Gigabyte Windforce Extreme GTX 980ti Card B

Summary

  • It’s this absurdly ‘jacked’ version of the GTX 980 TI https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/gigabyte-gtx-980-ti-xtreme.b3515
  • It’s been many months since I last looked at this card. When I first took a look, it was a bit intimidating, but now I feel a bit more equipped, so let’s try and see what’s left of this card..
  • Resistances
    • VCore – 2.2
    • VMem – 12.4 seems very low even for Samsung memory, quite possibly something is shorted on this rail which could be bad news.
    • PEX – 295
    • 5V – 505
    • 3.3V – 843
    • 12V
      • PCI – should probably be ~5K, but I think the fuse is blown, as the slot side reads M Ohms
      • PCI-E ~5.5K on both 8 pins
  • When originally powered on I found
    • 12V on one side of fuse F3, 0.79V on the board side.
    • No VCore or Vmem

Fixing the fuse and testing

Apart from the low memory rail, I cannot find any obvious shorts. So I guess, I can try and replace that 12V fuse (F1) and see if anything changes.

Well, the good news is, the fuse F3 now has 12V and, after a long pause, we have a picture! The not so good news is that there are artefacts like on cards A & C and MATS shows two failing memory chips. On a side note this card is very nice looking when all lit up. Also, unlike my other two A & C, this one doesn’t seem to have coil whine.


mats version 367.38.  Testing GM200 with 50 MB of memory starting with 0 MB.
Errors found. Use -matsinfo for details.
This message will only appear once.
  SUBPART     RANK0 RD ERR  RANK0 WR ERR   UNKNOWN ERR
------------- ------------- -------------  ------------
FBIOA[ 31:  0]            0             0             0
FBIOA[ 63: 32]            0             0             0
FBIOB[ 31:  0]            0             0             0
FBIOB[ 63: 32]            0             0             0
FBIOC[ 31:  0]            0             0             0
FBIOC[ 63: 32]            0             0             0
FBIOD[ 31:  0]            0       1295478             0
FBIOD[ 63: 32]            0             0             0
FBIOE[ 31:  0]            0             0             0
FBIOE[ 63: 32]            0             0             0
FBIOF[ 31:  0]            0       2190296             0
FBIOF[ 63: 32]            0             0             0

Rank 0 Failing bits:
   D008 D009 D010 D011 D012 D013 D014 D015 F008 F009 F010 F011 F012 F013 F014 F015 
   F024 F025 F026 F027 F028 F029 F030 F031 
Read    Error Count: 0
Write   Error Count: 3485774
Unknown Error Count: 0

BIT  RANK0 WRITE  RANK0 READ     UNKNOWN
---  -----------  ----------     -------
D008           4           0           0
D008       67792           0           0
D008       67792           0           0
D008       67792           0           0
D009      136512           0           0
D009      136512           0           0
D009      136512           0           0
D009      136512           0           0
D009      136512           0           0
D009      203930           0           0
D009      203930           0           0
D009      203930           0           0
D010       67792           0           0
D010       67792           0           0
D010       67792           0           0
D011      134847           0           0
D011      134847           0           0
D011      134847           0           0
D012       67792           0           0
D012       67792           0           0
D012       67792           0           0
D013      134847           0           0
D013      134847           0           0
D013      134847           0           0
D014       67792           0           0
D014       67792           0           0
D014       67792           0           0
D015      134847           0           0
D015      134847           0           0
D015      134847           0           0
F008         760           0           0
F008         760           0           0
F008         760           0           0
F008         760           0           0
F008        1859           0           0
F008       68150           0           0
F008       68150           0           0
F008       68150           0           0
F009      136512           0           0
F009      136512           0           0
F009      136512           0           0
F009      136512           0           0
F009      137611           0           0
F009      203902           0           0
F009      203902           0           0
F009      203902           0           0
F010       67172           0           0
F010       67770           0           0
F010       67770           0           0
F010       67770           0           0
F011      136512           0           0
F011      136512           0           0
F011      136512           0           0
F011      136512           0           0
F011      137611           0           0
F011      203902           0           0
F011      203902           0           0
F011      203902           0           0
F012           8           0           0
F012       67770           0           0
F012       67770           0           0
F012       67770           0           0
F013           8           0           0
F013      134809           0           0
F013      134809           0           0
F013      134809           0           0
F014           4           0           0
F014       67770           0           0
F014       67770           0           0
F014       67770           0           0
F015      134809           0           0
F015      134809           0           0
F015      134809           0           0
F024      137272           0           0
F024      137272           0           0
F024      137272           0           0
F024      137272           0           0
F024      137272           0           0
F024      137272           0           0
F024      137272           0           0
F024      137272           0           0
F025      273024           0           0
F025      273024           0           0
F025      273024           0           0
F025      273024           0           0
F025      273024           0           0
F025      273024           0           0
F025      273024           0           0
F025      273024           0           0
F026      137272           0           0
F026      137272           0           0
F026      137272           0           0
F026      137272           0           0
F026      137272           0           0
F026      137272           0           0
F026      137272           0           0
F026      137272           0           0
F027      273024           0           0
F027      273024           0           0
F027      273024           0           0
F027      273024           0           0
F027      273024           0           0
F027      273024           0           0
F027      273024           0           0
F027      273024           0           0
F028      137272           0           0
F028      137272           0           0
F028      137272           0           0
F028      137272           0           0
F028      137272           0           0
F028      137272           0           0
F028      137272           0           0
F028      137272           0           0
F029      273024           0           0
F029      273024           0           0
F029      273024           0           0
F029      273024           0           0
F029      273024           0           0
F029      273024           0           0
F029      273024           0           0
F029      273024           0           0
F030      137272           0           0
F030      137272           0           0
F030      137272           0           0
F030      137272           0           0
F030      137272           0           0
F030      137272           0           0
F030      137272           0           0
F030      137272           0           0
F031      273024           0           0
F031      273024           0           0
F031      273024           0           0
F031      273024           0           0
F031      273024           0           0
F031      273024           0           0
F031      273024           0           0
F031      273024           0           0

ADDRESS    EXPECTED ACTUAL   REREAD1  REREAD2  FAILBITS TPSEIB ROW  COL
---------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------ ---- ---
000306f77c 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0087 0081 15f
000306f778 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0086 0081 15e
000306f774 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0085 0081 15d
000306f770 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0084 0081 15c
000306f76c 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0083 0081 15b
000306f768 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0082 0081 15a
000306f764 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0081 0081 159
000306f760 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0080 0081 158
000306f75c 00000000 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 WF0087 0081 157
000306f758 00000000 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 WF0086 0081 156
000306f754 00000000 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 WF0085 0081 155
000306f750 00000000 ff000400 ff000400 ff000400 ff000400 WF0084 0081 154
000306f74c 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0083 0081 153
000306f748 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0082 0081 152
000306f744 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0081 0081 151
000306f740 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0080 0081 150
000306e75c 00000000 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 WD0087 0081 157
000306e758 00000000 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 WD0086 0081 156
000306e754 00000000 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 WD0085 0081 155
000306b77c 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0087 0081 0df
000306b778 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0086 0081 0de
000306b774 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0085 0081 0dd
000306b770 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0084 0081 0dc
000306b76c 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0083 0081 0db
000306b768 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0082 0081 0da
000306b764 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0081 0081 0d9
000306b760 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0080 0081 0d8
000306b75c 00000000 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 WF0087 0081 0d7
000306b758 00000000 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 WF0086 0081 0d6
000306b754 00000000 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 WF0085 0081 0d5
000306b750 00000000 ff000400 ff000400 ff000400 ff000400 WF0084 0081 0d4
000306b74c 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0083 0081 0d3
000306b748 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0082 0081 0d2
000306b744 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0081 0081 0d1
000306b740 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0080 0081 0d0
000306a75c 00000000 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 WD0087 0081 0d7
000306a758 00000000 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 WD0086 0081 0d6
000306a754 00000000 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 WD0085 0081 0d5
000306775c 00000000 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 WD00c7 0081 157
0003067758 00000000 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 WD00c6 0081 156
0003067754 00000000 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 WD00c5 0081 155
000306375c 00000000 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 WD00c7 0081 0d7
0003063758 00000000 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 WD00c6 0081 0d6
0003063754 00000000 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 WD00c5 0081 0d5
000035d67c 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0077 0008 15f
........
00027a08bc 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0077 0069 0af
00027a08b8 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0076 0069 0ae
00027a08b4 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0075 0069 0ad
00027a08b0 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0074 0069 0ac
00027a08ac 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0073 0069 0ab
00027a08a8 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0072 0069 0aa
00027a08a4 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0071 0069 0a9
00027a08a0 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0070 0069 0a8
00027a089c 00000000 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 WF0077 0069 0a7
00027a0898 00000000 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 WF0076 0069 0a6
00027a0894 00000000 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 WF0075 0069 0a5
00027a0890 00000000 ff000400 ff000400 ff000400 ff000400 WF0074 0069 0a4
00027a088c 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0073 0069 0a3
00027a0888 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0072 0069 0a2
00027a0884 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0071 0069 0a1
00027a0880 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0070 0069 0a0
0000d5ee5c 00000000 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 WD0047 0023 157
0000d5ee58 00000000 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 WD0046 0023 156
0000d5ee54 00000000 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 WD0045 0023 155
0000d5ae5c 00000000 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 WD0047 0023 0d7
0000d5ae58 00000000 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 WD0046 0023 0d6
0000d5ae54 00000000 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 0000ff00 WD0045 0023 0d5
0000d57e7c 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c7 0023 15f
0000d57e78 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c6 0023 15e
0000d57e74 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c5 0023 15d
0000d57e70 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c4 0023 15c
0000d57e6c 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c3 0023 15b
0000d57e68 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c2 0023 15a
0000d57e64 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c1 0023 159
0000d57e60 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c0 0023 158
0000d57e5c 00000000 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 WF00c7 0023 157
0000d57e58 00000000 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 WF00c6 0023 156
0000d57e54 00000000 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 WF00c5 0023 155
0000d57e50 00000000 ff000400 ff000400 ff000400 ff000400 WF00c4 0023 154
0000d57e4c 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c3 0023 153
0000d57e48 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c2 0023 152
0000d57e44 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c1 0023 151
0000d57e40 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c0 0023 150
0000d53e7c 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c7 0023 0df
0000d53e78 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c6 0023 0de
0000d53e74 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c5 0023 0dd
0000d53e70 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c4 0023 0dc
0000d53e6c 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c3 0023 0db
0000d53e68 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c2 0023 0da
0000d53e64 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c1 0023 0d9
0000d53e60 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c0 0023 0d8
0000d53e5c 00000000 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 WF00c7 0023 0d7
0000d53e58 00000000 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 WF00c6 0023 0d6
0000d53e54 00000000 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 ff00ff00 WF00c5 0023 0d5
0000d53e50 00000000 ff000400 ff000400 ff000400 ff000400 WF00c4 0023 0d4
0000d53e4c 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c3 0023 0d3
0000d53e48 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c2 0023 0d2
0000d53e44 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c1 0023 0d1
0000d53e40 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF00c0 0023 0d0
000232cbbc 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0057 005d 1ef
000232cbb8 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0056 005d 1ee
000232cbb4 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0055 005d 1ed
000232cbb0 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0054 005d 1ec
000232cbac 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0053 005d 1eb
000232cba8 00000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 WF0052 005d 1ea
if you are getting failure for first MBof FB then try option -no_scan_out
Error Code = 00000001 

                                        
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However, I am a little encouraged to attempt replacing the chips as:

a) The failing chips aren’t adjacent – this might not make a difference, as the core could still have a BGA issue or worse the memory controller might still be faulty.

b) Not all bits are failing and the bits seem consistent between test runs at least.

I can try changing 1 and then retest, if the errors are the same then I know it’s more serious

Gigabyte Windforce Extreme GTX 980ti Card B – vram
Gigabyte Windforce Extreme GTX 980ti Card B – Chip1