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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Mark Tyson

Nvidia RTX 3090 sent in to repairer was missing the GPU and all its memory chips

NorthridgeFix's ghastly RTX 3090 PCB.

Alex from NorthridgeFix was in despair after a customer sent him an "insane RTX 3090" for repair. The graphics card was sent over to NorthridgeFix as it wasn't detected when plugging into a PC system. An accompanying note explained that the card was "not used for mining," had been in storage for several years, and that the fans and RGB LEDs sometimes worked. However, Alex quickly discovered that this graphics card was beyond repair: with a missing GPU, devoid of VRAM chips, and "knocked off components like you've never seen before." The PCB looks a real mess.

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