PNY 6600gt repairable?

Hello

Yesterday, i bought a new PSU, a 530w hiper. Anyway, when my old psu
failed, i thought it had blown my AGP card, so i decided to test it with
the new PSU. When i powered up, i heard a little crackle and saw some
smoke coming from the card. Anyway, when i took it out, i noticed a
small transistor had gone, you can see which one on this pic:

http://www.imagehosting.com/show.php...back1.JPG.html

Is there any way this can be fixed, if not by me then a specialist, or
is the card a goner?

Thanks.

'Jimbob' wrote:
| Yesterday, i bought a new PSU, a 530w hiper. Anyway, when my old psu
| failed, i thought it had blown my AGP card, so i decided to test it with
| the new PSU. When i powered up, i heard a little crackle and saw some
| smoke coming from the card. Anyway, when i took it out, i noticed a
| small transistor had gone, you can see which one on this pic:
|
| http://www.imagehosting.com/show.php...back1.JPG.html
|
| Is there any way this can be fixed, if not by me then a specialist, or
| is the card a goner?
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I don't know what you mean by 'gone'. The transistor in the red box is a
part of a regulator circuit. It handles a LOT of power. I would be fairly
easy to replace the transistor, but the question remains, what cause it to
blow, and what else needs to be repaired. In the best case, the marked
transistor was shorted when the original power supply failed with an over
voltage and then shut down because too much current was drawn. When you
turned on the system with the new power supply the shorted transistor drew
enough current to overheat. crack open, and emit smoke. If this is the case
replacing the transistor would be all that is necessary.

You haven't identified the card, but it may not be worth the gamble to
attempt a repair. Also, have you tested the system with a known good
display adapter to check that the rest of the system survived?

Since you had to post this question, I'd guess that you should not attempt
the repair yourself (the first step of which would be to identify and order
the necessary replacement.)

Phil Weldon

"Jimbob" wrote in message
...
| Hello
|
| Yesterday, i bought a new PSU, a 530w hiper. Anyway, when my old psu
| failed, i thought it had blown my AGP card, so i decided to test it with
| the new PSU. When i powered up, i heard a little crackle and saw some
| smoke coming from the card. Anyway, when i took it out, i noticed a
| small transistor had gone, you can see which one on this pic:
|
| http://www.imagehosting.com/show.php...back1.JPG.html
|
| Is there any way this can be fixed, if not by me then a specialist, or
| is the card a goner?
|
| Thanks.

Phil Weldon wrote:

I don't know what you mean by 'gone'. The transistor in the red box is a
part of a regulator circuit. It handles a LOT of power. I would be fairly
easy to replace the transistor, but the question remains, what cause it to
blow, and what else needs to be repaired. In the best case, the marked
transistor was shorted when the original power supply failed with an over
voltage and then shut down because too much current was drawn. When you
turned on the system with the new power supply the shorted transistor drew
enough current to overheat. crack open, and emit smoke. If this is the case
replacing the transistor would be all that is necessary.

This sounds excactly like what happened.

You haven't identified the card, but it may not be worth the gamble to
attempt a repair.

The card is in the title, 6600GT PNY 128mb.

Also, have you tested the system with a known good
display adapter to check that the rest of the system survived?

I'm using a geforce mx 4000, this card doesn't require any power and
everything runs fine.

Since you had to post this question, I'd guess that you should not attempt
the repair yourself (the first step of which would be to identify and order
the necessary replacement.)

Phil Weldon

Thanks for the reply, i think i'll do a bit of part searching tomorrow,
i doubt i'll attempt the soldering myself, but i may take it to a local
pc shop.