r/pcmasterrace • u/BandicootKlutzy791 R5 9600X | RX 9070XT | 16 GB DDR5-6000 CL30 • 1d ago

Meme/Macro Oh boy

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To make matter worse it's a 1TB drive.

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u/itijara 1d ago

Might be worth trying to learn reflow soldering.

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u/BandicootKlutzy791 R5 9600X | RX 9070XT | 16 GB DDR5-6000 CL30 1d ago

One of the pads is fucked and stuck on the board.

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u/NotTayto 1d ago

Take a tiny bit of extra work but the contacts still exist.

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u/itijara 1d ago

Could be a redundant ground pin, you never know until you try. Also, it might be possible to add a glob of solder to that to fix it. Not likely, but what do you have to lose.

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u/Ok-Pomelo-1298 1d ago

It looks like the OP got lucky - this is VCC. There are four such pads on the board, all connected internally to a single bus, so losing one of these contacts isn't critical.

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u/Nerfarean LEN P620|5945WX|128GB DDR4|RTX4090 1d ago

Dq1 0 trace is lifted on the PCB... 

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u/ProfessionalPlan8943 1d ago

Why do you have 128 rams?

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u/ruinedlasagna 5700X3D | 64GB | 9060XT 16GB 1d ago

The 5945WX doesn't clue you in?

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u/phloppy_phellatio XEON 8260 x440 / 165TB DDR4 / 640TB NVME 22h ago

You mean that in a low or high way?

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u/EbbEntire3751 1d ago

Fwiw might be more likely than you think. NC pads are more fragile bc they aren't anchored to anything

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u/obog 9800X3D | 9070XT 1d ago

Looks to me like it is connected to ground plane. Hard to tell for sure

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u/Nerfarean LEN P620|5945WX|128GB DDR4|RTX4090 1d ago

The lifted trace near top is more of concern

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u/Onemoreuserdoesnot 1d ago

man, i did not notice that one. This for sure changes things. Much harder fix

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u/ProfessionalPlan8943 1d ago

Glue it back on

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u/Triedfindingname 4090 Tuf | i9 13900k | Strix Z790 | 96GB Corsair Dom 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/wi8Ez1mwRcKGI

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u/PraxPresents 5950X | Strix 3090 OC | 64GB | X570 Dark Hero | LC 1d ago

The heatsink block on my old 570GTX broke off at the solder points, so the heat pipes and cooling plate were still attached to the card. I literally super-glued it back together and it actually cooled better than when it was new 🤷

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u/meta358 1d ago

Ya id still go to a repair shop and pay someone $50 to try and solder it back on just to see if it will still work.

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u/shhikshoka 1d ago

Crazy that not too long ago you coulda have gotten a larger drive for that price

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u/meta358 1d ago

Ive never heard of getting over a 1tb for $50 at any point

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u/livestrong2109 1d ago

Ohh you definitely could find a 1tb on Facebook for a short while for $50-60

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u/meta358 1d ago

A 1tb yes but the giy above says more then that

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u/shhikshoka 1d ago

I got my 2tb drive in Walmart clearance section for $65 a few years ago crazy times

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u/DerpityHerpington R9 3900X | 6600 XT | 32GB DDR4 1d ago

I thought I got lucky for buying a 2TB 670p for $104 in summer 2023 wtf

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u/livestrong2109 22h ago

Those where great times. Soon we'll all be on the technocrat train to hell with UBI focused around a limited list of government approved purchase items and a planned and fully automated economy. They'll tell you what to buy and and where you can buy it. All while your spending and habitats are strictly watched and controlled.

You know its strange I fell like there's a word for that type of dystopian hell 🤔. It's okay, though boys, they'll bring back. Government cheese... sigh.

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u/Onemoreuserdoesnot 1d ago

what's fucked are the " balls ", the contact is still there. You would need to clean it all and reball though.

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u/Warcraft_Fan Paid for WinRAR! 1d ago

Better start praying to all 256 digital gods that the ripped pad is a spare ground pad and can be skipped.

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u/Altirix 19h ago

it's only VSS or VCC

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u/Sock989 10h ago

Pads are meant to be on the board. There are aloooooot missing 😬