Need help identifying corrosion on my GPU

[ehcastro3]

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here's a references about corrosion on Au-Sn plated interconnect... sa case ni TS, atmospheric condition ra man ni... wla gani magamit siguro ang SLI contacts kay wla mag 2-way or more SLI config si TS... so, wala'y mechanical wear and tear ang wla man ni magamit ang SLI contact fingers...



http://www.jsbtech.com/download/Effe...20Contacts.pdf

salamat sa info and yes hindi po ako nagSLI kasi overkill na magSLI for my use.

are you sure "disto" yang kausap mo? or just a regular computer shop. in anycase, tell them you have pictures of the card with date before you send item to them, BUT DO NOT GIVE IT TO THEM. in anycase whose fault is it if mag corrode man sli contacts? na dili man constantly man-handled nimo ang card naa raman na sulod sa pc-ipa finger print scan aron mahibaw-an kinsa mga nikupot ana na card and kisang tudlo ang pinaka duol sa corrosion? ka wierd na ba sa mga tindahan ron, likay naman ug warranty.

yep distro po sila. yung policy nila is 'clean outsides of the card w/o opening it because it will void the warranty and benchmark it to see if there's problems.' Tama ba yun? Kaya nga mas nagalit ako gumastos ako ng LBC para linisin lang nila yung labas and run benchmarks eh PI kung ganun lang kayang-kaya kong gawin yun.

[werty]

may problema ba talaga yang card mo or pinadala mo lang dahil tingin may corrosion?

[ehcastro3]

may problema ba talaga yang card mo or pinadala mo lang dahil tingin may corrosion?

Meron talaga, nag-artifact ng 2x in 2 weeks on the 23rd month of the warranty. Yung 1st artifacting nga yung mas grabe kasi gisulayan nako irestart, kinahinglan nako irestart ng 3x bago magdisplay. 2 weeks after nag-artifact nanaman. Dun ko na pinaship sa distro.

[werty]

mahirap yan, dahil intermittent artifacting lang pala. pag test nila dun if d nag artifact ibabalik lang talaga yan.

[ethzneuron]

anyway, there's this issue but, to all enthusiasts here, is it possible to RMA directly to Palit?

[lloyd_joy]

the failure mechanism (corrosion on the SLI contact fingers) doesn't relate to the failure mode (artifacts) as experienced by TS... and is in anyway, both are not related to the problem seen by TS on the artifacts...

by the way, TS, what's your PSU? have you tried another PSU on your GPU?

[ehcastro3]

mahirap yan

Exactly, dapat binuksan nila to ascertain the cause, hindi gagawa ng kwento ng 'corrosion' baka simple cleaning lang INSIDE ang solution (and in essence binalik nila sa akin maduming madumi ang loob ng GPU, so tama ba yun). I was expecting a thorough RMA service to know the root cause. And may pahabol pa ako after replying kay ethzneuron

anyway, there's this issue but, to all enthusiasts here, is it possible to RMA directly to Palit?

Kaya ko directly nakausap yung distro is because (look here werty) they contacted me asking ano yung problema ng card ko. Eh kung nakita nila yung corrosion eh bakit pa sila magtatanong? If I remember correctly I left a note dun sa video card box telling them to contact me kung ano yung complaint ko.

Nagalit pa nga ako na sinabi nila 'sir dapat nga hindi namin na-service yan kasi may corrosion' and 'corrosion voids warranty' (and keep in mind yung sinasabing 'SERVICE' daw nila is linisin yung labas without opening the card.) Kayo na po maghusga sa statement nila nyan.

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the failure mechanism (corrosion on the SLI contact fingers) doesn't relate to the failure mode (artifacts) as experienced by TS... and is in anyway, both are not related to the problem seen by TS on the artifacts...

by the way, TS, what's your PSU? have you tried another PSU on your GPU?

Corsair HX850 pero sige for the sake of argument I try ko nalang i-test yung GTX 970 sa isang computer store, pero baka masunog ito or hindi ba hazard ito baka masira ko rin yung rig nila eh. Kasi parang FULL BLAST (100%) ang fan ng gpu and w/o Display pag itry nako i-on.

[werty]

Exactly, dapat binuksan nila to ascertain the cause, hindi gagawa ng kwento ng 'corrosion' baka simple cleaning lang INSIDE ang solution (and in essence binalik nila sa akin maduming madumi ang loob ng GPU, so tama ba yun). I was expecting a thorough RMA service to know the root cause. And may pahabol pa ako after replying kay ethzneuron





Kaya ko directly nakausap yung distro is because (look here werty) they contacted me asking ano yung problema ng card ko. Eh kung nakita nila yung corrosion eh bakit pa sila magtatanong? If I remember correctly I left a note dun sa video card box telling them to contact me kung ano yung complaint ko.

Nagalit pa nga ako na sinabi nila 'sir dapat nga hindi namin na-service yan kasi may corrosion' and 'corrosion voids warranty' (and keep in mind yung sinasabing 'SERVICE' daw nila is linisin yung labas without opening the card.) Kayo na po maghusga sa statement nila nyan.

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Corsair HX850 pero sige for the sake of argument I try ko nalang i-test yung GTX 970 sa isang computer store, pero baka masunog ito or hindi ba hazard ito baka masira ko rin yung rig nila eh. Kasi parang FULL BLAST (100%) ang fan ng gpu and w/o Display pag itry nako i-on.

if i put myself in their place, i will also tell you there is no reason for us to open up or entirely clean the item IF from our test(benchmark as they say) the artifact you said did not appear. i will just say probably the same that there are corrosion somewhere to "justify" what you think was the issue(in this case, intermittent). kaya i said mahirap yan because its not a re-occuring problem or its not happening each time the device is turned on. if artifacting man lang yan it could have been just overheating, software problems or power-related problem(and i do not just mean a power supply related problem). heck i would even re-install windows or even run linux jan just to isolate any software related problem.

IMHO lang

[ehcastro3]

if i put myself in their place, i will also tell you there is no reason for us to open up or entirely clean the item IF from our test(benchmark as they say) the artifact you said did not appear. i will just say probably the same that there are corrosion somewhere to "justify" what you think was the issue(in this case, intermittent). kaya i said mahirap yan because its not a re-occuring problem or its not happening each time the device is turned on. if artifacting man lang yan it could have been just overheating, software problems or power-related problem(and i do not just mean a power supply related problem). heck i would even re-install windows or even run linux jan just to isolate any software related problem.

IMHO lang

So mali ang diagnosis nila and in truth, wala sila ginawa kundi linisin lang ang labas? What 'RMA services' do they do pala kung hindi din pala bubuksan?

And from what you've read they're totally free from liability na?

I'm curious.. hehe.. p.share pud.. #chismislang .. hahaha

Full na inbox mo zero hehe

[pUssiFied005]

TS would you mind posting ur seller/store name? kung ok lang.. para din ma aware ung ibang buyer. bati jud ni ilang pama-agi..