View Full Version : PowerColor HD3870 dead?
Blackoberst
03-27-2008, 01:36 AM
After the vgpu pencil mod my card won't send any signal to my monitor when connected through DVI. If I use a DVI->D-SUB adaptor I'm getting weird stripes on screen but nothing readable.
Now... is it dead? Any chance of making it work? Maybe some graphite stuck somewhere?
SoulsCollective
03-27-2008, 01:39 AM
Link to pencil mod used?
Blackoberst
03-27-2008, 02:46 AM
This one:
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/9514/pcnc3ka5.th.jpg (http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pcnc3ka5.jpg)
boqonx
03-27-2008, 10:05 AM
Are you actually shading the wrong spot?
Be sure to always have DMM to monitor the amount of resistance you've decreased.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/Bobdole666/mod.jpg
Courtesy of Random Murderer, tpowup
Eldonko
03-27-2008, 10:08 AM
Clean the area off with alcohol, maybe there is some graphite shorting something.
Blackoberst
03-27-2008, 11:53 PM
boqonx, that mod didn't work so well for me. There are two vgpu pencil mods for the 3870.
Eldonko, I'll try, hope it's graphite messing up things.
Blackoberst
03-29-2008, 02:40 AM
Cleaning the board with alcohol didn't help. :( Still no signal through DVI cable, only D-SUB.
Any other suggestions?
Cupcake
03-31-2008, 06:49 PM
What is the heatsink on this picture cooling ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/Bobdole666/mod.jpg
my card dosent have anything there ?