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Re:Microsoft has sunk a data centre in the sea to investigat... by rounce on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @09:26AM (#17246942)
As a teen I managed to 'rescue' 1000's of £/$'s worth of graphics cards from eBay listed as spares/repair with this method. I recall this working about half the time; then again at least 3/10 cards from eBay listed as broken worked immediately when plugged in.
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Re:Microsoft has sunk a data centre in the sea to investigat... by kingbirdy on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @12:39PM (#17248624)
Did you have any "signals" you looked for on the listings to indicate they might just need an oven reflow, or did you just buy everything cheap and hope it worked?
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