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First post, by gex85

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I have this FX 5900 XT graphics card that I received in one of those "scrap lots". It does not work at all and first I thought it was due to the bulged caps and ordered some replacements for recapping it.
Upon closer inspection I saw that a transistor (?) on the back side of the card was knocked off (but still there). The silkscreen identifies it as Q502. It can't be soldered back in place because the legs are ripped off, so I need to replace it.
Unfortunately I can't really identify it. The inscription is really tiny but readable, see pictures below. I tried googling different variants:
- GOA3T
- G0A3T
- GDA3T
- GOA8T
- G0A8T
- GDA8T
But none of these returned plausible results. The package seems to be SOT-23.

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There is a second identical component (Q501) that I could try do de-solder and then measure, but since I do not have special SMD soldering equipment nor extraordinary soldering skills, I'd rather avoid that.

Any help would be appreciated.

EDIT:
After some more googling I might have found two possible candidates:

1. IRLML2502 (fast-switching MOSFET, would make sense) --> Datasheet: https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/irlml2502pbf.pd … 1535668048e2606
The code would translate to:
G = Part No. IRLML2502
0 = Year 2000
A = Week 01
3T = Lot Code

2. HSMP-3890 (single diode, which would not make much sense imo) --> Datasheet: https://media.digikey.com/pdf/Data%20Sheets/A … P-389x-489x.pdf

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Reply 1 of 5, by kalohimal

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I think you've found the correct one, IRLML2502, which is an n-channel mosfet. It's part of the buck converter, and the circuit right out from the datasheet of the pwm ic ISL6522 is like this:

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Reply 3 of 5, by gex85

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Today I found some time to solder on the replacement transistor. Power on - success!

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Some time ago I received this Revoltec VGA cooler as part of a bigger lot. Didn't think I'd even use it one day, but since the stock cooler was missing the aluminium top plate, I decided to give it a shot:

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So this is the end result:

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Completely recapped with Panasonic caps, too. I haven't tested it beyond the BIOS POST yet, but I'm pretty confident that it will be fully working again 😄

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