Firstly once i removed my video card it was full of dust so the poor thing was proberly overheating all this time so it is important to clean them occasionally (i will do it from now).
Firstly remove the fan assembly and any paper stickers.Clean all the heat transfer paste from the gpu and give the video card a good dusting so it is clean.We then have to prepare the video card for baking (yes i said baking).
Get the flat tray from your oven and put some tin foil down.Get four pieces of tinfoil and roll into four balls for the video card to sit on.Put the four balls on the corners of the video card to raise the card from the tray with the components aiming UPWARDS.So the soldiered pointy part is at the bottom.Get the card as flat as possible.
Heat your oven to 190 degrees celcius (375 degrees f).Put the card in the oven for EIGHT minutes.they say eight to ten is safe.Turn off oven after 8 minutes.One minute later open the oven door to the first stop.5 minutes later open door fully.15 minutes later remove from oven and leave on bench to cool.When cold reassemble with new HEAT TRANSFER COMPOUND (VERY IMPORTANT) and put it back in your computer.
Hopefully you will be like a lot of lucky people and it has worked.
This process is melting the soldier and it runs into small holes where it has come apart,that is why the components have to be up top otherwise they will fall out.
This is obviously the last resort but obviously the card is junk so it is worth is.Also its a bit smelly...open your windows.
Disclaimer....This has worked for a lot of people but i take no responsibility for it.
You can also use it to fix motherboards,cellphones,anything with a circuit board.
- before the fix
- my dead video card
- remove the fan
- place tin balls underneath to raise off the plate
- another view
- Going again
- Fresh install of windows is going.Time to play.
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