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    Default The Oven Trick (repairing your broken video card with an oven)


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    The Oven Trick (repairing your broken video card with an oven)





    Like many people out there, you’ve probably had your video card die within just a few days or even weeks of the warranty running out. If this has happened to you, don’t stress!
    Since the card is already out of warranty, you have nothing to lose by baking the card in the oven, right? Well it turns out that reheating your video card to a certain temperature can actually “revive it”. The logic behind the experiment is that by heating up the card, it re-melts the solder joints which can sometimes come loose over time and cause the card to artifact, display a blank screen, or sometimes even overheat.
    So you’ve read this far you’re probably saying “get on with it already”, so here are the steps you’ll need to take. Note this isn’t a guaranteed fix, but there is a high success rate (as seen in the threads HERE and HERE), and if your card is already non-working and out of warranty, you have nothing to lose.
    Things you’ll need:
    -Dead video card
    -Oven capable of 385°F
    -Tin foil
    -Oven tray
    -Screwdriver (for removing the heatsink)
    -Your favorite thermal paste
    First thing you want to do is preheat your oven to 385°F and wrap an oven tray with tin foil.
    While that’s preheating, start removing the heatsink and any other plastic parts on your video card. You essentially want the card naked, with nothing but the PCB and rear bracket. Make sure all screws, nuts, and bolts are removed as well. Also remove any old thermal paste from the die itself, and any thermal pads from the RAM chips. Remove the thermal pads gently so you can reuse them when the card comes out of the oven.

    Once you have the card stripped down, roll four little balls out of tin foil and place them in the shape of the video card on the tray. Next set the video card face down on them, making sure the foil balls touch only the PCB and not any resistors or solder connections.
    Once the oven is 385°F, pop the tray in for 8 minutes and let it cook.
    Once the time is up, remove the card from the oven and let it cool back down to room temperature. After it’s cooled, put a thin layer of thermal paste on the die (use a razor to spread it) and the thermal pads back on the RAM chips. Then reinstall the heatsink and make sure everything is snug and the heatsink fan is connected to the power connector on the cards PCB.
    Now reinstall the card in your case, hook up any necessary power cables and turn on your PC. If the trick worked, your screen should display video that would make you think the video card is brand new. If you really want to stress your newly fixed card to make sure it won’t break again right away, you can download and run OpenGL Fur Rendering). Choose the stability test, uncheck the “windowed mode” and run it at 640 x 480 with 16x MSAA. Let it run for about ten minutes to make sure your card doesn’t artifact, or crash your system.
    That’s it! You’ve just successfully turned your expensive paperweight into a fully functioning video card again.

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    Hohoho. Heard this before from one of my friends. I didn't think he was serious. Who would put his video card in an oven right? It would take you at least an insane mind to do it.

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    enimavix, klaro kaayo wa ga basa.

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    actually tried this one.. not with a GPU though.. but with a crudely made PCB with ICs.. it worked for me.. I knew that some of the solders were broken and i knew which solders were loose.. so I did this test to check if it works, then what do you know, IT DOES.. dont do it on a MICROWAVE oven though.. microwave ovens destroy all electronics... do it on gas ovens..

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    tried this on a broken AM2 mobo,the capacitors pop out like popcorns,,LOL

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    Hahahaha. Maka guba mani tried this bac k the days nga ga tripping ko sa college. Aw, nag goodbye gud ko ato sa akong gitiguman nga gpu. Hahahahaha. Imbes ipawarranty. Ahaka.

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    wait.. atong i.clarify.. ang katong nangbuto kay gas oven ang inyong ggamit? or microwave oven?

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    Electric Oven...kanang naay filament sa taas ug ubos.

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    @gaspar_73, toaster oven man siguro na imu gigamit?



    Directed ang heat ana, it will burn unsa ang naa sa taas og ubos.. lahi ang effect sa pag init ana, from the word TOASTER..

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