Industrious fellow gets working 7800 GTX SLI for only $70.

Posted By: Steve McBarnes - 05:55:24 Thu, September 27, 2007

[H]ard|Forum member Servant of Shodan has basically pulled a MacGyver and turned two non-working $35 7800 GTXs (current price if bought new is over $200) into a functioning 7800 GTX SLI setup. I am amazed and a little jealous. You can read all about his inspiring story right here. Both cards apparently suffered from a burnt out mosfet and functioned just fine after the bad mosfet was removed with force (not THE force, just plain force). You can see Servant of Shodan's gentle, almost surgical precision in the following picture:

Servan of Shodan's 7800 GTX mosfet removal

10 Comments

Thursday, September 27, 2007 6:45:36 PM

anonymousD
n00b

lol and i had a dead one :D

Thursday, September 27, 2007 7:51:25 PM

anonymous
guest

Very lucky individual, kudos to him....I would say if you try it just remember "Buyer Beware" If it seems too good to be true then it probably is.

Thursday, September 27, 2007 10:48:42 PM

If the mosfet was burned, how did he get it to work again?

Friday, September 28, 2007 12:10:04 AM

anonymous
guest

Lucky guy.

Friday, September 28, 2007 8:46:40 AM

Radiator
Senior Member

Lucky indeed .

Friday, September 28, 2007 12:51:04 PM

anonymous
guest

Great success!

Tuesday, October 02, 2007 10:37:40 PM

Wraithdagger
guest

what the hell happened to that card... it looks like it's been through a fire...

Friday, October 19, 2007 5:42:30 PM

nvidiapwnsati
guest

haha im going to go buy a 7800gtx from ebay to see if I get lucky enough :D smart guy*him*.

Sunday, October 21, 2007 6:47:58 PM

Mr. Bluntman
guest

He bought the cards through *eRecycler Online* if anyone is curious. They get tons of them from burned out Gateway systems.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007 5:10:35 AM

new Dude
guest

what causes a mosfet to burn out, i bought a 6800XT and after two ours my card's mosfet burnt out, supplier says its my fualt and does not want to refund or swap

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