hi, got an used 7970, the guy said its not working and only

>>51517748
Thermal paste is typically hard when it's cold and liquidy when warm/hot. It being solid means the GPU is probably dead and not generating any heat when you turned it on.

It's fine, put thermal paste back on and enjoy it while it lasts.

It was probably a *coin miner piecing off his rig too.

>>51517792
I'm illiterate, didn't read that it was kill.

It's definitely something from a mining rig, unfixable

>buying used AMD cards within the last 2 years
The miners won

>>51517769
>>51517808
alright, i'll oven it which probably does nothing and maybe someone else wants to try aswell
>>51517826
i paid 8 euros for it

It's dead, jim.

>>51517748
its not the chip, probably the ram or the power delivery

which means it dead

>>51517894
thinking about baking it

>>51517923
>burn in spot on the cooler
that's not entirely unusual, it happens to every cooler as the paste material slowly oxidizes the copper. If it really is blackened, that's rather extreme.

Unless you can verify there are no blown/dead components (close up non blurry pictures would help), baking it might just be the only thing you can try.

It's my two cents that the card is dead, jim.

>>51518005
thanks, it was worth a shot
going to bake it, and if it doesnt work, going to sell it