Fixing a Graphics Card via an Oven

[Bloodnok]

After taking another laptop back from the "tip" and finding that the gfx was artifacting like mad.

I decided to have a go using the oven to "fix it" with the use of this guide

Prep for oven, gfx is a nvidia geforce 4 440 go 32mb

195 dec C for 5mins. Shame it's not a cupcake

Posting this thread on the laptop

The reason for doing this on an old card was to see if would work and also to try it on something newer, like a the motherboard of a Dell M1330, known for gfx failures...

Pics of that to be uploaded at a later date...

 

[coob]

Nice one Dave! who needs mythbusters when you have mythdave!

 

[Bloodnok]

After blood, sweat and cursing, the laptop works but how long who knows..

 

[Deep Blue]

How does that work? I'm dying for an explanation!

 

[Bloodnok]

From the guide on lifehacker:

The science behind this simple: often, video cards fail due to loosening solder joints. Thus, an oven is the perfect savior: by heating those joints back up, they'll turn to liquid and melt back together, giving your card another shot at life.

 

[coob]

or creating bridges that shouldn't be there

 

[MadmaN]

This method could also work with the xbox RROD lol

 

[Everlong]

Awesome!!!

*Runs off to put PC in oven to make it work better*

 

[coob]

Please, please, if your cat is not well, DO NOT PUT IN OVEN! IT DOESN'T WORK!!!

 

[Bloodnok]

Both cards have fail again, back in the oven...

 

[Bloodnok]

Trying again with the 440 at 200 dec C for 5 minutes

 

[MadmaN]

Whats that cooking in the oven? .. just chips

 

[SocksFoHands]

Trying again with the 440 at 200 dec C for 5 minutes

So I hear you like the taste of burnt plastic with all your food.

 

[Bloodnok]

Since I got time on my hands again (oh boy) I'm giving this another go at 200 dec C for 10 mins on the geforce 4 "and all is well"

 

[Bloodnok]

Looks like I'm eating my own words from my last post, it seems the geforce 4 will start to artifact as soon as the laptop boots... (even after trying different drivers) I could keep going but I'm not the one paying for the bill.

I am going to try one last time on the Dell XPS m1330 mobo as it seems that it needs more work than simply put in the oven. Yes it does bring it back from the dead but its a right pain to rebuild after 2hrs or less of use...

I'll be following this guide on modifing the heatskin to see if it more cost effective than say buying a new ish netbook...

Updates as soon as.

 

[Bloodnok]

After 5 months, the M1330 has kicked the bucket, just after buying a new hard drive for it...

Time to buy a Nexus 7 I think.