[SOLVED] is my 1060 broken?

[kang0100]

first i apologize i am using google translate.
This would be my first post here and I hope you are in the right place
Hi, my story begins a month ago when I felt that the average fps I used to play started to drop, I recently installed the MSI after burner to see the data and I found that I was playing at temperatures higher than 90 ° ( peaks of 98) ...
immediately clean the gpu (which is a gigabyte 1060 6gb btw), change thermal paste and increase the curve of the fans from the afterburner.
The temperatures dropped about 10 ° but it continues to get hot, after checking the air flow and changing the tower there were no differences.
Today I was opening the gpu again to see if by chance there was any component burned and looking more closely I see this

now the question in the title, is my gpu broken? I'm not sure at all but can that be repaired? since now I can't afford to buy a new gpu for obvious reasons ...
again the pc works normal, the only thing I see is the overheated gpu 🙁

 

[Eximo]

Missing capacitors aren't likely to be responsible for a rise in temperatures. These are mostly likely for noise filtering, so the GPU might be a little less stable, but as long as it can still produce a decent frame rate, just keep using it.

That wouldn't be an impossible repair to make, but it would be difficult to match the capacitor values up. Cost you more than the card is worth though.

 

[57bel]

first i apologize i am using google translate.
This would be my first post here and I hope you are in the right place
Hi, my story begins a month ago when I felt that the average fps I used to play started to drop, I recently installed the MSI after burner to see the data and I found that I was playing at temperatures higher than 90 ° ( peaks of 98) ...
immediately clean the gpu (which is a gigabyte 1060 6gb btw), change thermal paste and increase the curve of the fans from the afterburner.
The temperatures dropped about 10 ° but it continues to get hot, after checking the air flow and changing the tower there were no differences.
Today I was opening the gpu again to see if by chance there was any component burned and looking more closely I see this

now the question in the title, is my gpu broken? I'm not sure at all but can that be repaired? since now I can't afford to buy a new gpu for obvious reasons ...
again the pc works normal, the only thing I see is the overheated gpu 🙁

Hello Kang,
If you have a multi meter that can read capacitance you could find the value. It looks like 402 or a 603 size. If you have a heat gun you could try to reflow solder or even replace. If you are not confident with your abilities I would not attempt it. I am unsure if those other 2 slots should be populated, as board iterations are made a lazy board designer could leave that solder screen on. Have you tried underclocking the GPU to lower temperatures? You could also try an aftermarket cooler like the accelero xtreme iv (https://www.arctic.de/us/Accelero-Xtreme-IV/DCACO-V800001-GBA01). The frame drop probably came from thermal throttling. Good luck man!
-57bel

 

[eatfood768]

many old cards just mysteriously gain temperature, just like my old gtx 1050, which runs at 60c idle, i just put down the power limit in msi afterburner from 100% to 65-85 depending on what you think is good, and you can always put up the fan speed, however it does make it louder

 

[kang0100]

oh thank guys i'm really glad it's not that bad as I thought, but i still have the temperature problem.
I tried the underclock from the afterburner but I don't see any differences, i don't think I'm doing it wrong...
This would be the average with the sekiro (high setting) with peaks of 96 ° and it is what scares me

the use of the gpu does not reach 100% and it still overheats
any idea what it could be? The only thing left to try is to undervolting the gpu

 

[kang0100]

leaving the power limit at 80% be satisfied with the results.

Thanks everyone for your help

 

[Eximo]

Yeah, something has gone wrong on the card, but tracking it down would require some serious GPU knowledge and test equipment.

Either the power measurement has failed and the GPU is drawing more than it should, or there is an internal short somewhere consuming power. (Could be the temperature sensor and it is just artificially throttling itself)

I had a CPU do that once, it kept working even at extreme temperatures over 100C (good old thunderbird architecture) until the PSU wires and ATX connector melted. New PSU was soldered directly to the motherboard, worked for another few weeks until we were able to get new parts.

I would say start saving/shopping for a replacement. Hit up the Newegg Shuffle, drive to a Microcenter, they pretty regularly have RTX3060 for about $400. Might take a few weeks to get something. (took me several months, but I was limiting myself to watercooling capable cards)