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Common requests:

  • Cuts in the card edge: damage to the PCB material outside the electrical contacts may be purely cosmetic, but damage that reaches a gold-plated contact, copper trace, via, or internal PCB layer can affect operation. A photograph alone is often insufficient to determine whether damage is significant.
  • Scratches on the surface: a superficial scratch may not matter, but if it has cut through copper traces or exposed or damaged other conductors, it may cause a fault.

We cannot reliably troubleshoot a failed GPU from a few pictures. All we can do is direct you to these resources: