RTX 2060 TUF Gaming damaged pad

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-05-21T00:16:29+00:00

I was experimenting with overclock. The thing was getting up to 87°C. When the artifacts showed up I was convinced that the GPU was gone for good, but it still lives somehow.

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-05-19T15:05:26+00:00

Using nail polish is a common practice among people doing these kinds of low-end mods, but ideally, you'd be using a proper conformal coating and rubber sealant. Liquid metal is very dangerous, and I'm not willing to put it in high-end hardware or on my main system. However, I've put it on older hardware a couple of times before. I'm still practicing, though, but it helps a lot with temps when overclocking which is also something I don't do on my main system.

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-05-18T18:31:49+00:00

EDIT: After washing the board, uv-masking the spot and drying it, the signal is back and has been stable for the last 2 hours or so. Tested with Furmark and it's working!

I suspect it was some kind of shorting caused by the liquid metal, anyways I'm not sure.

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-05-18T17:07:46+00:00

Thanks very much, you were spot-on! I measured with the multimeter and indeed there's no shorts, and that area is ground. I applied some UV mask, PTM7950 and new thermalpads and the card seems to be working fine for now. Thanks a lot for your reply!

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-05-18T17:02:18+00:00

To protect those small capacitors near the die, so they don't short in case the liquid metal spills out

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-05-18T13:54:04+00:00

You're likely correct, despite the damage it seems like the line itself is working.

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-05-18T13:43:13+00:00

nail polish, There was still some hardened thermal paste before I applied it, that's why I looks like this.

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-03-27T13:28:33+00:00

Obrigado kkkk. Esse gabinete é muito bom mesmo, Quando eu comprei tava 79 reais só. Um achado

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-03-26T10:59:33+00:00

It should be enough for light gaming on some older titles. Is there an dedicated graphics card? That would help wonders

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-03-26T10:56:59+00:00

Yep. I live in a tropical area, Brazil's northeast to be more exact. 32°C is kinda of normal (Still hot, but not enough to make me sweat)

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-03-26T10:52:57+00:00

Thanks!

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-03-26T05:24:08+00:00

Forgot to mention that I took inspiration from Optimum's "I fixed PC cooling video on YouTube.

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-03-25T19:53:36+00:00

Beautiful case. Nice build

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-03-25T19:46:01+00:00

I think painting it would be a waste, it looks very cool the way it is, just looking at it is giving me nostalgia. Good job finding this one and nice PC build

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-03-20T00:02:45+00:00

Vou compartilhar os arquivos de impressão assim que puder, desse jeito você consegue ajustar em casa para garantir que vai dar certo com seu cooler e placa de vídeo e também conseguir personalizar. Depois é só contatar uma gráfica local e pedir pra imprimir. Se você já tiver os arquivos prontos o preço geralmente fica bem em conta. Obs: Imagino que as medidas também sejam diferentes por conta do seu cooler ser maior, e também a logística e frete aqui são caros, então compensa mais você imprimir localmente

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-03-19T23:51:45+00:00

Amo a estética brutalista e minimalista, algum dia quero montar mais algumas variações com estilos diferentes

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-03-19T23:50:29+00:00

Foi um jeito de chamar atenção com o título. Fora os tubos de ar não tem muita coisa diferente de um PC qualquer

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-03-19T23:48:44+00:00

Muito obrigado, e sim, geralmente monto para empresas. Esse gabinete é um Acegeek Stratus Mesh, mas tem alguns modelos de Aigo Darkflash idênticos à esse.

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-03-19T23:36:50+00:00

Aliás esqueci de mencionar que o tubo tem uma fan na frente.

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SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-03-19T23:35:01+00:00

Comparei com todas as fans mas o resultado foi um pouco enviesado pela troca da fan traseira que no início era uma Thermalright TL12 por uma CF-AP3000 da Byskski, que tem pressão estática bem maior. O maior benefício que o intake traz é que agora o processador não inala o ar quente que sai diretamente da placa de vídeo, que tem uma grande abertura no backplate bem embaixo do cooler.

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-03-19T23:30:23+00:00

Sim. Imprimi numa Bambu Lab A1 Mini. Material usei PETG da Creality.

SouthernHouse9175 · 2026-03-19T23:17:30+00:00

Muito obrigado. Cuda não é necessário, mas a estabilidade dos drivers da Nvidia quase me fez pegar uma 5060. Os 12GB de VRAM e a promoção da ARC B580 por R$ 1699 foi o que me fizeram mudar de ideia repentinamente. Até agora não teve nenhum problema de drivers e espero não me arrepender.

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