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NVidia 1050 Ti - Vram Removal and Bios edit - possible?

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A friend has a faulty 1050ti , 4GB where one memory ic is damaged. Fans spinning, no video output.
Affording a new GPU isn't possible, also memory ic is not obtainable from somewhere for replacement.

Is it possible to de-solder and remove the faulty chip, and edit the GPU bios for addressing rest 3 GB of vram? If so, what process exists, since it is most likely, that plain ic physical removal wont work, as the bios is programmed to parallely address all vram chips for max performance, and in the absence of 1 chip, it will crash?
 
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spawndon said:
A friend has a faulty 1050ti , 4GB where one memory ic is damaged. Fans spinning, no video output.
Affording a new GPU isn't possible, also memory ic is not obtainable from somewhere for replacement.

Is it possible to de-solder and remove the faulty chip, and edit the GPU bios for addressing rest 3 GB of vram? If so, what process exists, since it is most likely, that plain ic physical removal wont work, as the bios is programmed to parallely address all vram chips for max performance, and in the absence of 1 chip, it will crash?
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Nope, since GTX 1000 series the bios are not modifiable. Get another 1050 parts card and move a ram chip over. Or save up money and get a RX 6500
 
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