Graphics Card & GPU Repair
A graphics card that shows nothing on screen, throws artifacts, or crashes the moment a game or render kicks in usually has a fixable problem on the board, not a card that belongs in the trash. Most of these failures come down to a worn power stage, a bad memory chip, or a damaged connector, and those are the kinds of faults we work on under the microscope. ChipWorx is a board-level microsoldering lab in New York. We handle NVIDIA GeForce, AMD Radeon, and workstation cards, and the diagnostic is free. If you want a straight answer on whether your card is worth repairing, mail it in and we will tell you what we find.
Free diagnostics · Honest quote before any work · Nationwide mail-in
Get a free diagnosticSymptoms we fix
- •No display and no boot, the card is installed but the screen stays black and the system may not POST
- •Artifacts on screen, colored dots, checkerboard patterns, flickering, or garbled textures
- •Crashing, freezing, or a black screen only under load, in games, rendering, or benchmarks
- •Fans spin up but there is no output at all
- •Overheating and thermal shutdowns, the card runs hot then cuts out or throttles hard
- •Went dead after a driver update, a BIOS flash, or an overclock
- •A cracked or wobbly HDMI or DisplayPort connector, or one port that no longer works
What we do
- Run a full bench diagnostic, checking power rails, core and memory voltages, and current draw with the card on the test bench to find where it actually fails
- Repair the VRM and power stages at the board level, replacing shorted or dead MOSFETs, drivers, and controllers that feed the GPU core and memory
- Replace bad VRAM memory chips under the microscope when one or more chips are the cause of artifacts or crashes
- Rebuild or replace cracked and lifted HDMI and DisplayPort connectors and repair the pads and traces around them
- Recover cards bricked by a bad BIOS flash by reflashing or replacing the BIOS chip where the fault is in firmware
- Only as a last resort, never as the first move, reflow, reball, or transplant the GPU core, and only after board-level repair has been ruled out
What we work on
Frequently asked questions
My card gets no display at all, is it dead for good?
Usually not. A card with no output most often has a power problem on the board, a shorted MOSFET, a failed power controller, or a bad core voltage rail, rather than a truly dead GPU. We put it on the bench, measure the rails, and trace it back to the part that failed. The free diagnostic tells you what we find and whether it is worth fixing before you spend anything.
How much does GPU repair cost and how long does it take?
It depends on what failed, so we do not guess up front. After the free diagnostic we send you a plain quote and a timeframe, and no work starts until you say yes. Most board-level repairs like a power stage or a connector run a few business days on the bench once the card is here, and memory chip work can take a little longer. Shipping time is on top of that for mail-in.
Do you take cards by mail, or do I have to be in New York?
You can mail it in from anywhere in the US. We are based in New York and we ship nationwide, so you pack the card well, send it to us, and we run the free diagnostic when it arrives. We contact you with what we found and a quote before we touch anything.
My card artifacts and crashes in games, can that be fixed?
Often, yes. Artifacts and load crashes usually point to bad VRAM memory or a struggling power stage, and both are things we repair at the board level, including replacing individual memory chips under the microscope. We confirm the cause on the bench first rather than swapping parts blindly. If it turns out the GPU core itself is failing, we will tell you honestly, since a core reflow or transplant is a last resort and not always the sensible choice.
Do you charge if you cannot fix it?
The diagnostic is free either way. If we cannot repair the card, you do not pay a repair fee. You would only cover return shipping if you want the card sent back. We will always give you an honest read on whether a repair makes sense, because some cards are cheaper to replace than to fix and we would rather tell you that than sell you a repair you do not need.
Let’s take a look at it
Free diagnostics and an honest quote before any work. Mail it in from anywhere in the US.
Repair outcomes vary with the type and severity of the damage, and we cannot guarantee every repair will succeed. Board-level work on an already damaged device carries some risk of further damage. You always get an honest assessment and a quote before any work begins.