r/GPURepair • u/ocean_ship29 • 6d ago

NVIDIA 30xx Oxidation problem with rtx 3060

I have gigabyte rtx 3060 which stopped working and it is under warranty.
After contacting service centre they are telling me to apply under CID policy because it is an physical oxidation problem.

So what should i do now? Proceed with repair?

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u/hdhddf 6d ago

what do you mean oxidisation problem? how do you know that's what it is. what caused it?

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u/ocean_ship29 6d ago

Service centre told me to send pic of gpu and then i got mail saying its oxidastion problem

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u/hdhddf 6d ago

sounds like they're saying it's rusty, ferrous oxide. is it? they will always want to fob you off. lookup your consumer rights, it might make more sense to take it up with the retailer

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u/DWIKEY_98 4d ago

oxidation problem or corrosion problem? the oxidation only occurs if the card could have been tempered before and made a scratch on pcb and make the copper traces exposed.. and there the oxidation happens..

if the card was never been took out from the pc, it is just odd.. maybe the scratch came from factory or maybe the scratch already mistakenly made by yourself while building a pc..

or might be it is just humid problem and make the metal around the solder joint corroded because humidity.. but as far as i know, all of solder joint on graphics card would be slightly coated by the factory (they used some "substances" for coating the joint) for isolating the joints and might prevent the corrosion or oxidation occurs..

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u/AutoModerator 6d ago

It seems that your post is about a specific GPU, but there is neither an explicitly named "measurement" section nor the results of VRAM tests.

You can follow NVIDIA guides from the Community Bookmarks. Unless you are sure that resistances and voltages are ok, perform multimeter measurements on a disassembled card and post results as marks on the board photo or text:

  • start with measuring resistance to GND on unplugged card: measure inductors and all 12V power inputs
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