Burn marks on GPU

[Isshen]

My GPU died a few days ago and I took it apart only to see 2 burn marks on it
I don't know what is wrong but it looks like the small digits had exploded.
Could anyone say what could have caused it and what I could do?
i encircled the burns with red
It is a Radeon HD7900 series

 

[WyomingKnott]

In all seriousness, my personal recommendation would be to replace the card. If it's in-warranty and you weren't overclocking it, you should get a warranty replacement.

There are some people who will advocate replacing the components, but the soldering is very tricky and the burn may have damaged the PC board traces so success is iffy.

 

[Isshen]

In all seriousness, my personal recommendation would be to replace the card. If it's in-warranty and you weren't overclocking it, you should get a warranty replacement.

There are some people who will advocate replacing the components, but the soldering is very tricky and the burn may have damaged the PC board traces so success is iffy.

It wasn't overclocked and neither is warranty available anymore,
I care less about how to fix it and replace it since I have a better spare one
I'm more concerned about why it happened