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| No, your video card is cooked, it cannot be salvaged, if this happens, forget reflowing, the chip itsself got fried |
| put it together EXACTLY how it came apart and try to get the video fixed for free, as long as it is not that obvious, you should be able to get it fixed free |
| use cheap silicone thermal paste when you put it back together tough, less evident that way too, but this is only if getting repaired |
| if you sell for parts, sell them individually, you will get more money, you can sell the logicboard for reballing, shops buy boards like that and try to reball them to use for repairs sometimes |
| just keep the HDD off eBay for data security(hey, i don't reuse used drives in free |
| just keep the HDD off eBay for data security(hey, i don't reuse used drives in free |
| regarding the fans and heatsink: clean them with compressed air, then sell them, ore easily sold this way |
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Edit by nick,
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| No, your video card is cooked, it cannot be |
| No, your video card is cooked, it cannot be |
| put it together EXACTLY how it came apart and try to get the video fixed for free, as long as it is not that obvious, you should be able to get it fixed free |
| use cheap silicone thermal paste when you put it back together tough, less evident that way too, but this is only if getting repaired |
| if you sell for parts, sell them individually, you will get more money, you can sell the logicboard for reballing, shops buy boards like that and try to reball them to use for repairs sometimes |
| just keep the HDD off eBay for data security(hey, i don't reuse used drives in free computers, you NEVER do this) |
| regarding the fans and heatsink: clean them with compressed air, then sell them, ore easily sold this way |
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Edit by nick,
Text:
| No, your video card is cooked, it cannot be salvaged |
| put it together EXACTLY how it came apart and try to get the video fixed for free, as long as it is not that obvious, you should be able to get it fixed free |
| use cheap silicone thermal paste when you put it back together tough, less evident that way too, but this is only if getting repaired |
| if you sell for parts, sell them individually, you will get more money, you can sell the logicboard for reballing, shops buy boards like that and try to reball them to use for repairs sometimes |
| just keep the HDD off eBay for data security(hey, i don't reuse used drives in free computers, you NEVER do this) |
| regarding the fans and heatsink: clean them with compressed air, then sell them, ore easily sold this way |
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Edit by nick,
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| No, your video card is cooked, it cannot be salvaged |
| sell the parts on eBay, people want parts for these |
| DO NOT put the HDD on ebay, but you can put the screws on eBay for the harddrive, but that's it |
| put it together EXACTLY how it came apart and try to get the video fixed for free, as long as it is not that obvious, you should be able to get it fixed free |
| use cheap silicone thermal paste when you put it back together tough, less evident that way too, but this is only if getting repaired |
| if you sell for parts, just |
| if you sell for parts, just |
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Edit by nick,
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| No, your video card is cooked, it cannot be salvaged |
| sell the parts on eBay, people want parts for these |
| DO NOT put the HDD on ebay, but you can put the screws on eBay for the harddrive, but that's it |
| put it together EXACTLY how it came apart and try to get the video fixed for free, as long as it is not that obvious, you should be able to get it fixed free |
| use cheap silicone thermal paste when you put it back together tough, less evident that way if you sell for parts, tell them individually, you will get more money |
| use cheap silicone thermal paste when you put it back together tough, less evident that way if you sell for parts, tell them individually, you will get more money |
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Edit by nick,
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| No, your video card is cooked, it cannot be salvaged |
| sell the parts on eBay, people want parts for these |
| DO NOT put the HDD on ebay, but you can put the screws on eBay for the harddrive, but that's it |
| put it together EXACTLY how it came apart and try to get the video fixed for free, as long as it is not that obvious, you should be able to get it fixed free |
| use cheap silicone thermal paste when you put it back together tough, less evident that way too |
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Edit by nick,
Text:
| No, your video card is cooked, it cannot be salvaged |
| sell the parts on eBay, people want parts for these |
| DO NOT put the HDD on ebay, but you can put the screws on eBay for the harddrive, but that's it |
| put it together EXACTLY how it came apart and try to get the video fixed for free, as long as it is not that obvious, you should be able to get it fixed free |
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Original post by nick,
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No, your video card is cooked, it cannot be salvaged
sell the parts on eBay, people want parts for these
DO NOT put the HDD on ebay, but you can put the screws on eBay for the harddrive, but that's it
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