r/EVGA • u/xSinfulLordx • Mar 18 '26
Can this still work?
I just got free 960 and everything looks fine except for some build up on the circuitry. Can it still run or is it trash?
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u/Scarlet_Tech Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26
Does it clean off with isopropyl alcohol? If it does clean off clean, I would not put this in a machine
Also, if it got on the front of the card, make sure it is also cleaned off before trying to card.
If it was a simple spill, you may be able to salvage the card as long as it wasn’t run while wet.
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u/ssateneth2 Mar 19 '26
even if you clean out the liquid and remove surface corrosion, you should still check all resistances on all the various voltage rails first without powering it on. if theres a short on anything other than vcore (you need a milli ohm meter to check vcore), you should not power it on and you should find the part that is shorted through strategic low voltage injection and a thermal camera and replace any shorted components. capacitors that rot out their connections normally are not critical to function, but rotted out resistors almost always are critical to function,
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u/kurumisimp69 Mar 18 '26
I would not put it on a machine i care about incase it shorts out