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Offline BakaRed77Topic starter

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Gigabyte GTX1060 6GB Lightning Strike
« on: August 27, 2021, 12:37:19 am »
Please be kind because I have very little understanding of electric. I had a lightning strike that took out various electronics including my input board on a tv that was hooked to my computer graphics card. The  GPU died with it. No Warranty. The rest of my PC was fine so I assume the jolt came in through the HDMI cable rather than the PSU. I am trying to figure out which part is bad and try to repair. I have a harbor freight multimeter but I do not really know what I am doing with it. I have seen several videos that weren't as helpful because I just wasn't knowledgeable enough to follow completely when I have different equipment to test with. I have not found an visible damage/burns. Can someone please walk me through what to test and what I should see as a result if the component is good or bad? I have attached an image of my card and multimeter. Again, please be kind to me I am really trying to learn this stuff.
 

Offline Haenk

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Re: Gigabyte GTX1060 6GB Lightning Strike
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2021, 08:52:42 am »
The overvoltage came through HDMI then (if the rest of the computer is fine), so you have to kind of backtrace from the cards HDMI connectors towards the GPU.
However the components in question are so small, your bargain multimeter tips are probably too large to be of any use.
 

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Re: Gigabyte GTX1060 6GB Lightning Strike
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2021, 10:02:04 am »
The overvoltage came through HDMI then (if the rest of the computer is fine), so you have to kind of backtrace from the cards HDMI connectors towards the GPU.
However the components in question are so small, your bargain multimeter tips are probably too large to be of any use.
If it comes to the HDMI side and not booting, then is no hope
Chip is dead, there is no protection for anything bigger than small ESD, it goes directly
 
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Re: Gigabyte GTX1060 6GB Lightning Strike
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2021, 10:59:07 pm »
Your enthusiasm to learn is appreciated, but this thing is probably a lost cause (i.e. main chip damaged) even if you did have the proper test and SMD soldering equipment to diagnose and repair. Just be glad it didn't smoke anything on the motherboard.
 


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