qubit
Overclocked quantum bit
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System Name | Quantumville™ |
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Processor | Intel Core i7-2700K @ 4GHz |
Motherboard | Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 |
Cooling | Noctua NH-D14 |
Memory | 16GB (2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Black DDR3 PC3-12800 C9 1600MHz) |
Video Card(s) | MSI RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming X Trio |
Storage | Samsung 850 Pro 256GB | WD Black 4TB | WD Blue 6TB |
Display(s) | ASUS ROG Strix XG27UQR (4K, 144Hz, G-SYNC compatible) | Asus MG28UQ (4K, 60Hz, FreeSync compatible) |
Case | Cooler Master HAF 922 |
Audio Device(s) | Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty PCIe |
Power Supply | Corsair AX1600i |
Mouse | Microsoft Intellimouse Pro - Black Shadow |
Keyboard | Yes |
Software | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit |
Right, looked at it and... you have dry joints for sure my friend. The card is bad unfortunately.
Look at the block of six, the top left solder joint. See that telltale crack circling the pin? There's your dry joint right there. There are one or two other potential candidates, but I can't quite tell.
And unfortunately, if you see one, there are guaranteed to be more. And they can be in places that you can't get to, either.
This is a significant reason why electronics that run cool are so highly valued. Less heat stress, less cracked joints, it's a direct relationship.
The brown icky-looking stuff is indeed dry solder flux and can be ignored.
It looks like your friend sold you a faulty card. I wouldn't rule it out that it played up intermittently for him and he just didn't tell you.
Look at the block of six, the top left solder joint. See that telltale crack circling the pin? There's your dry joint right there. There are one or two other potential candidates, but I can't quite tell.
And unfortunately, if you see one, there are guaranteed to be more. And they can be in places that you can't get to, either.
This is a significant reason why electronics that run cool are so highly valued. Less heat stress, less cracked joints, it's a direct relationship.
The brown icky-looking stuff is indeed dry solder flux and can be ignored.
It looks like your friend sold you a faulty card. I wouldn't rule it out that it played up intermittently for him and he just didn't tell you.