Fixing a Radeon HD 4350 512 MB HDMI PCI-E

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Dynamizer

Joined Jun 18, 2016
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On April 1st, 2009 I have purchased a Sapphire Radeon HD 4350 512 MB HDMI from an italian store. I used the videocard for some time until it got faulty so I put it aside and I didn't use it anymore until now. When I picked it back I found on the backside that near the pci-e connector there was a missing smd capacitor:

After getting some old spare broken pci-e graphics cards, I finally found a compatible capacitor (measured with my capacitor capable multimeter) so I struggled a bit but finally soldered a new one in that same spot:

checking out afterwise for shorts, and not finding any, luckily.
But the card won't work anyway, so checking around I found this other problem, maybe, that is what it seems to be a broken smd resistor (or resistance?):


I tried to ask directly to sapphire support, but they denied to let me know what value is R32, so: can anyone help me?
I was thinking that if someone have the same card, they can try to measure it, but I don't know if it can be measured without desoldering it from the board: maybe it would be worth if your card doesn't work anymore but the resistor is still good.
I know it's pretty hard to answer me, but maybe I can revive my card and not waste it (and save money also).
Thanks in advance.
 

dl324

Joined Mar 30, 2015
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Welcome to AAC!

This isn't what you want to hear, but video cards are throw aways. I have 40 years of experience in electronics and when I have computer problems, I troubleshoot to the board level and just replace the boards. It's not worth the time and effort to try to repair because you don't have schematics or a way to test and, as you found out, the manufacturer is more interested in selling you a replacement than helping you fix what you have.

If it was bad electrolytic caps, I'd give replacing them a try; but anything else is a long shot.

If you're determined to attempt to repair, trace the circuitry around the resistor and other resistors going to the same logic. They may all be the same value.
 
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