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Safe to buy used gpu with one video out port broken? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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As per title. It has 2 DP ports and one hdmi. One DP out is broken. I know I won't ever need al 3 ports so it's not an issue for me. Only thing is, I have no idea what the cause of the issue could be and if it could "spread" in the future to all ports and render the gpu unusable. Maybe if someone has had experience with this situation before and could chime in? Or if you know the usual causes of this issue and if they could likely worsen or that's unlikely.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nah ports are soldered onto the pcb at the side. The GPU itself is a big chip in the middle. The link between the gpu and that port has been broken but the rest of the board should be fine.

It would be a bigger problem if it was always one port, but not always the same one.