how to destroy a 8800 gt (and fix it)

Majormaggot · 1st Mar 2008, 07:47 AM

M'kay, so lets say one of ur hard drives that is setup in Raid 0 (yes i know, but i like the speed). And lets say that one drive decided to have an Epic Fail (sounded like motor imploded), and also lets say that u have a pretty old style case where the hard drive is located just slightly above ur new 8800GT (and pretty long for the case its in). Now lets say u remove said hard drive and while doing so you take it out on a slight angle and accidentally bump ur new video card, no biggie right? Well lets say that u hear some thing go "tink" at the bottom of the case at the same time. And lets say upon further inspection u find, well lets play find Waldo shall we:

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/DSC_1907.jpg

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/DSC_1906.jpg

surgery tool
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/DSC_1911.jpg

will post the repaired pics later.

Note: segate has some pretty decent warranty, sent the drive out on Thursday, received it back by ups on monday.

[Edited by Adrian] Added the photos using the Attachment mod so they can see the thumbnails.

Chai · 1st Mar 2008, 08:06 AM

Wow, I want to see the repaired pics!!

PsYkHoTiK · 1st Mar 2008, 09:50 AM

Holy crap! o_0

Zenphic · 1st Mar 2008, 02:20 PM

Oie! That's rly bad luck. But you seem to be quite confident for fixing it

Adrian Wong · 1st Mar 2008, 07:27 PM

What dropped off? A surface mounted component?

Edit : Oh I see it now. Did you manage to find it?

Trinity · 1st Mar 2008, 09:07 PM

Looks like a surface mount cap to me, How to tell polarity?

raidersforever01 · 1st Mar 2008, 11:19 PM

I would be crying if that happened to me.

Mac Daddy · 2nd Mar 2008, 05:15 AM

Wow good eye

werty316 · 2nd Mar 2008, 03:27 PM

That'll be fun to try to fix.

Max_87 · 2nd Mar 2008, 06:09 PM

Happened to my 9800Pro before... except I did that accidentally with a pocket knife LOL

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Zenphic Super Active Join Date: 23 Apr 2006 Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 1,098 Reputation: 467 Rep Power: 9	Oie! That's rly bad luck. But you seem to be quite confident for fixing it

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