My GTX 570 died. Is there a way to revive it?

[psolord]

Hello.

So, recently, out of the blue, just by powering up the system, I heard a long beep and three short ones, which for my Asus P5Q Deluxe, means VGA problem.

The video card runs at a very high fan speed and the systems stays there, without posting of course.

So I guess my card is done for. I also tested it on another system and the same happens. Also my 5850s run fine on the same system. So it is the card.

For the most part that's OK, since it more than fulfilled its purpose, but I can't help wondering if there's something I can do to revive it.

I mean if there are some capacitors I can change or something.

I have not dismantled it yet, but I will give it some time next week, in case I see something obvious on the PCB.

Any ideas until then?

Thanks.

 

[futurefields]

What do you use Rig3 for?

 

[JeffMD]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=reviving+dead+video+cards

 

[tweakboy]

I smell bottleneck

 

[gradoman]

Give it a light toasting:

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1421792

 

[yottabit]

I would search for your exact make/model video card and see if anyone has had a similar problem

Many years ago I burnt out a Radeon X850 XT PE somehow, it would still show some display output saying to plug in the Aux power cable (even though it was plugged in)

Was able to find this happened to someone else, and there was a little TEENY tiny surface mount something or other on the board that had an almost microscopic pinhole in it. That was the faulty component. They were like $.02 each from digikey or something and I think I ended up buying like 50 of them for a dollar

Anyways there was no way I could replace that chip. Thankfully one of my college professors at the time was like an expert at surface mount soldering so he swapped it out for me and it worked again

The poor attempt at re-flow soldering (putting it in an oven) will only work if it's a bad solder joint somewhere and not actually a faulty component

I would recommend looking over the board closely with a HIGH POWER magnifying glass or even one of those cheap USB microscopes you can buy and scan every inch of it. I would have never spotted that burnt out chip even with a standard magnifying glass

These things are definitely fixable just takes patience. And having a skilled EE nearby doesn't hurt...

Even without dismantling it, there are plenty of electronic components on the backside you can check closely

 

[DigDog]

baking

 

[Pwndenburg]

I have a 5870 lightning just lying around if that would interest you. For free of course.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Tried using a pencil eraser on the PCI-E contacts (the "gold fingers")? Maybe that's all it needs...

 

[psolord]

Fermi cards can indeed get quite hot and maybe I do have a case of loosened solders.

I am of course familiar with the baking technique, so the reason I asked a gpu focused forum, is because someone may have encountered an exact same problem with the same card, since the 570 was quite popular and many users owned one. The increased power requirements may have busted some component, that a user may have pinpointed.

Now the problem is I am not very fond of the idea of putting a part manufactured with many chemicals, in the oven I use to cook food and unfortunately I don't have an old one. Maybe if I cover with tin foil it would be Ok. I'll see.

@Pwndenburg, thank you for your kind offer, but I cannot accept it.

@yottabit Good idea on the enhanced magnifiers. Didn't even know these USB ones existed.

@futurefields I used it for various testing mostly. I am a hobbyist benchmarker and apart from new hardware, I like testing vintage hardware on new software. For me, testing a 5850 or a 980Ti on a new game, holds almost the same value. Almost.

@jeffmd I would have never thought of that. Thanks.

Thanks everyone.

 

[psolord]

Tried using a pencil eraser on the PCI-E contacts (the "gold fingers")? Maybe that's all it needs...

Well I cleaned them thoroughly, while they were already clean and they seem to be OK to be frank, but I guess the eraser wouldn't hurt.

 

[xorbe]

It's a sad state of affairs, but 4.5 years later, a 960 is only about 25% faster than a 570, if you can find one on sale + rebate for $165 perhaps.

 

[tweakboy]

Thats a nice post xorbe .....

 

[DigDog]

It's a sad state of affairs, but 4.5 years later, a 960 is only about 25% faster than a 570, if you can find one on sale + rebate for $165 perhaps.

where do you get your numbers from ? i'm not sure that's correct.

 

[xorbe]

where do you get your numbers from ? i'm not sure that's correct.

Big chart I assembled from TPU data. It is not precise across generations, naturally. 2GB + new games will probably make the delta larger in reality. But that's how the summarized data sits.

 

[Seba]

GTX 570 should be close to GTX 660 performance. And GTX 960 is around 50% above GTX 660.

 

[sm625]

Even if toasting it does revive it, I would never trust it to run for very long.

 

[Flapdrol1337]

Seen a topic where someone revived a 470 by baking it. Worth a shot I guess.

 

[el etro]

I would buy an used R9 290, can be the best deal you ever made.

 

[xorbe]

GTX 570 should be close to GTX 660 performance. And GTX 960 is around 50% above GTX 660.

This TPU chart puts 960 about 33% above 660.

https://tpucdn.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_960_Gaming/images/perfrel_1920.gif

 

[SKORPI0]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR7a2BCvaLs :biggrin:

 

[birthdaymonkey]

I baked a GTX 280 and gave it to a friend. That was three or four years ago, and it still runs to this day.

 

[j03h4gLund]

baking

just dont forget about it in there.... the fumes are toxic

 

[Seba]

This TPU chart puts 960 about 33% above 660.

https://tpucdn.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_960_Gaming/images/perfrel_1920.gif

When you post a chart, you should also post a link to the article/review from where it is taken. That is one "relative performance" chart. Which is an average of some games (or maybe even synthetic benchmarks - we do not know from looking at that chart).

And even then, GTX 960 is 37% (and 41% for the GTX 960 MSI version) above GTX 660 according to that chart, not 33%.

 

[dazelord]

When you post a chart, you should also post a link to the article/review from where it is taken. That is one "relative performance" chart. Which is an average of some games (or maybe even synthetic benchmarks - we do not know from looking at that chart).

And even then, GTX 960 is 37% (and 41% for the GTX 960 MSI version) above GTX 660 according to that chart, not 33%.

Also, the 570 only has 1280MB ram and since that review the drivers for Maxwell have improved compared to fermi/kepler.