980m resistor blown?

I just got a 980m off ebay for my ranger.

The only problem was that it didnt have the dell original bios on it, but a quick search here got the right one, and the card worked great.

The only thing is i put too much thermal paste on it so it iot a bit too hot, around 86C so i decided to do a quick repaste, popped it open, removed the sink, cleaned the card and the heatsink and repasted it.

As soon as i powered it on, i've smelled a familliar smell and i knew something was wrong. The pc booted up fine and after 5 seconds on desktop it BSOD on me.

Took the card out without removing the sink and saw a blown resistor (or is it a capacitor, I have no idea).

Please see attached pics: https://photos.app.goo.gl/FCMLpHBSJbd7zvaC6

Can this be fixed?

 

I have my dead 880m that I can use as a do or card.

Do you think it's a good idea to bring it to an electronics repair shop to try and replace the broken part.

It smelled like a capacitor, and it spilled the yellow fluid all around the broken part, but its not on the pics because i cleaned it up with alcohol on a q-tip.

But since im not an electronics guy i have no idea what the part accually is...

 

Well the first option would be to return the 980 back to the ebay seller. That's assuming that it had a warranty. Second option would be a take it to an electronics store as you said. I would first get a quote and then repair it because you don't know if that maybe totaled the card/caused some other secondary damages that you might not be aware off.

 

well you can't wait go to repair shop else you return the item.

 

Happened to me with a 1070 in a Ranger.

If you can return the card that would be the easier route vs a shop (possibly) fixing it.

 

Hopefully it can be returned, ebay is funny with returns sometimes, but the sellers page says it allows for 60-day returns so I'll contact the seller from my friends account when we get together. I've ordered the GPU on my friends adress in Germany, as the seller didn't ship to Bosnia because of the virus at the time... So my buddy bought the card for me and brought it here when he came on a hollyday.

 

eBay is 30 day return window I believe. At least in USA.

 

Looks like a diode to me.
However I think there can be several ways the diode functions, even though they might have the same appearance.
http://www.mospec.com.tw/img/mas70.gif

But that would be for the repair shop to confirm.

I have to agree with the others, first option is return as faulty.

 

It is a blown power mosfet. It is surface mount, can be repaired with a fine tip iron, I've done these before for equipment control boards that I work on.

I would try to do a return on it first.

If it cannot be returned, I could replace the mosfet for you, if you like. it already doesn't work, and a repair attempt can't make it worse.

 

Thanks man, nice of you to offer help.

The seller responded and said right away he'll take it back and send a replacement.