9700 pro vmod gone wrong :(

[mattress]

i did the SMD grabber vmod for the 9700 pro ...

as described here: http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/articles/guides/R9700_Vmod_1.html


well one thing led to another, a cat found the loose wire hanging off ... ended up ripped the entire pin off the card. I was in the process of putting the thermaltake giant III together :P

the solder pad on the PCB is still good, but the pin broke off flush with the chip, so there's nothing to solder on to...

is there anyway to bypass this, or jump it?

I know I can buy a replacement chip, just wondering if there were any other options

[CaTalyst.X]

i have an SC1175CSW sitting right here if you want it, just hit up with your addy. BTW which pin did u break off?

-CaT

[mattress]

that's very nice of you! why do you have his random chip just laying around?! :D

the broken pin is pin 18, there's a picture of it in the article i posted in the first message

[STEvil]

dead card likely.. ;)

[Karnivore]

I've had some success with broken pins like that. Take a pin, or other extremely pointy/sharp tool, and carefully scratch away a bit of the silicon. Tin your wire, get it in place and put some heat on it. Its pretty tough to get a strong solder joint doing it this way so attaching the wire to the board with Silicon, hot glue, or similar will help strenghten it. If you pre-position, and secure, it will also help you get a conductive joint..

[CaTalyst.X]

If you want the sc1175csw its urs :D

-CaT