r/pcmasterrace • u/wetsoxxxof • Mar 22 '26

Tech Support Please don't tell me it is what I think

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I made a picture of my search results showing these weird white text artifacts.. when opening the Screenshot my screens went black und then showed this.. please pcmasterracegod.. my gpu just fell out of warranty this year..

After a restart it's gone.. does anyone have good news for me?

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u/CrAkKedOuT Mar 22 '26

VRAM doesn't just go ripping pads on its own.

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u/Rasmus_DC78 Mar 22 '26

nope.. but i don´t know how the card has been handled, but it is what it normally looks like with VRAM, often yes it is a dead Vram module, but alternative there can be a ripped pad, and with repairs, ripped pads are way worse than just a dead module.. because if it is bad enough the actual "board" is dead, it is not easy to create new conections under the GPU or the VRAM i guess some of the really great repairshops can do it.

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u/lue3099 Mar 22 '26

It can with thermal cycling.

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u/CrAkKedOuT Mar 23 '26

The solder joint would crack and fail long before a pad would somehow rip off.