thats very reassuring, but i'm wondering how many good "solder-ers" there are in Alaska i dunno about that radio shack idea either; my experence has told me that Best Buy/Radio Shack employes dont tend to know much about electronicsThat's really not that bad of a solder job, I've seen a bit smaller.
Originally posted by: MustangSVT
since its that small.
it gave me an idea..
remember those old Athlon XP's where u can mod with a pencil or a "conductive pen"?
now use some of that with perhaps a sharp pin and it might work.
perhaps u can tape it first to hold it in place while u test it, and if it works, u can superglue it.
good luck..
Originally posted by: cownipples
I say carefully glue it in place and RMA it, hey really don't look over every resister,they glance at the card, test it and replace, they have too many RMA's to be too picky! It would work, dishonest but they are so over priced anyways , can't get much higher then they are, Nvidia, and Ati have been ripping off the public for a long time. LOL
good luck with your card man!
Originally posted by: cownipples
I say carefully glue it in place and RMA it, hey really don't look over every resister,they glance at the card, test it and replace, they have too many RMA's to be too picky! It would work, dishonest but they are so over priced anyways , can't get much higher then they are, Nvidia, and Ati have been ripping off the public for a long time. LOL
good luck with your card man!
thats very reassuring, but i'm wondering how many good "solder-ers" there are in Alaska i dunno about that radio shack idea either; my experence has told me that Best Buy/Radio Shack employes dont tend to know much about electronics
Thanks again for your suppport, i was bummin' out there for a while....$400 is a ton of money for me.
Nick
Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
Did you look at the part to see what numbers it has on it? That would tell you exactly what you would need to fix it.
Originally posted by: LTC8K6
I have successfully soldered SMD's on to a 9600pro and a 9800pro. I was an electronic tech for Uncle Sam, though. It was a bitch both times, but if you know where to find the parts, it can be done.
The identifying number on the board will tell you what the component is. C100 is a capacitor, R100 is a resistor, Q100 is a transistor, L100 is a coil, etc.
Originally posted by: kmmatney
See if you can read any numbers on the capacitor.... Its probably a 6V (6.3 V) capacitor, with a 50 uf capacitance.