Took a gamble and bought a dead MSI Geforce 4 ti 4200 128MB for 5€. (3€ for the card and 2€ for shipping)
It looks like this, apart from the fact that mine has 2 or 3 blades missing from the fan
![msigf4ti4200_top.jpg](http://www.pcstats.com/articleimages/msigf4ti4200_top.jpg)
I didn't knew that this was going to be more than i bargained for, because i was expecting that the seller was wrong, or did something wrong on his test ^^ (if this was the case i would make it fair and probably pay him the right amount)
The reason why the card didn't work was obvious after a 30 second inspection.
Dead mosfet, can you spot it?
![IMG_20160623_142019_zpstuub5vg0.jpg](http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah283/rick62008/IMG_20160623_142019_zpstuub5vg0.jpg)
I didn't have anything equivalent to it, so i took a mosfet from dead hardware i had laying around with more or less similar specs and bodge it to the card (also the old dead mosfet can be seen on the cardboard):
![IMG_20160623_210228_zpsabwsoe21.jpg](http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah283/rick62008/IMG_20160623_210228_zpsabwsoe21.jpg)
Tried again and it worked!! I was so happy 😁
Still something was off..."geForce...raM.."
![IMG_20160623_205554_zpsfuxgvbrs.jpg](http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah283/rick62008/IMG_20160623_205554_zpsfuxgvbrs.jpg)
So bad news, i had bad card with artifacts 🙁
![IMG_20160623_205559_zpscccazlpq.jpg](http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah283/rick62008/IMG_20160623_205559_zpscccazlpq.jpg)
Also, after installing the drivers, the card couldn't even boot to windows with so many artifacts and it crashed always.
So in a last attempt i decided to do a cheap reflow of the GPU. Got a bit of tinfoil and made a window for the GPU, protecting everything else on the card from the heat. Got my heatgun and blasted it for about 2 minutes.
![IMG_20160623_212739_zpsvfgypfs1.jpg](http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah283/rick62008/IMG_20160623_212739_zpsvfgypfs1.jpg)
And it worked 😁
![IMG_20160623_220305_zpsipfiqj1m.jpg](http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah283/rick62008/IMG_20160623_220305_zpsipfiqj1m.jpg)
![IMG_20160623_221134_zpsx3hnpxqa.jpg](http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah283/rick62008/IMG_20160623_221134_zpsx3hnpxqa.jpg)
![IMG_20160623_222358_zpsi6lib4gf.jpg](http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah283/rick62008/IMG_20160623_222358_zpsi6lib4gf.jpg)
It was risky but quite worth. Got a MSI Geforce 4 TI 4200 128MB for 5€! Still i don't really believe this reflow of the GPU will last long if i use the card too much (everyday use and gaming).
Even so, i'll acquire the right mosfet for the card and probably a new fan on ebay for cheap if i can.