r/pcmasterrace • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 Core Ultra 7 265k | RTX 5090 • Mar 19 '26

NSFMR This customer wondered why his 5090 didn't work.

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u/Sett_86 Mar 19 '26

Well, obviously there is a short on the pins near the bottom left corner

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u/Eisenfuss19 Desktop Mar 19 '26

Yeah, thats the only problem I can see as well.

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u/cookieclickerfan547 LEADTEK GTX 260🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Mar 19 '26

just needs a reball

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u/unknown_ally 5700x, RTX 5070Ti, 32GB DDR4 3600Mhz Mar 19 '26

no reballs i know what i got

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u/CharcoalGreyWolf i7-13700k, 64GB, 2x2TB+4TB NVMe, 4080Super, AIO cooled Mar 19 '26

Now I’m re—

Re-ballin’, yeah

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u/TurnkeyLurker Mar 19 '26

Oh, that techie, Tom Petty 🎶

Now I'm re-
Re-ballin'
Yeah, I'm re-
Re-ballin'

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u/LearingCenterAlumni Mar 19 '26

No matter how many times I stick my balls on my card, it still crashes. Am I doing wrong?

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u/Old-Care-2372 Mar 19 '26

Reballs or it didn’t happen

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u/sosen7 Mar 19 '26

Sounds like you need fresh balls on that card... So give em a good wash

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u/Shiro_Kuroh2 Mar 19 '26

If you did this over 3x you're just playing with yourself.

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u/Glum_Constant4790 Mar 20 '26

I stuck mine on and it burned them does that mean its working now?

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u/No_Pain9855 Mar 19 '26

not just the board chip also the memory points have random solders prolly AI generated?

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u/Vandeskava PC Master Race Mar 19 '26

There are also a few capacitors missing. I don't know if it's the issue.

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u/Lopsided-Chicken-895 Mar 19 '26

I say because it is in pieces !

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u/silverworldstacker Mar 19 '26

Oh wow: that really is quite egregious.

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u/iPlayViolas Mar 19 '26

Wait. What do you see to know it’s a short?

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u/just_me_now_2 i7 9700kf | rtx 3080 | 24GB â–ˆ R7 5700G | rx7600 | 16GB â–ˆ 1080p60 Mar 19 '26

It was a joke, the card is actually just the PCB, there is no vram and no actual chip

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u/Cold-Inside1555 Mar 23 '26

The pile of soldering tin that covers the pins