The GT300/Fermi Thread - Part 2!

[Tim]

does it work?
be careful with the agp bridge chip, i heard those blow really easy

The HiNT chip is blown, but I've got a spare HiNT chip and an appointment with a BGA IR rework station.

The board powers up, Bios is accesible, so most likely it's the HiNT chip, so it should be working after the bridge chip is replaced. Fun stuff, looking forward to it.

ps, you're right about the bridge chip being sensitive, motherboard incompatibility can be a problem, the chip will simply overheat due to it, and blow.

Better be on topic again, otherwise we will get into trouble.