Gold crossfire pins burned off?

[Pyroblock]

so, I just bought another gpu to cross fire, and I noticed the old pins for cross fire were burned off
http://gyazo.com/c0c9c32dab549c92370c7e652079c1f6
is there anyways I can fix this myself? or send it to someone to fix? I rather not buy a new one (and im not having the best of luck selling it either tog et cash to buy a new one)
I would return it but ic ant find the order details for newegg to allow a replacement

 

[i7Baby]

It either doesn't crossfire or crossfires through the pcie connection. What GPU?

 

[Pyroblock]

no... it crossfires with a crossfire bridge, its a r9 280x
the pins are literally burned off, and you can tell
I would give a correct picture but i dont want to open my case right now

 

[Pyroblock]

this is more or less what the pins look like
http://i.imgur.com/0OnSqxm.jpg

 

[i7Baby]

If you don't want to tell us the make and model, its hard to help.

The crossfire pins are just above the silver bits. What are you talking about?

 

[Pyroblock]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202045
this is the exact card that I have with the burned pins, the pins should look exactly like the first picture sharing the exact same look at the brand new card that i own
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202095 being the new card
but i dont, the pins are burned like that iphone charger picture

 

[aldan]

do you by any chance mean the printed circuit contacts??while they probably burned for a reason you can try the following repair.go to your local autoparts store and buy some rear window defroster grid repair fluid.with this you can try "painting"over the burned area.this is a last ditch effort but if it was my card i would give it a try.repaired a burned path on a motherboard with the same method.

 

[i7Baby]

There's no sign of burning.

 

[Pyroblock]

There's no sign of burning.

can't really say that when I never gave a picture of my gpu itself
anyways thanks aldan i'll try that and let you know

jsut to get a general idea on what im looking for (before I waste money)
I woudl want to look for something liek this at the store correct?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HBGKWE/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687622&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000HBI9YQ&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0R5C09EXJZ9TMKGZ6K8R

 

[i7Baby]

Then what's that that you posted in the opening post?

 

[Pyroblock]

Then what's that that you posted in the opening post?

a picture of a floor model I found on a website to give you an idea of what part of the gpu I was talking about

 

[smeezekitty]

I would give a correct picture but i dont want to open my case right now

How hard is it really open the case? I can do it on mine in about 15 seconds without even powering off

We NEED a real picture to know what you are talking about

 

[Pyroblock]

Its not a matter of it being hard, its more so for the fact that it was 1 am when doing this and the amount of stuff blocking the way of the gpu to get a clear photo would have produced too much noise
Either way I'll supply a photo when i get home

 

[Pyroblock]

Its not a matter of it being hard, its more so for the fact that it was 1 am when doing this and the amount of stuff blocking the way of the gpu to get a clear photo would have produced too much noise
Either way I'll supply a photo when i get home

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anyways here is a photo of the "burned" marks (its not dirt) also, its hard to see it on the other crossfire slot, but its there too, mainly on the other side though, but one is enough to get the idea across

 

[smeezekitty]

Are you sure it isn't corrosion?
If it is burned then chances are something metal touched the contacts and cause a short circuit

 

[Pyroblock]

Are you sure it isn't corrosion?
If it is burned then chances are something metal touched the contacts and cause a short circuit

no im not sure, i just said burnt because its what it looks like to me
it could very well be corrosion. I'll most likely try that defogger stuff if no one else can think of a solution

 

[i7Baby]

Clean it up and use it. If there's an actual problem, RMA the card.

 

[Pyroblock]

Clean it up and use it. If there's an actual problem, RMA the card.

what liquids would be the safest way to clean it then? just turn it off, dap of water on a microfiber and wait for it to dry? I highly doubt that would be smart to do in any sense of the word

 

[i7Baby]

isopropyl alcohol

 

[Pyroblock]

ya............ cleaning it did nothing
I shall try the defogger

 

[i7Baby]

rub it with a scouring pad

 

[RealBeast]

Let's drop it and get back to discussion of the OP issue. And I agree that it looks like corrosion rather than burning and would be gentle in the cleaning or it could be rejected as user damage if you have to RMA.

Thanks to all.

 

[aldan]

if this card is under warranty i would hold off using the defogger repair fluid as that would definitely void the warranty.this repair is only recommended if the card is out of warranty.

 

[Pyroblock]

so the crossfire slots arent the issue, its something else, I cleaned them (I got the gunk off after pulling out the card)
but it says this still
http://gyazo.com/b2a4b0f19738dc6d8356e52027472af5
the weird thing is, it gave me the option to finally enable it after having this new card for 2 weeks, but when I clicked it, all my monitors spazzed out, the main monitor had a flashing _ like it was booting up, and thne I lost contact with one monitor (it was connected to the second gpu) and the display came back up with crossfire not being a choice anymore... it was.. weird