EVGA GTX 960 SC ACX 2.0

Seller Note “Will not power on”

Summary

  • Well, it seems in OK condition, and does power on and load drivers, but seems to crash with load and/or heat
  • Resistances
    • Vcore – 10.6Ω
    • Vmem – 54.8Ω
    • 5V – 507.7Ω
    • 3.3V – 1.568KΩ
    • 12V PCI – 2.8KΩ, PCI-E – MΩ++
  • Observations under light testing
    • Loads drivers and is semi-functional
    • VRM area is hot, whilst the reported temperatures look fine
    • The oscilloscope shows all 4 phases as clean
    • Eventually crashed to a blue screen
  • Next steps
    • Check MATS/MODS for good measure, but appears to be VRM related
    • Closer inspection of the VRM
    • If phase wave forms look OK, then it may be necessary to replace and test parts e.g. MOSFETs (if one seems different)