Really interesting video to watch tbh. I hope not to scare anyone, but it's definitely worth watching. Memory chip soldier joints seem to be a really finicky thing on PCBs. In this case it was even more than just that.
Wow. That’s some really impressive skills and tools that this guy has.
Really interesting video to watch tbh. I hope not to scare anyone, but it's definitely worth watching. Memory chip soldier joints seem to be a really finicky thing on PCBs. In this case it was even more than just that.
So many engineers floating around that surely someone could. It would be an absolute dream. I think there were a few tech repairsmen but they seem to have stopped (I think).Wow. That’s some really impressive skills and tools that this guy has.
I wonder if there’s anyone in SA that can do such a detailed analysis and a temp a repair
I’m here floating too 😂 but that’s beyond the skills of most engineers. Most engineers don’t even work on PCBs anymore. Replacing memory chips are 1 thing but to that Processor removal and then reinsertion was seriously impressive for me.engineers floating around
So many engineers floating around that surely someone could. It would be an absolute dream. I think there were a few tech repairsmen but they seem to have stopped (I think).
I mean that does for sure make sense, but damn, even if I had to pay R1000-2000 to fix a literally dead card (like if my 1080 Ti died for instance), it would have to be done.It's not worth it for the repairers, at that sort of skill/knowledge level and equipment required you would be charging in the thousands at the least per job, but people want to only pay a few hundred at the most (especially if the card being repaired is like a gt 710). This is basically similar to high end mechanical watch horologists doing watch repairs and servicing.
I mean that does for sure make sense, but damn, even if I had to pay R1000-2000 to fix a literally dead card (like if my 1080 Ti for instance), it would have to be done.
I'm curious as to what KrisFix and Tech Cemetry charge.At that sort of skill/training level, I would peg the starting cost at least at R4k and that's only labour, before applying parts and equipment overheads. Which can be justified for a 3090ti-black-titan-edition-card-of-the-year-limited-only card, but anything less than a 3070 people will complain about the costs. The actual job on hand and knowledge involved is the same whether its repairing a 3090 or a 3050.
So yea I get that it's worth repairing the high end cards for the owners, but in the overall picture it isn't worth it for the repairers.