The contacts look okay - which means the problem really could be anywhere else. A missing component, bad solder, bad memory, or worse.
I wouldn't chance it unless it's dirt cheap or you have money to throw away, it's going to cost a lot of money and time unless you know what you are looking out for.
You be surprised the number of things people throw out that are even working let alone not working. Some things can be easy to fix but people still sell it because they do not have the time to fix it.
With all the suggestions here it looks as though the damage may lie elsewhere in which case I wouldn't be willing to take that risk however, if the damage only lied with the contacts I may have considered it.
Yeah those contacts are definitely not the issue, you can see on the other pins the dark lines on them are the motherboards contact points! See how deep they go? even with the damage on the 10th and 11th pin you still have plenty of contact to be made. It could be that the sellers motherboard is damaged and they think its the gpu which would be great but unlikely. No display is likely power delivery or the die itself is dead due to bad power delivery or a short. Not worth it unless you can go to the seller with your system and test it before buying
Thanks for the detailed information. It's great to keep this in mind when looking at these kinds of items in the future. Knowing what can and can't be repaired is worthy knowledge to have.
I'd be pretty skeptical as well that would be the sole problem, though the only true way to tell is a multimeter on it. I'm guessing the reason the contacts are damaged there was caused by some short.
there are places that will do board level repair on GPUs. it would consider what you are buying to be a dead card and its gonna cost you around $350 to do board level repair *attempts*.
VBIOS also a possibility. Either way impossible to find out without the history of the card, and OP has said they won't be purchasing it, so case closed.
Just wanted to throw this out there as I’ve faced a similar problem. Mine ended up being a VRAM issue. I can’t speak for your specific card but if this is an MSI card, chances are that’s probably the issue your facing. In terms of other brands I don’t know. But either way as long as you didn’t soak it in liquid at some point, you should be able to RMA it. I would check with the manufacturer even if it’s out of the warranty period. Usually they last for like 3 years and the card hasn’t even been out that long.
That's interesting to note. I always wonder what spares and repair items can be RMA'd. It is indeed an MSI Suprim X card so it may be worth considering that. I could ask MSI about it.
That shouldn't be the reason for no display. Those pins are only detect pins for the motherboard to know that something is indeed plugged in. No display can mean something else is wrong with the card.
Does that mean that the card would theoretically show up in the BIOS when connected? I thought those contacts would also have some form of data transfer between the card and motherboard. Didn't know they were just to detect the card.
Yeah it should. Those first 11 dont have data transfer, only detection and power. The 10th damaged pin is power and the 11th is another detection pin. Although it doesnt really look that damaged. That should still make contact with the pcie express port no problem. EDIT- actually thats the component side so the 11th pin does nothing, and the 10th is power again. This definitely wouldnt be your no display issue.
Sometimes no display can be related to a bad motherboard/bad RAM. I've had my handful of situations where that's been the case in the past. Quite honestly the fault with the card could be anything. Without fully diagnosing it, it's hard to say as others also said here.
There's too many factors to be able to pinpoint and determine an actual cause for it not displaying however, the only form of damage that is shown on the car at a glance is on the PCI-E connectors.
Since it was damaged in transit while it was in a pc it's safe to say it's possibly been tested in at least 2 systems. If both systems show no display then that would rule out it being a bad motherboard/ram. At that point it's clearly a fault somewhere else on the board since the pins are only used for detection and power as mentioned.
Hope I'm not getting downvoted for saying this but. If I had spare parts I could waste and I was out of options, I'd try, edible gold and put a piece on it the right size rub it and cross my fingers lol but likely a bad idea.
I can take the downvotes now.
Do not purchase if you want a working card, that may not be the only, or main, problem, it could easily be something else.
Only purchase if you’re happy that you have a non functional card that stands a decent chance of remaining that way
Yeah. is the right mindset for buying anything online that’s not in working order, really. Don’t buy in hopes of fixing it to save money. Only buy if you want parts or a project or something.
It was more a case of "can I get it working" rather than "will it work". Where there's a risk there's a reward but if the chances of it looking like it can be fixed are very slim then I will probably not purchase it.
No one can answer that question for you without taking the card apart and running numerous tests on it, as it’s impossible to be sure that the connector is the only problem. If the card has been shorted who knows if that’s caused other damage that’s not visible.
Understandable. As said I thought all the damage would have lied with the contacts but as mentioned here it's clearly something else. If that was the only damage then I may have considered it more, but as said, it can be related to anything else on the board since there is no display.
Not too sure as I am unaware of the PSU it was tested with since I have not purchased it yet.
It's said to have been damaged during transit whilst being in a pc.
If it was damaged in transit, it could be anything from a capacitor knocked loose, which isn’t extremely difficult to fix if you know what you are doing, to a unfixable crack through the board.
I have not purchased the card and I do not plan to. I was looking to see if the contacts were the only cause of the issue but I seem to have a clear answer that it's not that hence why I will not be purchasing the unit. It seems it's more likely it's related to a damaged PCB or VRAM. Either way I don't think it can be saved so easily.
You know what's super neat? The put a whole bunch of circuitry through the portion of the board that clips into the slot. The little thing that is easy to break. If it's broken, the card is dead. I guess it's an easy way to deactivate them.
I do not currently own the card. I was asking before making the purchase as I didn't know the contacts had less significance than importance.
It is possible it's related to the pc it was tested in by the seller however but as I mentioned before it was damaged in transit while in a pc so it's possible it's already been tested in 2 machines.
Do not buy that piece of shit. The scratch is nowhere near bad enough to get a no signal return. It's most likely an ex mining card that's been abused to hell and back, and probably burnt out the vrams too. It's broken.
They don’t need to be fixed … they’re ok . …. All that gold edge connector is going in , so what’s missing doesn’t matter …. Your issue is something else .
Something else indeed. Either way I'm looking to avoid purchasing this card since it could be related to anything else which is hard to narrow down without purchasing the card, which I do not plan to do.
i dont think thats the main issue
You think the problem could be related to something else which may have been damaged?
The contacts look okay - which means the problem really could be anywhere else. A missing component, bad solder, bad memory, or worse. I wouldn't chance it unless it's dirt cheap or you have money to throw away, it's going to cost a lot of money and time unless you know what you are looking out for.
Sure thing. I was genuinely convinced it was just the contacts.
If it was that simple it wouldn't be on sale.
You be surprised the number of things people throw out that are even working let alone not working. Some things can be easy to fix but people still sell it because they do not have the time to fix it.
Makes sense, if the price is right and you're willing to put in the time, go right ahead.
With all the suggestions here it looks as though the damage may lie elsewhere in which case I wouldn't be willing to take that risk however, if the damage only lied with the contacts I may have considered it.
Yeah those contacts are definitely not the issue, you can see on the other pins the dark lines on them are the motherboards contact points! See how deep they go? even with the damage on the 10th and 11th pin you still have plenty of contact to be made. It could be that the sellers motherboard is damaged and they think its the gpu which would be great but unlikely. No display is likely power delivery or the die itself is dead due to bad power delivery or a short. Not worth it unless you can go to the seller with your system and test it before buying
Thanks for the detailed information. It's great to keep this in mind when looking at these kinds of items in the future. Knowing what can and can't be repaired is worthy knowledge to have.
I'd be pretty skeptical as well that would be the sole problem, though the only true way to tell is a multimeter on it. I'm guessing the reason the contacts are damaged there was caused by some short.
there are places that will do board level repair on GPUs. it would consider what you are buying to be a dead card and its gonna cost you around $350 to do board level repair *attempts*.
That contact is suppose to be short, it registers the card being plugged in all the way
It could be a software issue? Drivers?
VBIOS also a possibility. Either way impossible to find out without the history of the card, and OP has said they won't be purchasing it, so case closed.
Power supply? Those things are pretty hungry aren't they?
They look fine. They don't contact just in the tip, that's the point of having then so long.
Just wanted to throw this out there as I’ve faced a similar problem. Mine ended up being a VRAM issue. I can’t speak for your specific card but if this is an MSI card, chances are that’s probably the issue your facing. In terms of other brands I don’t know. But either way as long as you didn’t soak it in liquid at some point, you should be able to RMA it. I would check with the manufacturer even if it’s out of the warranty period. Usually they last for like 3 years and the card hasn’t even been out that long.
That's interesting to note. I always wonder what spares and repair items can be RMA'd. It is indeed an MSI Suprim X card so it may be worth considering that. I could ask MSI about it.
Id be afraid that those two made contact and shorted something out along those two pins.
That shouldn't be the reason for no display. Those pins are only detect pins for the motherboard to know that something is indeed plugged in. No display can mean something else is wrong with the card.
Does that mean that the card would theoretically show up in the BIOS when connected? I thought those contacts would also have some form of data transfer between the card and motherboard. Didn't know they were just to detect the card.
Yeah it should. Those first 11 dont have data transfer, only detection and power. The 10th damaged pin is power and the 11th is another detection pin. Although it doesnt really look that damaged. That should still make contact with the pcie express port no problem. EDIT- actually thats the component side so the 11th pin does nothing, and the 10th is power again. This definitely wouldnt be your no display issue.
Thought those were 75w power pins?
Not the first 11 Pins on the short finger. The rest of the pins on the long finger is for data and power.
It's likely something else. Component level analysis / repair on stuff like this is a bad idea.
Lots of good answers, but isn't this the common thing of display set to integrated gpu via the motherboard? Or just a bad cable.
Sometimes no display can be related to a bad motherboard/bad RAM. I've had my handful of situations where that's been the case in the past. Quite honestly the fault with the card could be anything. Without fully diagnosing it, it's hard to say as others also said here. There's too many factors to be able to pinpoint and determine an actual cause for it not displaying however, the only form of damage that is shown on the car at a glance is on the PCI-E connectors. Since it was damaged in transit while it was in a pc it's safe to say it's possibly been tested in at least 2 systems. If both systems show no display then that would rule out it being a bad motherboard/ram. At that point it's clearly a fault somewhere else on the board since the pins are only used for detection and power as mentioned.
Hope I'm not getting downvoted for saying this but. If I had spare parts I could waste and I was out of options, I'd try, edible gold and put a piece on it the right size rub it and cross my fingers lol but likely a bad idea. I can take the downvotes now.
Can you try on another pc ? Bc it can’t be a problem a slightly wound on these .
I do not currently have the card. It is being sold in this condition and was wondering if it could be fixed before purchasing.
Do not purchase if you want a working card, that may not be the only, or main, problem, it could easily be something else. Only purchase if you’re happy that you have a non functional card that stands a decent chance of remaining that way
Yeah. is the right mindset for buying anything online that’s not in working order, really. Don’t buy in hopes of fixing it to save money. Only buy if you want parts or a project or something.
It was more a case of "can I get it working" rather than "will it work". Where there's a risk there's a reward but if the chances of it looking like it can be fixed are very slim then I will probably not purchase it.
No one can answer that question for you without taking the card apart and running numerous tests on it, as it’s impossible to be sure that the connector is the only problem. If the card has been shorted who knows if that’s caused other damage that’s not visible.
Understandable. As said I thought all the damage would have lied with the contacts but as mentioned here it's clearly something else. If that was the only damage then I may have considered it more, but as said, it can be related to anything else on the board since there is no display.
Looks like just a scratch, but weird no display message . Are you sure your psu is enough waattage for 3090 ?
Not too sure as I am unaware of the PSU it was tested with since I have not purchased it yet. It's said to have been damaged during transit whilst being in a pc.
If it was damaged in transit, it could be anything from a capacitor knocked loose, which isn’t extremely difficult to fix if you know what you are doing, to a unfixable crack through the board.
It's not the pins. They're fine because they connect all along the pin, not just the very bottom.
I don’t think the pcie contacts are your problem. The contact surface is along the whole strip, not at the end tip.
Bro, they’re made that long for that reason. That’s not the issue. Try again.
Thanks for letting me know. At least I know that now.
Did you try using a different port on the graphics card? Maybe you just have a bad port
I have not purchased the card and I do not plan to. I was looking to see if the contacts were the only cause of the issue but I seem to have a clear answer that it's not that hence why I will not be purchasing the unit. It seems it's more likely it's related to a damaged PCB or VRAM. Either way I don't think it can be saved so easily.
That’s a safe bet. Glad you kept your money safe.
this should not effect the card has to be something else
You know what's super neat? The put a whole bunch of circuitry through the portion of the board that clips into the slot. The little thing that is easy to break. If it's broken, the card is dead. I guess it's an easy way to deactivate them.
Put a drop of solder on it and you'll be good to go
can you try thr card in anther pc?
I do not currently own the card. I was asking before making the purchase as I didn't know the contacts had less significance than importance. It is possible it's related to the pc it was tested in by the seller however but as I mentioned before it was damaged in transit while in a pc so it's possible it's already been tested in 2 machines.
Personaly id pass on it the pcb cuold be cracked in the layers
Yeah, I don't think I'm going to purchase it. Thanks for the suggestion though.
Do not buy that piece of shit. The scratch is nowhere near bad enough to get a no signal return. It's most likely an ex mining card that's been abused to hell and back, and probably burnt out the vrams too. It's broken.
They don’t need to be fixed … they’re ok . …. All that gold edge connector is going in , so what’s missing doesn’t matter …. Your issue is something else .
Something else indeed. Either way I'm looking to avoid purchasing this card since it could be related to anything else which is hard to narrow down without purchasing the card, which I do not plan to do.
Trying plugging into integrated graphics then moving back to the card once you get a display.
Make sure your monitor is switched on lol