Did i fry my card?

[freaksavior]

So i bought water cooling and it started leaking onto my vid card. Now my pc won't boot. i had an OLD 9200 around so i stuck it in my pc and it booted to the bios screen. I think of great my vid card is dead. so here a couple pics so let me know what you think sry i took them with my phone.

[Namslas90]

Dry it off real good, with warm air and try the card in another computer if you can, look for bad/loose traces or 'blown' parts in the card. The chances are 50/50 that it is blown.

[Frogger]

phone pic suck.... try using some 90% achol to clean up those contacts in pic 2 if coolant didn't get under anything might still work Poge had coolant/water probs back in summer when his chiller leaked try him ...luck F

[Johnny_L]

Yup, dry it good with hot air (at least 1 hour or 2) and then give it another try.
Before you start drying it remove all sinks from it.

[Batou1986]

happened to me once spilled soda near my cpu luckily it was off later that day wouldn't boot turned out soda got under the heasink of my gfx card next to the ram wiped it off with windex worked fine and does to this day

if it was due to a cracked water block leaky pump or resivor you can make the manufacturer pay for the damage since that stuff isn't supposed to break or leak now bad connections on your part well your on your own there

[DaMulta]

Take the heat sink off. Go to your dishwasher and put it in it. DO NOT PUT SOAP IN IT. Run it with hot water 3 times do not dry in the dishwasher instead pull it out and let it set for a week. Then install the heatsink back on it and try it again.

[freaksavior]

Ok well i went to fry's and the said the contacts are burnt out and the cards no good anymore. So i cleaned it off with windex and i am going to try it once more but after that. if my card is screwed what should i get to replace it. my max budget would be $150. The games i like playing are

BF2142
CS:S
Sims 2(ha very demanding graphic game)
Call Of duty 2.

[Rurouni Strife]

If you can find one, X1800 GTO's are cheap these days. If not, I'd spend a little more and grab a x1900 GT, they are about 160 or so on Newegg.

[freaksavior]

Well it has to be agp. I really don't want to go and get a new mobo. I don't think I will be able to rma the thing because when the sn and p/n got wet i went to dry them off with my air compressor and it blew the paper off and now i can't get the # i need.

[freaksavior]

well i called ati and they pretty much said i'm screwed! Oh and the freakin best part of this shindig is my mobo is screrwed as well :laugh:......:cry: so on to what mobo and what vid card (x850 xt pe) and what memory now. AHHHH I'm broke too:cry:

[boecke]

PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 Pro (PCI-e)
GeIL 512mb x 2 DDR400 Memory (PC3200)
ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe (S939, DDR, CrossFire Xpress 3200)

You'll need an AMD S939 processor though.

Sorry to hear about your parts mate, I've never been to keen on Water Cooling.

[freaksavior]

ok so my card is screwed and (drop head and cry) have a old radeon 9200 in my system :(

If thermaltake dosn't replace my card it has to be an agp card. Should i wait till dx10 cards come out and get me a nice one then or should i just get a nice one now since i don't game on my pc all that much.

[Velcro]

Just get a beater card in your system until Dx10 cards are more readaly avalable. Till then have fun trying to see what games you can get to run on that 9200! I'd just pick up a x550 with some ddr2 on it and your set.

[freaksavior]

i can get an x850 xt retail on ebay for $160 is that a good deal? I only paid $110 for my x800

[{Sniping}Waste]

From the pic you posted it looks like corrosion on the contacts. You might try to use a low grit sandpaper and see if you can sand the corrosion off. If you can the contacts should change to a copper color and the card might work again.

[Kammster]

i think you can at an X850pro (may be unlockable) retail for 140 at newegg.
but there are some x800 gto pcie in the open box section for 85

[freaksavior]

Ok one were you really serious about sanding them down? and here are some better pics of the contacts. i took it with a Power shot g3 Canon camera the should be alot better

[JUDAS3]

put that thing in the bin m8 - its dead.................

get yourself a cheap card off ebay.........and leave water alone.......

shame though and good luck.

[JC316]

I agree with Judas, I think she is pooped out. It COULD still work, but I doubt it. I had a monitor sit out in the rain and it still worked great, but video cards are touchy.

[infrared]

Take the heat sink off. Go to your dishwasher and put it in it. DO NOT PUT SOAP IN IT. Run it with hot water 3 times do not dry in the dishwasher instead pull it out and let it set for a week. Then install the heatsink back on it and try it again.

Definatly give this a try! After you get the card out, leave it in a warm place for at least 24h, preferably a week like damulta said. Then use very fine wet/dry sandpaper on the contacts to bring them up nice and shiney. :)

[freaksavior]

DONE!:rockout: Running my x800 pro/xt pe now and i couldn't be more happy. so all my threads about my stuffing getting fried, nope non of it is. Although i had a good reason to believe it was. THAnks for all your help!!!

[infrared]

w00t, congrats man!

[JUDAS3]

thats great m8 - well done.

did you give it the shock paddles to bring it back..........lol

STAND CLEAR..............

[{Sniping}Waste]

DONE!:rockout: Running my x800 pro/xt pe now and i couldn't be more happy. so all my threads about my stuffing getting fried, nope non of it is. Although i had a good reason to believe it was. THAnks for all your help!!!
What did you do to it to get it running again?

[Frogger]

What did you do to it to get it running again?

we'd all like to know the answer;)

[freaksavior]

i just sanded the contacts with a very fine sand paper untill the black wasn't visible anymore. Then i wiped it off with a damp cloth and let it air dry for a couple hours. And it worked!!!!

[{Sniping}Waste]

By the pics you posted it looked like corrosion on the contacts to me. I glad that was the problem and the fix was easy and fast.