>tfw vrm on r9 290x just fell off
End my life, how fucked am i?
>>55592959
What did you do? You where obviously fucking with it.
There is no way that shit just fell off you broke it.
>>55592959
idiot
>>55593286
I plugged it in to the pci slot after cleaning it and it fell off, can I solder it back on?
>>55593362
try the baking method
>>55593362
yeah gpus get depressed and run slower without love
>>55592959
How?
>>55592959
Off yourself, retard.
>>55593362
Should have cleaned it in the dishwasher retard
It's over OP.
Don't break your next gpu.
>>55593362
>can I solder it back on?
Sure senpai, just be extra careful.
This thread is fucking hilarious lol good job op
>>55593656
If you do this you will be a legend, learn and get back to us
>AMDfags
>>55593684
>nvidifags
>>55593670
Since when is it difficult to solder large shit like that?
Probably watched too much Linus and thought you can de-lid VRAM too.
>>55592959
Watch some tutorials on smd soldering and find some scrap shit to practice on. You got this!
>>55593362
Yes. Assuming you know how to solder, it won't be all that difficult.
>>55593762
voltage regulator module not vram you dummkopf
>>55593650
It isn't VRAM you retarded fuck. You can solder that shit.
you can do it op woo!
>>55592959
find a local electronics shop and ask them very nicely to help you
Literally just two pads to solder. You'd have to be a total retard to fuck it up. Michael J. Fox could solder that back on.
Here we go boys
>>55594097
Good luck
>>55594097
>tape
Questionable. Heat up the pad. Don't mush the iron directly into the globs of solder.
>>55594097
You will be hero of /g/!
>>55594097
good luck Ahmed
>>55594097
I hope you know what you're doing with that soldering iron, Jamal.
>>55594097
>inb4 sending it to Louis
>>55594097
i believe in you
>>55594097
que jaws music
Update, solder was to small, be back soon with updates
>>55594097
>he doesnt own a chinese hot air station
They only cost 25$ on ebay. Hot air and solder paste would make quick work of it.
>>55592959
AMD quality everyone.
Should've gone for the green team bro.
>>55592959
GPU is kill
might as well housefire it now
>>55594097
Why is everybody so excited about re-soldering such a simple thing?
>>55594214
Sauce?
>>55594299
because KIRA!
>>55594328
newfag
Op here
Got new solder, radio bros told me how to use it correctly, on my way back to my house right now
>>55592959
What is the brand?
>>55592959
That's just a choke. Pretty sure it only has 2 contact pins so soldering it back is super easy.
>>55594097
RX480
>>55594209
Jesus, were you soldering with your dick or something?
>>55593362
look if you broke the contacts of the part (it's an inductor), if not you can resolder it. If the part is broken you have to get a new SMD inductor with the same inductance first.
>>55594400
Nice 2 pair. good luck
>>55594340
Is that Teen Werewolf guy?
Here we go
>>55594645
flawless
>>55594645
mfw it goes up in smoke
>>55594645
Are you sure it isn't backwards
>>55594664
This
Look at the other thingies. Their texts are in the opposite direction.
did it boot op
If it's under warranty, just return it.
>>55594675
If it is an inductor, polarity shouldn't matter.
>>55594693
OP died in a housefire
>>55593383
kek
>>55594707
This. it's an inductor
>>55594708
this is the part when op survives and has a fucked up burnt face. in a faustian manner, he dedicates his life in making gpus to end both nvidia and amd. this is history. honored to be in this thread.
OP forgot he doesn't have a computer and went to buy one
Sorry guys, it fell off when I put its cooler back on
>>55594748
>he turns into a supervillain who bases every decision on the flip of a GPU
>>55594814
deosnt look like it fell off
>>55594814
keep on soldering soldier
Final pic before I plug it in, pray to Kek for me /g/uys
>>55594814
you can do it!
>>55594814
looks like a motherfucking cold joint. You need to heat the pad and the contact on the part with the iron, then the solder will flow properly.
>>55594856
i will do my best to summon repeats for you
>>55594856
just fixate it with the tape, who needs solder
>>55594856
You should just really get a set of tweezers and a heat gun.
>>55592959
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
PRAISE HE
waiting for op to be bakc on his phone because of fried computer
GPU is definitely kill by now jesus
>>55594915
Congtats anon
>>55594915
nice
now solder it proper
>>55594925
>>55594919
stupid
>>55594915
Nice
>>55594915
>windows 10
dropped
>>55594935
OP here
What do you mean
>>55594905
not touching anything except one end of a cap
>>55594154
>Solders a fuckmassive cap
>Thing has tabs on each side
>Hero of /g/
>>55594915
Reid, you'll always be remembered.
guess it couldn't take the heat
>>55594915
omedetou reid-san
>>55594981
He didn't maki post about his riced out arch desktop. I wanna have his babies
>>55594815
diceman?
>>55594986
Reid the Repairer. RnR! say it with me RnR!
UPDATE
the vrm was getting very hot when I touched it, I decided that I fucked something up and peeled it off, back at it again boys
>>55595027
>vrm
>voltage regulator module
>was getting hot
YA DON'T SAY?!
>>55594915
>>55595027
Hah get a heat gun you twat.
And clean the fucking solder first that thing looks like a mess.
>>55595034
No, I mean over 100c hot, something is wrong
>>55595048
Nigga you fucked up. Get it to a store and ask them to solder it with a heat gun
>>55595048
Your soldering job game me cancer. See attached.
And I hope you mean 100f hot, because 100c is near enough to melt your cheap solder.
>>55595048
That's normal with shitty cooling
https://hardforum.com/threads/no-surprise-here-xfx-290-dd-vrm-temps-over-100c-at-stock-volts.1807742/
>>55595027
don't give up frend.
>>55594915
Good job, nigger. It's 4:50 am and I'm here because of this thread
>>55595083
I won't, I have nothing to do so I'm just chilling, looking at this thread and browsing /r9k/
>>55595081
Never mind on the melting solder part, for some reason I always remember Lead Tin being 270 instead of 370 f
>>55593716
Yeah the fuck. Isnt that a cap? sure as hell aint vram.
>>55595119
Its a choke, which is part of the vrm.
>>55594915
>Windows 10
>>55595027
>>55595034
ffs, its an inductor! not a fet
that shit cant get hot, unless you are shorting massive amounts of current through it
>>55595026
no, twoGPU
You can do it AM/D/ude
>>55594915
NICE
Did I solder good?
>>55595238
1. Stop taking shitty pictures
2. I can see big globs, so no.
3. Your part is literally not horizontal with the board
4. For the love of god please watch a tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLYVZUpL0K0
Op here
No signal :^(
Amd fags can't fix anything.
>>55595264
Thanks mate
Also the main fan isn't spinning at all, should I be concerned?
>>55595293
you done guft
>>55595319
RMA this shit nigga. you are clearly out of your element
>>55595319
remove it, clean it and use a hear gun or an oven because you can't solder for shit
>>55595339
Bough it used senpai
>>55595340
I've already tried an oven, I don't know what temperature to go to since 385 didn't work, I also don't have a heat gun
>>55593383
so do i
Please stop OP, your shit soldering is causing me physical pain
>>55595319
It may be normal. Some fans won't spin up until the gpu heats up, try putting it under load or forcing it to spin through a fan profile.
>>55595339
>rma it after horribly soldering a component back on
>>55592959
>CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES
This is what happens when you buy AMD
>>55595379
THEN WHAT THE FUCK DO I DO
I JUST WANT TO PLAY FUCKING VIDYA THIS IS MY FIRST TIME
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>55594915
>>55595404
you do what your post number is telling this thread to
>>55594915
Hold on there skipper, run some games and benchmarks
If You plan to solder that back on, Prepare to Shell out something in the range of 600+Cucked dollars plus another 150-200 for a thin head and a few bucks for hair thin low low lead solder wire.
DESU I think You F'ed it.
If that fell off after cleaning, what are the Chances half of the other shit is about to fall off?
Man next time use the Waterproof app... dumbass
>>55593691
>>55593684
>intel integrated graphics fags
>>55592959
Just buy a new card, or are you some unemployed neet with no job?
>>55593362
Yes you can Ahmed.
>>55592959
>tfw vrm on r9 290x just fell off
That's a powdered-iron core inductor. It's part of a VRM, not the whole thing.
>There is no way that shit just fell off you broke it.
They're usually the last thing to get hot enough to reflow, so fucking up the IR/air profile can in fact cause cold solder joints and they'll fall off.
>can I solder it back on?
If you have a rework station, sure. They have a ton of thermal mass and usually sit on a big plane/trace. Without the right tools, you'll fry the PCB before getting the solder to flow evenly.
Thanks for reminding me why it's a bad idea to buy AMD shit.
Fuck you guys I got it to work. Pic heavily related
This is what it looks like to, you guys are so full of shit it's unreal
Thanks for the help for those that did though, it was a learning process
I'm gonna go play cities:skylines, peace niggas
>>55596318
Forgot pic
>>55596020
that is painful to watch.
>>55596331
>>55596331
I'm genuinely surprised this is actually functioning with it being literally floating off the board like that.
>>55596331
Oh my god.
>>55594299
because if you look in the catalog its all CONSUMER WHORE tech threads, daily carry reddit shit, and memeing.
this is more old /g/ where people actually did shit
Did that myself once with a shitty fx card many years ago. Smashed several surface mount parts which were SO TINY.
Desoldered a dead motherboard and fixed that pos mofo. Still have it somewhere for testing old hardware for customers.
Anything can be repaired. The question is whether its worth the time and cost of new parts. OP clearly was.
>>55596331
HA HA HA HA HA. 9/11 good job
>>55596331
Anon, have you never soldered before? If not, I forgive you for your crappy soldering job.
Other anons, looking at OP's first pic - it's sitting in a sea of lead-free solder, the kind that probably doesn't wet worth shit. The side that's on the ground plane is probably VERY well heat-sinked by the ground plane on the board.
If all OP got was the cheapest 15W iron Radio Shack had, and whatever they had on the shelf (it's been a while, I'd hope they still sell lead/tin, but if they don't, OP might have been further hobbled by using lead-free solder. On a big ground plane. And a 15W iron.)
Don't get me wrong, the soldering job is objectively asstastic. An hour practicing on a scrap board would have helped him develop his skills, and I'd still encourage him to grab a scrap board and try it a few more times until he gets the hang of it.
But it works. First-time solderer breaks thing, gets off ass, fixes thing. Shares adventure with us. We all laugh. OP has his vidya card back. We are entertained, he has learned a few things, everybody wins.
Same shit happened to my 680 so i sold my soul to satan to fix
God damn no flux man ? Well as long as it gets the bitch impregonnated.
Last post everyone, I'm on my p now, thanks for those of you who weren't faggots
>>55596968
absolutely, I have no life skills since I grew up alone with no parents, so I'm a hack when it comes to this shit
>>55597052
Should have taken my advice. Watch videos on proper SMD soldering and practice on some junk parts FIRST till you get good... Jumping in with zero knowledge and experience was foolhardy.
this catastrophe wouldve been avoided with a single can of compressed air
