Question Buying a GTX 1060 with a burnt inductor. Is it possible to fix?

[GtheGecko]

Hey. I'm buying a GTX 1060 6gb mini from Zotac. The guy selling has burnt an inductor (or resistor, conflicting information online) off the card. It is SMD, and it looks fixable. The part in question is an R01 inductor/resistor and it's a part of the PLL VRM (saw on buildzoids PCB breakdown). The part in question is circled in the image. Has anyone had any luck of soldering a new chip on? How feasible is it, and is it worth the money (35 euros for a 1060 6gb).

https://imgur.com/a/DecpjYk

View: https://imgur.com/a/DecpjYk


Here's a picture of the PCB. Thanks!

 

[kanewolf]

Hey. I'm buying a GTX 1060 6gb mini from Zotac. The guy selling has burnt an inductor (or resistor, conflicting information online) off the card. It is SMD, and it looks fixable. The part in question is an R01 inductor/resistor and it's a part of the PLL VRM (saw on buildzoids PCB breakdown). The part in question is circled in the image. Has anyone had any luck of soldering a new chip on? How feasible is it, and is it worth the money (35 euros for a 1060 6gb).

https://imgur.com/a/DecpjYk

View: https://imgur.com/a/DecpjYk


Here's a picture of the PCB. Thanks!

Do you have a SMD hot air rework station?
You have no idea WHAT that part is, so how do plan to source a replacement?

 

[GtheGecko]

Do you have a SMD hot air rework station?
You have no idea WHAT that part is, so how do plan to source a replacement?

No, but you can resolder with a regular iron. About the part - was hoping someone with either schematics or just general knowledge would help me here. I've seen posts on different cards with this being an inductor. At the start, I thought it was a resistor, but after checking aliexpress, it seems to be an inductor that costs 1$. It seems like a doable soldering job, so yea.

 

[kanewolf]

No, but you can resolder with a regular iron. About the part - was hoping someone with either schematics or just general knowledge would help me here. I've seen posts on different cards with this being an inductor. At the start, I thought it was a resistor, but after checking aliexpress, it seems to be an inductor that costs 1$. It seems like a doable soldering job, so yea.

Good luck. I wouldn't recommend my friend to buy it, if that was his answers.

 

[cherry blossoms]

Its not just the damage you can see. It's the potential damage you can't see.

If a cheap easy fix, would assume it would be sent in under warranty, wondering why it wasn't.

May have been sent in and denied repair

How good are your surface mount and reball skills without the proper tools? Consider it a learning project?