Baking a Video Card. : Othor Games

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:57 am

So does it work to actually bake your video card in the oven if it's broken? My GTX 260 is broken, strange alien creatures on the screen ( Lines, alot of them.) It is basically broken then.
I've heard it works to bake it after removed all the cooling paste and plastic components that are removable. 200*Celsius in aroun 9 minutes.
Is there anyone on the forum who has tried this?

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:34 pm

Never heard of that fix. Try it out and let us know if it works. :goodjob:

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:04 pm

Yeah I did it on my Xbox 360 when I got a red ring.

Let's just say I won't be getting red rings anymore! :thumbsup:

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:50 pm

Yeah I did it on my Xbox 360 when I got a red ring.

Let's just say I won't be getting red rings anymore! :thumbsup:

In a way that it broke?

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:19 pm

Yeah I did it on my Xbox 360 when I got a red ring.

Let's just say I won't be getting red rings anymore! :thumbsup:

Or any other rings... :thumbsup:

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:48 pm

It can work, but is often a temporary fix at best. You're mostly just delaying the inevitable (RMA, buy a new card, etc.) though I have seen a few hold up long-term.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:36 pm

Yeah I did it on my Xbox 360 when I got a red ring.

Let's just say I won't be getting red rings anymore! :thumbsup:

I bet it was delicious.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:00 pm

I tried it before, and I ruined ze card.

Well, technically the card was already ruined, but the baking didn't help :3

Got lots of friends who have done it successfully though.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:08 pm

I tried it before, and I ruined ze card.

Well, technically the card was already ruined, but the baking didn't help :3

Got lots of friends who have done it successfully though.

Good enough for me. I will try it tomorrow.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:36 am

Reading this I feel health and safety might have something to say to you, good luck though

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:04 pm

So does it work to actually bake your video card in the oven if it's broken? My GTX 260 is broken, strange alien creatures on the screen ( Lines, alot of them.) It is basically broken then.
I've heard it works to bake it after removed all the cooling paste and plastic components that are removable. 200*Celsius in aroun 9 minutes.
Is there anyone on the forum who has tried this?

Its only to going to fix a problem related to damaged/cold solder joint. 63/37 Sn/Pb solder has a melting point at about 183C (361.4F). Baking a circuit board won't guarantee a fix and does have a high chance of failure. Yes, circuit board are "cured" by special ovens, but its an exact science (slow heating and cooling cycle) and not preheating your oven to 200C.

If you are having artifacting it could be a video memory issue which most likely won't be fixed by re-flowing the solder on your graphics card.

edit: Also I might add, Lead is toxic... be careful.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:42 pm

If you want to destroy it then go ahead.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:52 pm

Its only to going to fix a problem related to damaged/cold solder joint. 63/37 Sn/Pb solder has a melting point at about 183C (361.4F). Baking a circuit board won't guarantee a fix and does have a high chance of failure. Yes, circuit board are "cured" by special ovens, but its an exactly science (slow heating and cooling cycle) and not preheating your oven to 200C.

If you are having artifacting it could be a video memory issue which most likely won't be fixed by re-flowing the solder on your graphics card.

edit: Also I might add, Lead is toxic... be careful.

Ye, I have a gasmask in case of toxic gases

@Top Killa
It is allready broken.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:04 pm

Ye, I have a gasmask in case of toxic gases

@Top Killa
It is allready broken.

Not really an issue with toxic gas, but the Lead can contaminant your oven (melt and leak inside). This is not a good thing when you make food in the oven

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» Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:51 pm

Not really an issue with toxic gas, but the Lead can contaminant your oven (melt and leak inside). This is not a good thing when you make food in the oven

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Hmm, im starting to feel like i shouldn't do it. Well i guess i will have to ruin myself by buying a new GPU and for that i need a new PSU and for the PSU to fit in i need a new case, And Skyrim. goddangit!

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:42 pm

And the smell...oh god the smell.

Do you know what burnt electronics smells like?

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:50 pm

And the smell...oh god the smell.

Do you know what burnt electronics smells like?

Yes, and my friend did this and his GPU did not smell anything.
I myself have nothing against the electronic smell.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:46 pm

FOUL ALCHEMISTS! WHAT EVIL SORCERY IS THIS!

seriously though, I can't believe this works

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:14 am

The advice I do remember getting was that I "must use tinfoil balls to let the card rest on while baking".

And uh, something about not, in anyway, taking it out BEFORE it's done baking.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:02 pm

I wouldn't put food in that oven after baking the video card. There are a lot of chemicals in video cards, solder is especially toxic. Good luck.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:36 am

There is no way I'd put anything other than food in my oven, you'd just be asking for your oven to contaminate your food afterwards.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:37 pm

"Good evening, and welcome to another edition of classical cooking with C-3PO -as assisted by R2-D2. Say hello, R2.."

"Beep.. Bleeble-Boop Skriiiit, squabble, squawk garble garble toot."

"Well yes of course I'm pre-heating the fusion oven to fifty thousand degrees.. you rolling short circuit!"

"Bleedle wheedle boo??"

"no, master Luke doesn't think you can cook."

"Wheedle wheedle froo-hoo??"

"No. I don't think you can cook either."

"whooo...."

I'd watch that show

wait, what were we talking about again?

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:15 am

*some light pruning*

Something about graphics card cookies, I think. My GTX 260 is slowly making its way to death, but I will not be making solder-doodles yet with my gpu.