News Nvidia RTX 3090 sent in to repairer was missing the GPU and all its memory chips

[Admin]

Alex from NorthridgeFix was in despair after a customer sent him an 'insane RTX 3090' for repair, missing its GPU and VRAM.

Nvidia RTX 3090 sent in to repairer was missing the GPU and all its memory chips : Read more

 

[SoNic67]

It's OK, those chips will be found somewhere in DeepSeek R-1 data closets.

 

[Gururu]

I didnt know the GPU and memory could be scavenged for other purposes like that. Pretty interesting.

 

[YSCCC]

I didnt know the GPU and memory could be scavenged for other purposes like that. Pretty interesting.

actually pretty common in China, especially after the sanction, find some smuggled in GPU, desolder them and transplant into their own server rack PCB, then put back the gaming ver PCB and heatsink together and sell at 30% off or more to scam ppl, essentially saving 50% of price

 

[MobileJAD]

I didnt know the GPU and memory could be scavenged for other purposes like that. Pretty interesting.

For some reason its pretty common to see video cards being sold on ebay without the gpu and vram, I mean I understand that people would harvest the gpu and vram, but it baffles me why they would turn around and try to resell the pcb and cooler for over $300... at least these sellers were honest about it missing the gpu and vram, I guess,

 

[pyao88]

There is a Youtube channel of a Chinese repair person specifically on RTX boards, can swap GPU, memory chips, solder broken connections with a wire, pretty amazing skills, but working parts on the board can be salvaged if the main board is beyond repair. The most expensive part is obviously the GPU itself.

 

[P.Amini]

The title and the first half of the article was so heart warming as it said GPU several times as what GPU means. But the second half, disappointing, as it used GPU the wrong way (instead of the correct ones like Graphics Card, Video Card or Graphics Board). 🤦‍♂️

 

[derekullo]

The title and the first half of the article was so heart warming as it said GPU several times as what GPU means. But the second half, disappointing, as it used GPU the wrong way (instead of the correct ones like Graphics Card, Video Card or Graphics Board). 🤦‍♂️

"Missing and misplaced component calamity" does sound like something an AI would say!

 

[bill001g]

Not sure this is new it has been shown a number of times on some of the video repair channels. If they admit what they are selling it can be a good deal. There are many parts that can be harvested off the board and the sometimes it is fans or the cooler people need parts for. Problem is people think they can get a a $1000 video card for $100 and then hope to pay a repair service another few hundred to get it running.