MSI Rx 6900 xt trio x, put a waterblock on it and liquid metal. This time it was the closest I got to failer but my precious saved me. I cover the small components just around the die with multiple layers of nail polish. When I was spreading the liquid metal I actually spilled a little over the edge of the die but the nail polish did its job. I removed as much as I could but there are still a little bit stuck in the nail polish but hey 2 years later the card have never had any issues. So my advice to liquid metal users: 1. Coat the small components around the die with clear nail polish as thick as you can get. 2. Use both hands to push the liquid metal out. One hand holds the tube, and with the other hand you use two fingers to hold around the piston 1 mm from the tube, that way the tube acts as a stop and you don't overspill. Push 1mm, move your fingers 1mm up and repeat until it starts coming out. Also if there comes to much all of a sudden you can instantly retract the piston sucking back the liquid metal. If you use that technique you will never spill liquid metal.

@samtaliano6814

Жыл бұрын

Or I just put the LM straight on to the tip of the cotton bud then on to the chip!

@HenrikHvalpen

Жыл бұрын

@@samtaliano6814 Not a good idea because now you have to carry exposed LM over all the components, if you put too much LM on the tip and it drips or you drop the cotton bud you are fucked. In the beginning I used a coffee plate to put the LM on first and then dip the cotton tip in it. But as I said carrying exposed LM is super scary because one day you might fumble and drop it. With my method you can't mess it up, i even applied LM on my CPU today.

@samtaliano6814

Жыл бұрын

@@HenrikHvalpen that's what your other hand Is for as a cup underneath the cotton bud!

@HenrikHvalpen

Жыл бұрын

I'm still not a fan of that method because it requires a lot of movement. When I applied it I am standing completely still and only focusing on how much coming out of the tip. Then when the right amount has applied I pull back on the piston making sure nothing is coming out. Then I can relax and move around safely. You won't convince my to do any other methods. I have gone through 3 tubes of liquid metal so I have tried it many times at the moment and I have never had any incidents. And it should stay that way. 😉

@samtaliano6814

Жыл бұрын

@@HenrikHvalpen yes of course!! I was always iffy with how the LM came out of the syringe but yes you described the way to get it out of there!!

"This is very bad" + the cost of the card = a very bad day for the owner. :O( The tangled webs we weave. Thank you for the video. Top Notch effort!

Finally, Long time no see, lets hope for long live video ☺

I used LM once with a delidded 4670K. But I did my due diligence in how its done, masked everything, didn't overuse and it worked for several years.

True magic. Lesson I learned: Never mess with liquid metal.

@KainsAddiction

3 ай бұрын

That's like saying: lesson learned, never drive a car, after an accident.

Next level repairs !

Brilliant stuff!

I have to click like even though it was a sad case. Expensive lesson for someone I guess. BRAVO as always Kris and thanks or your help. PEACE\/

The customer was successful. That card will stay cool forever.

I love when clients break their things then come to me but this one, I would not even try to repair it because the amount of work is simply too much. On top of everything, the client doubled the bad behavior and tried to "fix" it himself/herself.

@romangruber6685

Жыл бұрын

I do not do any second repair attempts. Pay me respect and bring me something which was not opened for repair before.

I was just getting ready to purchase a 4090 and Im glad to hear about this gigabyte issue about the lack of fuses. With your vast experience and knowledge which of the 4090 cards manufacturers would you say is the best build quality? I have read msi but your opinion would be of greatest value. Thank you for your time and providing this type of content and information to us.

@Vinterloft

11 ай бұрын

Techpowerup has PCB shots of most cards. From a cursory glance, the Palit/ Gainward Gamerock OC looks to be the most "fused-up" 4090 that has a clockspeed above 2600

Mo Money, Mo Problems. Use something that is NOT electrically conductive is better on a water cooled GPU, Kryonaut Extreme or KPx are both more than capable of doing the job. As a plus they will not eat the GPU Die or the cooling plate, and as a bonus if they ooze out they will not eat the caps around the GPU Die. I did it once on a CPU and didn't think it was worth it after i saw what it did to to cold plate, it was also a pain to apply.

As a pc builder gamer and enthusiast of 30 years i can never underrstand why anyone would use liquid metal, it destroys your pcb - its stupidity, especially when we have advanced thermal pasts solutions now When you also then factor in how cool these 4000 series cards run there is very little benefit from water cooling at all really or using liquid metal over a decent thermal paste. Some people have more money than sense clearly

The saying goes if it ain’t broke don’t bloody fix it, Definitely not worth liquid metaling 40 series !!! They’ve got beefy coolers with pretty decent temps !!!!!! Ps this dude is amazing!!!!

@VashStarwind

11 ай бұрын

Yeah liquid metal is honestly stupid lol. Lets chance destroying my whole pc, for a 1 degree temperature gain.. lol

I suppose on the plus side, you could use the PCB itself to repair another card (well GPU chip anyway). If someone had massive PCB damage this PCB should still be intact.

Mal wieder ein sehr interessantes Video! Ich habe die Videos schon ein wenig vermisst :( Vielen Dank, dass du dein Wissen weiter mit uns teilst. Bester Mann!!

can you tell me the value of the capacitors that are usually used above the gpu, I have missing 1 pcs when cleaning it

Have plans to build a rig myself for the first time in 20 years so have been studying up by watching a few well known content creators who know their sh*t, so far I know enough to not mess around with liquid metal, it's conductive and corrosive, it also has a habit of solidifying with time and needs reviving. For the sake of 2° I'll stick with thermal paste, if I ever brain fart and use liquid metal on the most expensive parts of my rig you can be sure I'd let an insured professional do it instead.

@krisfix-germany can you list or make a quick video on the tools you are using ? thanks if you read this.

Hello sir, what temperatures approximately you use to remove the chip top and bottom?

Excellent explanation. Regards.

"Very good card, it was a very good card, now it's nothing" 😂😂😂

Wow watching you doing these repairs is mesmerising and satisfying My 4090 after 6months gave up stopped giving monitor outputs. ( MSI 4090 GAMER X TRIO) I wonder what caused that lucky it’s still under warranty 🙏

Is it possible to ultrasonic liquid metal?

real nice wick broom. do they have different sizes

13:50 I wonder IF it is a damage from reassemble with the waterblock, the vram thermal pad thickness is set with thermal paste in mind, liquid metal is most likely thinner than thermal paste, too much mounting pressure lifting the outer part of the vram's?

Can you harvest the vram to use on another card?

Very enjoyable vid, such a shame this card was not repairable, I wouldn't ever risk liquid metal, stick to good ol non conductive thermal paste :)

I've accidentally glerped liquid metal on my 6800xt. It went everywhere, but I didn't let it just sit and eat away at the solder. I immediately hit everything with CRC. Also I had clear polish on the caps around the core.

@dp27thelight9

Жыл бұрын

What's CRC? I would like to know in case I ever need to use it in a situation.

@chincemagnet

Жыл бұрын

@@dp27thelight9 CRC is a brand, he’s probably referring to contact cleaner

@dp27thelight9

Жыл бұрын

@@chincemagnet I normally use 99.9% isopropyl alcohol not sure what the difference is

@singlsrvngfrnd

Жыл бұрын

@@dp27thelight9 CRC QD Electronic Cleaner. Make sure it's the red lettering not the blue.

@singlsrvngfrnd

Жыл бұрын

@@chincemagnet QD Electronic Cleaner actually

thats why i didnt bother to use "liquid metal" paste on my 4090, too high risk to fuck up the card

Definitely a Boss with this type of work

Can you clean gallium with a sonic bath? Or evaporate it?

I've been building and modding PC's for many long years now, I have seen liquid metal come and go from fashion and usually after a great many folks have murdered their electronics they have fallen out of vogue. I think the concept is right on the money, however we need a medium that a) doesn't munch other metals b) doesn't conduct angry pixies but c) acts exactly as a stay liquid thermal conductor. I am thinking some of the inert silicone compounds would be well suited, we know silicone is not destructive to other materials and can be made electrically inert fairly easily too, keeping it liquid so it doesn't solidify would be the key here, prob infused with nano-plastics or ceramics would give it a more stable rigidity too. Gallium is an incredible metal but will munch virtually every metal and alloy out there, even if it doesn't break metals down it will contaminate and weaken to a point of uselessness very quickly. Gallium is also incredibly adept at escaping constraints and when its cooked up produces an even nastier oxide which is how I think the stuff is escaping from PS5's, heats up, oxides, escapes as a semi gas, cools down, becomes liquid again munch munch munch bang.

@glenyoung1809

Жыл бұрын

Gallium has a thermal conductivity of 29 W/m K, it's actually not all that ideal as a cooling medium but some people think because it's liquid and easy to apply it must be great to use because they see it mentioned on some YT tech channels. Copper has a thermal conductivity of 400 W/m K, which is why it's perfect for heat sinks and for the lids of CPUs/GPUs but it's not "liquid" and not easy to apply. But idiots will always want that 2-4 degree C "improvement" for bragging rights while using materials which are "convenient". The best thermal conductor to use and is very malleable but chemically inert is Gold with a thermal conductivity of 320 W/m K in the form of thin gold foils, but most people don't want the expense and the inconvenience.

hi, i have a RX 470 8gb, it works well for three years now, but suddenly it starts to show blank screen, what i have found was that before it goes to blak screen the GPU tempertaure goes 511'c at once fans starts to spin i ahve not any load on the GPU. what should i do

el estaño puede quemar una placa?

Just so satasfying to watch

2:28 Because of the simple reason that they would earn more money not to since there is higher risk that it will then be so destroyed that the customer need to buy a new one instead of be able to fix it if it has fuses everywhere.

Liquid metal sooner or later means only problems. In my opinion it is not worth to take such a risk.

@GhostMotley

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, and the Gigabyte RTX 40 cards have very good temperatures with the stock paste and pads anyway.

@LATRONNIK

Жыл бұрын

it doesnt even give you more headroom anymore either. i put my card on the aquacool gpx block and LM and it didn't give me any more boost bins or headroom than the factory air cooler lol, and that's even with a nearly perfect seat of the die to the cooler because i only have 7-8c difference from gpu temp to gpu hotspot, which i never achieved before. at least it runs nearly 10C cooler, but kingpin kpx paste wouldn't be far behind and is way less dangerous

@FrequencyOfThought

Жыл бұрын

I've come to this conclusion as well... A few degrees cooler isn't worth it

@martinmalone6324

Жыл бұрын

@@GhostMotley never seen mine above 65.

@HendriuGaming

Жыл бұрын

In my case LM lowered hot spot by 10*C and delta was about 12*C instead of >20*C after furmark. It also allowed my GPU to go 200-300RPM lower on same load with still lower temps, so it depends on person :P

I'm trying to find aa video about a 3070ti repair with bad memory because the heatsink wasn't covering the whole memory chip in an attempt to save money using 3080ti and 3080 heatsinks, but I can't find it anymore. Has it been deleted or am I imagining it and have gone crazy? The thing is I remember so many details, like the gpu beins asus, that I don't think it's my imagination.

Hi, i have a Gigabyte RX 6800XT that display some thin lines when i'm playing any game or even when i'm stressing it with furmark, please advise if is worth repairing the card.

Great job, man😀Tell me, how do you remove liquid metal?

Liquid metal...the gigachad method of destroying your expensive parts.

Hello KrisFix, thanks for another great Video. Is the missing Fuse on every 4k Series GPU from Gigabyte? I will get a 4070 Ti from Gigabyte (4070 Ti Eagle OC) and a bit concerned about it now that there is the same Situation on it? Thank U very much 🙂

Hello. I have a MSI Supreme 3090 that RGB keeps flashing when under load and will shut down or restart PC instantly (no critical temps on logs). It seems to boot and work in windows, you think it would be fixable? I really want to repair this card but in my country I don't trust the repair shops

How much would this cost to fix?

I am big fan of yours. Please make video on regular basis.

What is that tool called? It looks like a brush or even a broom, but it's a part of your soldering iron.

I find it hard to believe that people use liquid metal so carelessly. And a 4090 with a water block doesn't even really need it.

@kyoudaiken

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Thermal paste keeps the hot spot under 70°C, the normal GPU average temp doesn't even reach 55°C... Why use liquid metal?

@Rayne113

Жыл бұрын

I have not done a lot of testing so far.. But my 4090 has never even broken past like 60°C while I was playing Cyberpunk on max everything. That thing is cool and quiet. I don't see any real reason to put a water block on that card unless it's to save space and / or flex.

@BenderTheOffender

Жыл бұрын

A 4090 doesn't even need water cooling :-)

@chincemagnet

Жыл бұрын

@@BenderTheOffender depends on your tolerance for fan noise

@dannygraves4997

Жыл бұрын

@@chincemagnet A decent gaming headset can work wonders 😉

19:35 so Gigabyte uses low cheap power stages for the 4090 cards.

@urkent4463

Жыл бұрын

hhmmm may not soo bad as a main thing, but maybe it has a crush in 8 years then . . .

Eww. the worst part is, it was totally unnecessary to use liquid metal at that point. But i guess, Deluxe Card, Deluxe Cooler, Deluxe "Paste". Anyway, luxuary problems that i´ll never have.

@dannygraves4997

Жыл бұрын

Customer should have just used Hydronaut instead of the Conductonaut (or whatever other brand of LM they might have used), and none of this would have happened.

Could you tell us please what we can do to clean the card/PCB (like a motherboard too) if we get liquid metal/ thermal paste on it by mistake? (what to do in such cases?) if that's something we can do without expensive professional-grade equipment that is. I would love, if you wanted to, make a video on topics like the one I asked too: in terms of what to watch out for/ how to prevent your card from breaking/ being irreparable :D (I am sure you can think of many customer errors that could have been prevented)

The repair is not failed, it's just the cost to repair might be as good as buying a new one.

Hi. Könntest du mal ein Video machen zum Thema Mods/Mats? Wichtige Befehle oder Einfach Benutzung?

Nice video. You are the hope of many GPU users and the inspiration of many ppl willing to repair this kind of products. Thank you a lot. I was wondering if there is a fast way to know if the GPU do works or not (as it was done with the RAM modules) In case someone gets one from eBay or similar.

@glenyoung1809

Жыл бұрын

There is no foolproof way to tell except to plug it into a system, boot it up and do some elementary testing. If you're dealing with ebay you 'll need to check if there is a "money back" guarantee to cover you if the card doesn't work, if you're doing as cash transaction I wouldn't bother buying unless you personally know the seller. Too many stories of people being sold junk and the seller vanishing into the distance as soon as the transaction was was done. Kris did a video on such a case with multiple similar failures from a private seller who may have storied their cards improperly and suffered damage from the environment.

@nowaywithyoueveragai

Жыл бұрын

@@glenyoung1809 thanks for the answer. I wasn't as clear as I thought. I meant, since it's becoming easier to get spare parts to replace damaged or defective parts, specially VRAM modules and Kris tests them measuring the voltages before soldering them, I was wondering if such test or similar tests can be made to the GPU part before soldering it to the whole system.

@glenyoung1809

Жыл бұрын

@@nowaywithyoueveragai Obtaining genuine electronic components would be the first challenge. Three ways to source such parts, 1) OEM-going directly to the source to buy new parts, no guaranteed to happen since a lot of suppliers only sell in bulk quantities. 2) Going to the AIB, this is unlikely as well, unlike car makers, GPU makers have no incentive to sell parts to end users for DIY repairs or even modding of their boards. 3) Salvaged boards from dead GPUs, this might be the most likely source of parts for DIY fixes. Options 1 and 2 can guarantee you a functional part, option 3 us the riskiest and you can never be sure of its quality or functionality. Also option 3 is subject to a growing problem, counterfeit parts which are appearing on the market because as you stated DIY repairs are becoming possible. As to your question of testing, it might be possible but from my limited understanding most electronic manufacturers and even the AIB board makers have specialized testing equipment and internal procedures in the form of service manuals to test boards and parts for defects. From what I’ve seen of Kris’ testing and repair setup he’s a professional and has some high quality gear to do such repairs, he certainly isn’t what I would call a DIY guy. He also seems to have proper diagnostic software which I don’t know if he created himself or purchased elsewhere. Testing VRAM would be tricky as is testing the GPU itself to determine its viability without having a pin out map of these parts, not something I’ve seen to be readily available outside of AIBs, although I suppose the VRAM part you can probably get ahold of the spec sheets from the manufacturer website.

What kind of tool are you using form removing the liquid metal? Is it some kind of pump?

@xntumrfo9ivrnwf

Жыл бұрын

I had the same question - would like to know

@djwhu77

Жыл бұрын

I suspect it is one of the alcohol squirt bottles but empty. He is pressing and then releasing for suction

@chincemagnet

Жыл бұрын

I saw another guy use a liquid metal syringe, the same one the Conductonaut comes in, to suck it up

@CjqNslXUcM

Жыл бұрын

just a pipette probably

Finaly new video!

Hey Kris kannst du dein Mats/Mods Image veröffentlichen also den Link wo du deine Version her hast wäre dir super dankbar

The reason Gigabyte places a fuse on the 12 volt from the motherboard is to protect the card from idiots who don't know how to correctly power regulate when they overclock, it is also an extra layer of protection which could hopefully save the graphics card should the motherboard get fried by a catastrophic power surge from the ethernet port, it is assumed that the power supply would come with it's own protection so Gigabyte don't protect that side. I like Gigabyte but the build quality of their PCBs are hit and miss, sometimes you get a bad PCB that bends, sometimes you get a good one. Not pleased to see them cheaping out on fuses now, disappointing.

YOu have really a lot of Galium damaged cards in. wondering if people use a low quality liquid or just put to much in, their cards look often soaked in it...wondering how it splashes so far away from the gpu. love your videos, i love watching them

how do we determine the solder ball size to use?

@zaprodk

Жыл бұрын

You read the datasheet for the GPU. It will say what size of balls it comes with and the pitch. Also seller of stencil will state what size of balls to use. Google even can tell you.

15:00 is like turning the RTX back on :D

At 1st I felt bad but did they do no research? It's like They squirted a whole thing a liquid medal in there with no prep. Now I'm worried that my 4090 strix OC is going to get Oxidized. Is there any way I can help prevent that?

@Dandan-tg6tj

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Clean the liquid metal and repaste

Godlike as usual . you also have my card for the second time ... because i was stupid 2 times to spill water over it

Whomever has the money for a 4090 - in this situation will just buy a new 4090 instead.