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Introduction
Parfois, vous aurez une carte vidéo hors garantie qui n'est plus qu'un presse-papier.
Si vous alliez la jeter de toute façon, vous pouvez tenter votre chance et réparez temporairement la carte en refoulant la soudure et en repositionnant les billes de métal sous le dé. Tout ce qu'il vous faut, c'est un four et un peu de chance.
Évidemment, comme avec tout tutoriel qui implique un four, vous vous pourriez brûler les mains, mettre le feu à votre maison, inhaler des fumées toxiques et vous livrer à d'autres dangers, alors ne faites rien si vous n'êtes pas à l'aise en le faisant.
Cependant, si vous êtes confiant et que le potentiel d'une carte réparée en vaut la peine pour vous, continuez à consulter le tutoriel.
(Veuillez noter que le tutoriel a été modifié par quelques personnes au fil des ans - certaines parties ne sont pas de ma plume !)
Bonne chance !
Gaspard (et éditeurs)
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Retirez la carte graphique (si elle est installée dans le PC).
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Tournevis de précision – généralement cruciforme (Phillips) #0 et/ou #1 pour le ventilateur et n'importe quel autre composant vissé sur la carte graphique.
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Du papier d'aluminium pour couvrir les composants sensibles à la chaleur et surélever la carte sur votre plaque de cuisson.
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Un peu de pâte thermique pour remplacer celle que vous retirerez des puces.
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De l'essuie-tout pour retirer tout résidu de pâte thermique des composants.
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Un four
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Une plaque de cuisson
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Préchauffez le four à 195°C (385°F).
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Si vous avez déjà suivi une fois ce tutoriel et que vous recommencez, augmentez légèrement la température – 200°C (395°F) ou 205°C (400°F).
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Nouvelles informations – la plupart de ces réparations temporaires rétrécissent ou élargissent les bossages montés en surface sous la puce graphique. Donc, une chaleur plus faible pourrait aussi fonctionner.
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Pendant que le four pré-chauffe :
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Retirez les vis ou les clips maintenant le ventilateur, le dissipateur thermique et tout les conduits de la carte vidéo.
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Enlevez délicatement le ventilateur/dissipateur thermique.
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Retirez l'ancienne pâte thermique des puces (avec de l'essuie-tout) – NOTE : certaines puces mémoires (ou d'autres puces) peuvent avoir des pads thermiques, retirez-les seulement si vous avez de quoi les remplacer !
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Placez les vis dans un endroit sûr.
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Vérifiez qu'il y a peu ou pas de composants en plastique sur le circuit, ils pourraient fondre.
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Généralement, je pose la carte graphique sur des petits boules de papier d'aluminium (dans les coins). Comme ça, le circuit ne repose sur aucun composant.
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Soyez patient ! Si votre four possède une fenêtre, vous verrez probablement que la soudure fond quand elle devient vraiment brillante.
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Vous devez chauffer le GPU LENTEMENT.
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5-10 minutes à 200 - 220°C (395°F - 425°F)
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Mon expérience : PS3 – 6 minutes, Xbox – 4-6 minutes, cartes pour ordinateur de bureau – 12 minutes, cartes pour ordinateur portable – 8-12 minutes, GFX – 8-15 minutes.
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NOTE : qu'est ce qui vient de moi là-haut ?? – Le premier auteur "Gaspard" : je n'ai jamais écrit cette étape dans ma version de ce guide, et j'ai seulement essayé cela sur une carte graphique et non sur un ordinateur portable/de bureau ou une console.
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Re-couler la soudure peut marcher sur certains circuits, mais de nouvelles informations montrent que ces réparations "rapides et temporaires" sont en fait causées par l'élargissement ou la contraction des bossages de soudure en dessous des puces montées en surface comme le GPU ou les puces mémoires (ce qui est possible à des températures moindres).
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Vous avez 2 options :
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1. Tester la carte rapidement sans remonter le ventilateur/dissipateur thermique.
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2. Réinstaller le ventilateur/dissipateur thermique, puis tester la carte.
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La plupart des gens veulent tester la carte pour voir si elle s'allume et passe la séquence POST.
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Si la carte ne fonctionne toujours pas après la cuisson, vous pouvez recommencer la procédure en la faisant durer plus longtemps.
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Appliquez de la pâte thermique sur la puce principale et partout où cela est nécessaire.
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"NOUVELLE" information : vous pouvez aussi appliquer la méthode "Grain de riz". Déposez juste une quantité de pâte thermique équivalente à un gros grain de riz au milieu du GPU nettoyé et la pression d'application du dissipateur thermique l'étalera.
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Vérifiez que le ventilateur est bien reconnecté (s'il y en a un).
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Vérifiez que le ventilateur tourne quand le PC est allumé.
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Vérifiez bien que le GPU fonctionne quand Windows charge, etc...
Final note: it might or might not work depending on the problem with your card, and the type of card, however if the card is a paperweight already, it's worth a shot! ;)
My GTX 570 failed dramatically yesterday not even allowing booting into the Windows environment. After 10 minutes on gas mark 5 (and a half) all is well this morning. I had seen this technique used on games consoles, but never considered it for PC cards. Thanks VERY MUCH for this guide.
My GTX 460 has been failing for about 2 weeks and until yesterday has been displaying white lines even during the BIOS POST. I wasn't willing to try this on my mother's oven, instead I used a heat gun and a laser thermometer to monitor the temperature. I started at the lowest temperature possible and gradually increasing until ~160°C, applying heat mostly on the memory chips and GPU for about 10 min. The problem has vanished completely :D
Even though I didn't quite follow this guide, it gave me useful directions, thanks!
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I fixed my friends dead out-of-warranty Leadtek Geforce 8800 GTS 640MB card using this procedure
That was 3 weeks ago, and he's still using it daily since then
We forgot to plug in the fan connector and his temperatures reached 124C while playing a game
Since then he reconnected his fan and it's working fine
Thanks for reading, hope it helps someone
How long did your reflowed graphics card last? Is it still rocking?
The card did eventually fail, i believe around 4 months later - the guy ended up buying a new card
Hi everyone,
I also fixed a almost dead NVIDIA 512mb MXM II card, at the first point I put the card 8 min to 190ºC aprox, it improved the performance but not yet to run.
Then i repeated the operation with 205ºC and 10 min and the card ran perfectly, add some thermal paste and it's solved.
Thanks for this manual it's very usefull!!!
It is such a nice way you have done it but the process need too much care and there is a big threat of PCB damage due to manual working so you need to be more careful and if someone is worried about the PCB he need to get a better auto pick and place BGA rework station this is specially made for these types of reworking. Here I have seen some blogs that have so many machines and process you can choose according to the type of reworking you want. I am sure you will like it.
i was very worried about my oven because it not heating well now i have learn a lot from here ...
Hi all i did exactly wat needed to be done my card buggered up while playing Diablo 3 with all settings to max performance and max graphics quality i baked my card and it worked putting my mind at rest in fear of spending hundreds on a new card so this guide has saved my computer and has saved my hip pocket ( only thing is cant be sure enough on how long this will last ) also my graphics card is a PowerColor Radeon HD 7850 2GB GDDR5 (AX7850 2GBD5-DH) just to give you an idea on wat type of card i have and if similiar cards to mine will work also by doing this guide
How long did your reflowed graphics card last? Is it still rocking?
Report to your duty sir!!
mine transistor exploded at @ 15minutes *evga gtx 570
Dis madafaka guy is txt'ing me, thats why i exceeded the 10min...
I recently did the procedure on an out-of-warranty GTX 780 Ti but sadly it was at a friend’s house and he only had a small toaster oven… the temperature was too hot and the capacitors begin to pop off the board like popcorn after only 8 minutes… a bit of entertainment, but no result
My brother did this several times on his Asus laptop motherboard for over a year (“many” times he said) and got some extended life out of it before he was forced to replace the computer.
@ mods :
sorry gona double comment...
- (for grammar improvement's & more details)
- for humanity (yeah! let's help humans xD , @ants go help your selves)
Reporting to your duty sir(s)!!
mine, transistor (am I correct that cylindrical silver colored thingy,1 transistor only pop'ed) exploded at @ 15minutes mark
*evga gtx 570
cause, Dis madafaking guy *i dont even know* just txt'ed me at wrong time, like, wth (he must be a !&&* sent demon for me
thats why i exceeded the 10min mark...
followed every steps correct'ly
@mod's:
sorry for triple posting !!
omg!! just tested my evga gtx 570 , it worked !!!
(so that cylindrical thing is just a cover.... my bad..
now, i need to observe if its stability...
My brother's GTX 560 started acting up after 3.5 years, showing stutter in Windows boot-up, games and any other graphics-intensive task and inability to run 1080p. He was ready to dump €150-€200 on a new one but I talked him into trying to reflow it despite his safety conserns. Having never tried to reflow any electronic component, let alone in a home oven, I was a bit precarious and only "baked" it for 10 minutes at 190oC. Then I let it cool for 15 minutes with the oven door closed, followed by another 15 minutes with the door open.
IT WORKED! The look on his face was priceless. Problem is, he was kind of wishing to have to get a new one. :)
This works for me. Thanks so much. I have ATI R9 270x 4GB Sapphire that displays red pixelated lines on bios and it does not display after loading the OS. I just remove the fan and heatsink, clean up left over thermal paste, put it in the oven(used aluminum foil to avoid touching the tray). put the oven on 200C and set it for 5 minutes. after that i test it and it worked.
It works better with a heat gun and then you can focus the heat on the gpu instead of the other components. I've done it on quite a few graphics cards, mac mini gpu's and some laptop motherboards. I run the heat gun on high for 4 minutes and heat the surrounding area so it doesn't bend or warp and focus most of the heat on the GPU.
Is that gpu fixed boards still working.?? I tried this by heat gun and oven on different Mac boards so just curious to know how long it will last. Any feedback much appreciate. Cheers
Last night my 7850 pcs+ wont boot up so tried this thing and it works! Thank you so much!! Will be updating here next week if my card is still running :D i hope it this will last a year or more tho
Anyone reading this guide in 2016 - please note that the premise is a bit flawed, you're not really "re-flowing" the solder on the circuit-board, at least that's not the part that fixes the card usually, it's a temporary expansion or contraction of the "bumps" underneath the surface-mount chips the GPU or memory modules that causes the card to work again (at least for a while) the upshot of this is that even a temperature that doesn't melt the solder can actually work for a while as well.
I had a GTX560 Ti from Asus,green artefacts,crashes,only worked on 1024x768 with no acceleration,tried this tehnique around 11 minutes at aprox.200°C and it worked flawlessly,now let's see for how long.i also installed MSI Afterburner and pumped up the idle fan load to 40% just to be sure it stays cool,hope this helped someone.
PS:plastic objects on the board will melt,so you better remove them
I just fixed a GTX460 by putting it in the oven at 190 degrees Celsius for 8 minutes. Used the trick with the scrunched up balls of aluminium-foil and it worked! Amazing. Before, I had these horizontal white lines all over the screen. Removed the plastic with the fan and covered up the plastic connections with aluminium-foil.
Yes! Buggy, half dead Radeon 7970 salvaged from the trash. Baked at 195-ish degrees C for about 8 min.
But come on, why is everyone making aluminum foil balls? Make little cones, much more stable. :)
This fix is still going strong!
Second time repair now for my aging 8800 GTS....(having also previously resurrected an old RROD X360 board with the same method). It was displaying classic artifacts..Blue vertical lines across the screen and disrupted graphics.
Preheat oven to 220C (200C with Fan assist)
Remove everything...connectors, heatsink, fan, thermal pads and paste.
Clean gently but thoroughly - if using tissue; blow to ensure no fibres remain.
Protect all but GPU by wrapping in Aluminium foil.
Rest the board on four little scrunch balls of foil on a baking tray (normal side up).
Cook for exactly 10 minutes.
Remove immediately and allow to cool for at least 30 mins.
Check the board is OK by starting up PC with naked board...Do not run for more than 1-2 minutes without heatsink!!!
Reapply thermal pads and paste, heastsink, fan and power connector for the fan (if needed).
Reinstall and you are good to go...
Last fix worked for about 10 weeks...I'll let you know how long this one goes for.
gg
twelvechar
I repaired my GTX660 TI. I did everything as described and cooked it for 9 Minutes. I used a towel to get the card out of the oven as my oven gloves were too thick and the card constantly slipped out of my hand ;-)
Trying to fix a gtx 980 Ti the oven fix made it work for like a few minutes then it died, I retried the procedure and it died in a few seconds.. Any advise?
This is just a temporary fix, and shouldn't be treated as permanent. The next step up would be to have the chip removed, use a stencil to reapply solder on all the contacts, and then when the chip is perfectly in place it gets melted from the other side (through the chip) to melt it down before letting it cool.
Due to the difficultly involved in doing all this, I wouldn't take doing this lightly.
Jason -
Reballing is the right method not this bullshit
Wish I could fix my GTX 1080 like this =/ *sigh Guess I'll just have to RMA the card via Gigabyte.. That's gonna be a real pain in the ass -_-
YO GUYS Heres a tip when putting it in the oven u can make it work even better ,talking from personal experience ,put a socket from a ratcheton on the gpu (21 in my case) it work like a charm :) And srsly i am not joking :)
can someone tell me what setting to use on the oven, up and bot heating or air circulation?
A complete alternative to this guide is to just identify the chip that needs reflowing, and using a heat gun to heat it up. If you have or can get something like kapton tape, do so. It can be used to shield everything around the chip you are heating up from being exposed to the same amount of heat and causing their own problem. Otherwise, use aluminium foil, along with some clips (I find the tiny ones you use for crafting work best, but be creative). Then finally heat away, making sure you have some understanding of what is too hot or not hot enough.
My GTX 670 showed sometimes some symptoms of corrupt VRAM in 2D mode evident as 2D artifacts but never in 3D games. After the symptoms also occured as 2D artifacts in 3D games the card crashed and wouldn't allow booting.
So I baked it. Now the GTX 670 works again, or at least I didn't damage it. I put the card on baking paper and on a rost. Nevertheless, I did three mistakes. 1) Preheated to 210°C and THEN put the card in. Bad. 2) after 5min increased to quite high 220°C. Bad. After 10min I saw that one display port jumped off and all the capacitors were tilted sideways. 3) I quickly pulled the card out to ambient temperature. Bad.
Luckily I put the card with the GPU, the capacitors and all the other heavy parts upwards, otherwise they would have fallen off ("pro tip" :D). Now the card works again and I lost a DP port. :D Although it works now, I'll probably get a new card.
Thanks! I'm so happy that you at least proved that even with some mistakes, this method may still be working though! No worries about trying to be so careful (if you're ok with losing a DP port LOL). Thanks for the comment bro!
Is it safe to use the oven afterwards to cook food, etc.
Does baking your gpu in your oven make your oven toxic and unusable to cook food in?
I don't think so. Most components in there (included plastic) can support more than 250°C so you're not incinerating anything that creates any fumes. I suppose a burnt pizza leaves more toxic fumes than baking a GPU, IMHO.
Of course is toxix, many acids used in the industrial process will evaporate in your Oven and in your Lungs
This Method is very stupid and dangerous because you give an amount of heat on all the card and not all the components are thermo resistant till 200-220 Celsius , is so hard to buy a cheap heating gun and giving heat only on the GPU instead of all the card???? This method is dangerous also for your health bevause all the chemical substances used in the industrial process for the production od the card will evaporate in your oven and in your lungs…….if you are happy do it but if you are a bit intelligent take a heat gun or a rework station to do the reflow procedure……..bye
Done it with my R9 270X from Club3D. Someone there decided that 1 fan was enough. Baked it for 9 minutes @200 degrees celcius. It kind of revived it! Thanks to all the commenters, if you weren't here I would NOT have tried this!
Oh boy, so satisfactory! Im here to post that I've done it with my 4yrs old EVGA 560Ti. 4 days ago, it crashed while I was gaming and after that it started to show artifacts on BIOS, on setup, on POST, and even on windows load, it wouldn't boot either (crashing with BSOD driver reset error), although I could boot on Safe Mode (with millions of artifacts) and saw this guide, and all these comments that made me try it at last.
So, I've cooked it for 12 mins at low temp in my gas oven (don't have thermometer so I decided to put it in medium).
After slowly cooling it first near the oven and then blowing with a fan some cool air from outside, I tested it with no luck (I forgot to connect the power cable, but didn't realize LOL) and decided to put it for another 8 minutes in the oven at maximum.
I instantly tried again, and after it doesn't boot I finally realize I wasn't connecting the power (so dumb of me lol). After that it booted up again normally! So far it's working now, I'll post whenever it dies again!
is it still alive?
Due to hard times, losing a job and all...I tried this. I Have a Evga 560ti. Its over 6 years old. The first time it artifacted was in may 2016. I baked it in my microwave Oven for 8 mins at 190C. Card started working great. It worked well for a year. Then it started artifacting again in July 2017. I baked it again and it started working again. But since July 2017 It seems to start artifacting after 2 weeks. And subsequently I have baked it 3 times already. It works but only for a few weeks at a time.
So the lesson is the first bake and success story lasts the longest. Subsequent bakes don't last long.
I think its time to plunk down for a new card. Whats saddening is that last year summer 2016 there was the gtx 1060... And this year still its the gtx 1060... Nvidia didn't release any new cards!
You need a professional reballing if you want that your card lasts more time
Did this on my son's hd 7870, it lasted a year.... My son started leaving his PC on all night and it crapped out again. Going to redo it and see if I get lucky again. Lol. But a year fix for such a simple method isn't bad at all.
If I understand correctly, reflowing does not solve the problem in the long run because it actually lies in the solder bump area within the underfill, where the main die makes contact with the substrate.
These are tiny balls, almost impossible to fix but with the application of heat the problem is temporarily rectified so as the underfill is moved around etc and some contact may be re-made temporarily, but is largely design error in the chip production and in the end a full swap out is the only real solution.
The issue is *not* in the larger solder balls found where the substrate makes connection to the board, as most people expect.
But it could be in some cases with a warped or bent board.
I baked my 780Ti and it works. While in baking, DP port, HDMI port, and 6 silver capacitor were peeling off lol. I baked with 200c at 8 minutes. I solder back that 6 capacitor, but seem impossible to solder back the DP and HDMI port because too small pins. I hope this reviving card will last forever huhu..
Hello,
I have a GTX580 (bought 07/2012) which last weekend started showing artifacts on my screen. After doing all the relevant research for software related issues and before going to buy a new (yet expensive) GTX1070ti, I googled “how to fix graphics card”. I ended up here.
After the “baking” process (205oC - 12 minutes) I am really happy to say that the card seems to now work! I hope that it will continue so up until Xmas.
Thank you!!
GTX 580, artifacts…fixed and working like new…
saved me from buying new gtx 1080…This is beautiful hack
I did this on an AMD R7 265 and after exactly 20 days it died again! Will try to cook it again! Like the title says “temporarily repair”… You should do this while browse for a new gpu. Just bought a 1060 for replace it.
Second cook, day one… all good for now!
how is it now? xD
I have tried this on my GTX 970, baked it for 8 minutes in 200 c.
I hooked it up, the display goes on but the resolution is set on 600X800.
Goes into windows, can’t change the resolution, so I tried to reinstall the drivers but it didn’t do anything.
Suddenly the screen goes off, I restart my PC and it works the same way until it gets to the sign in screen, then it turns off.
Any ideas before I give up on it?
You could try a few more minutes, give it around 12 instead of 8. Also make sure the oven is fully preheated first. If that doesn’t do it then I would give up and get a cheap used one from eBay or something.
Steve K -
Just tried this fix on my GTX780 which developed the infamous code 43 error - after following this info I above, I was still a little skeptical, but I am happy say that the video card now works perfectly and even runs a little cooler courtesy of the fresh Arctic Silver under heatsink.
Great stuff - thanks.
Did this to reflow an old GTX550ti in March 2017, it is now March 2018 and it has failed again. There has been occassional tearing in the picture for approximately 3 months. Giving it another go to try and squeeze a bit more life out of it but I am less optimistic about this working for a second time on the same card. Just waiting for it to call down and enjoying that fresh spring smell of cancer in the air while I wait.
Resolution stuck at 800x600. I think it’s safe to say it’s dead. Time for a replacement unfortunately.
Steve K -
J’étais sceptique mais ça a marché :D
J’espère que ça va durer, à voir les autres commentaires c’est du temporaire… J’essaierai de reposter si la carte retombe en rade.
Radeon HD 7850 achetée en ~2012,
Panne début 2018, plantage pendant une game et ensuite écran noir juste après le logo windows (chargement des drivers freezant un écran noir).
Pleins d’erreurs de Vram (>1 000 000, arrêt du test manuel)
Ressuscitée au four :p
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It worked !
Radeon HD 7850 from ~2012, broke in 2018, oven fixed a week later :)
After a few stutters over the last months my GTX 780 Ti died. After reboot it was still recognised but the infamous yellow error sign was there (Error code 43). Wiped all drivers, baked the card for 9 minutes on 190C/380F, reinstalled, and to my surprise.. This fix, after 8 years, still works! Don’t be afraid to try before spending 500,- on a new card.
I got the display working after doing the oven baking as described here which saves my graphic card of acer 5920g nvidia 9600m gt card. Then I found the dual display is set to” auto” by default and I changed it to “ dual “ mode and now even though sometimes I get the black screen in lcd display my cry monitor works fine. So everybody who has problem with black screen, better to check the bios settings before changing the graphic card. Thanks again everybody in this site given the feedback on oven baking.
Had a Radeon RX 270 that only worked in 2D, where 3D acceleration was completely gone. Up to the point of complete 3D failure, there was now and then graphic artifacts in some games when the card was heating up - like white boxes and texture errors.
Disassembled fans and heatsink. Put 4 spacer screws where the GPU cooler is normally mounted, to lift it above the baking tray.
Baked for 10 mins. @ 200C, turned off the oven and opened the lid to let it cool down slowly. After approx. 10 minutes I took it out and let it cool for another 5 mins. Reassembled heatsink and fans, and put fresh cooling paste on the GPU.
Though I’ve read many of the comments here, I was still a little surprised that it actually worked - so thanks for the tip :-)
I think my gtx 970 broke from putting it inside of my backpack and traveled with me to my friend’s house. It has no physical damage as I have opened it and viewed it, but it is not being detected by BIOS now. The lights and fans are on, and power properly connected, but I can only use my integrated gpu now. So could this method work for me?
before that i need to know something ….actually if i insert the gpu in the pc it could n’t start (fans spins for second and turns off). So should i do the reflow stuff or should check the card’s circuitary using a multimeter for failed stuffs such as vrms, mosfet, etc,. Any ways im planing to use a heatgun instead of oven becoz i dont have a oven :|………
im having a GTX 750Ti 2gb from zotac…………….
If you planned to do it with a multimeter, did you find any help/tutorial for it ? Oven method didn’t work for my 980Ti so I might try this, but didn’t find anything about it, only some videos of guys doing it without exlpaining much.
Thank you for this tutorial and the updated posts on lower temperature requirements. Wrapped my dead iMac mid-2011 GPU in foil, exposing only the chip. Baked it for 10 minutes at 325 º F and allowed it to cool slowly to room temp. Works perfectly now! This gives me time to locate and buy a backup / refurbished GPU. Has been working for a week so far. Will post back on it’s next bake to see how long it lasts.
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011) - 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7
AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2048 MB
Hey, I encountered this problem recently and I thought of solving this problem by myself and here I am.. So I wanna try this method ASAP, what I wanted to know is that whether it is OK to put the card in the oven without the ports covered?
I hope someone will reply soon because I'm very nervous about this method.
I built my rig just over six years ago with:
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7970 OC 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card (11197-01-40G)
10 days ago it failed for the first time in the middle of Prey: Mooncrash. Both monitors went completely dark - the card crashed.
Rebooted the machine and got artifacts spanning the height of displays, until it would crash again before even loading Windows.
Exposed the GPU core and applied heat directly to the core with hot air rework station:
Aoyue 850A++
Held the the nozzle a couple inches away from the core and slowly moved it around on both sides of the board at 70% heat for ~ 5 minutes. Not very scientific, yet this yielded improvement. I could boot into Windows without the card crashing, and there were less artifacts on the screen, but the resolution was low.
Applied heat again. This time used FLIR camera to get real data. Got GPU to 160C+ for 10 minutes. PRESTO CHANGEO! Been working like a champ for 24hrs.
Lucky to work in electronics lab.
Still going strong
Repaired a EVGA GTX 780ti with the following recipe: 8 minutes @ 190 degrees in a pre-heated oven.
No luck here with a GTX 980Ti that did not start up at all before (and after…).
Method :
- 9-10 minutes at 195°C~, no luck
- 9-10 minutes at 205°C~, no luck
- 15 minutes at 210°C~, and no luck, symptoms were still the same, the computer won’t ever power up when the card is plugged in.
I hope this works better for you ;)
I didn’t learn this technique from here, but I have been keeping my Nvidia GTX 660 Ti alive for the past year using this same trick. It was due to be replaced with a HD 7970, but this has kept the GTX alive and well. Thanks for taking the time to write a iFixit article about it! Also, never ever put the GPU in the oven with it’s chip facing down. It will fall out of it’s socket if you do and once it goes out you’re pretty much out of luck forever.
Thank you so much Gaspard, I really wondered by hearing this technique. I will surely do this next time rather than throwing it in the bin :)
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