Husband and wife argue—wife smashes the RTX 4070S! A true master performs the “Impure World Reincarnation” to revive the dead graphics card; the internet is derailed: the card is fixed, but your marriage can’t be saved.

A Chinese couple argued and smashed their expensive RTX 4070S graphics card, but a repair master miraculously saved it with the "core transplant" technique! However, netizens went off-topic after watching, repeatedly advising the suffering owner: "The card is fixed, but the marriage isn't!"

(Background summary: GPU computing power shortage repeats: big companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, etc., are consuming supply, AI startups are queued until the end of the year)

(Additional background: Jensen Huang calls old graphics cards "good wine" — the longer they age, the more fragrant: chips have appreciated continuously over the past five years, rising faster than old wine)

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• The scene of the incident is heartbreaking, the owner leaves a note asking for help
• Performing a "resurrection" with hardcore repair
• Netizens go off-topic: compared to the graphics card, your wife's problem is bigger!

There's a saying: "Couples argue, but reconcile in the end," but in the home of hardcore gamers, the cost of a quarrel might be an expensive high-end graphics card! Recently, a repair video sparked heated discussion online. A Chinese owner argued with his wife, and his precious ASUS RTX 4070 Super graphics card was "physically transcended," smashed into deformation and breakage.

Fortunately, thanks to the skilled hands of a repair expert, a miracle occurred: the core was transplanted and successfully powered on. However, after watching the video, many netizens went off-topic, exclaiming: "The card is fixed, but the marriage problem isn't!"

The scene of the incident is heartbreaking, the owner leaves a note asking for help

In the video, Chinese computer repair expert "Brother Zhang" received a damaged ASUS RTX 4070S graphics card. The entire metal backplate was severely bent, the PCB was not only cracked but also peeling apart, a heartbreaking sight. The owner also left a helpless note inside the package, saying: "I accidentally broke the card when arguing with my wife."

Brother Zhang looked at it helplessly and said that if it was smashed while powered on, it's very likely that the GPU core has already been burned out.

Performing a "resurrection" with hardcore repair

Faced with this nearly hopeless graphics card, Brother Zhang, adhering to the spirit of "trying to save a dying horse," disassembled the entire card. After measuring with a multimeter, he found that the 1.8V power supply was severely shorted. However, when he removed the most valuable parts — the "GPU core" and the "video memory (VRAM)" — a miracle happened: the short circuit disappeared, meaning the core might have escaped destruction!

Next, Brother Zhang launched a surgical-like "resurrection" project. He re-soldered the removed core and memory chips, and found a good PCB from an RTX 4070 Ti as the "new body." After soldering all the chips, flashing a new BIOS, and powering on... the screen lit up successfully! This marriage-crisis-ridden 4070S declared itself reborn from the ashes.

Netizens go off-topic: compared to the graphics card, your wife's problem is bigger!

Although Brother Zhang demonstrated extraordinary repair skills, the attention of netizens was entirely diverted by the owner’s "marriage crisis." The comment section instantly turned into a "marriage counseling room" and "divorce advice gathering":

• "The real problem isn't solved, there might be a next time."

• "The card is fixed, but the woman's problem isn't."

• "Graphics card: Every time couples argue, I get hurt!!!"

• "Always recommend divorce for this kind of situation."

• "Marrying this wife seems to pose risks to life and property; smashing the card is just the beginning..."

• "Thanks to Brother Zhang for contributing to the marriage market, preventing bad money from entering the market."

Some netizens jokingly said that the owner can tolerate this kind of thing and still stay with his wife — "he's a true saint." Although the graphics card was lucky to be saved, after this "warning," one wonders if the owner will often feel a chill when gaming in the future.