Video artifacts during POST!! Should I put my GPU in the oven? YES!!

[HarvesteR]

Thanks man

Just to follow up, it's now been six months since the oven fix, and I still haven't bought the replacement video card

My 8800 is proving to be a real trooper... it's worked without a hitch all this while... not that I've had much time to play and stress it with work and all (which nearly consumes my life), but it's nice to know that my GPU is still alive and kicking after so long. I've even used it for some heavy duty 3D rendering work... there were times when I completely forgot that this card was ever once broken beyond repair.

This week I felt that the lack of playing was about to drive me nuts, so I got to playing ArmA2 again... I did get some artifacts once (they were up for a very short while), and didn't see them again after the restart that promptly followed that... I guess it was acting out because of the lack of attention of the last months

[alrot]

Ok my English its failing me again,So you put a 8800 inside of an oven?

is this a way to weld detached components? 

[Rich H]

[quote]
Ok my English its failing me again,So you put a 8800 inside of an oven?

is this a way to weld detached components?

[Fozzer]

[quote]
Ok my English its failing me again,So you put a 8800 inside of an oven?

is this a way to weld detached components?

[Steve M]

[quote]
Ok my English its failing me again,So you put a 8800 inside of an oven?

is this a way to weld detached components?

[Slotback]

iirc,

Due to environmental concerns they lowered or eliminated the lead content in the solder. The new solder over many cycles cracks and the circuit is broken. Melting the solder again fixes this issue. If I recall correctly, newer lead-free solder doesn't have this issue, so I doubt you'll see this work on anything newer than a GTX 285.

[HarvesteR]

Yes, these lead-free solders have a much lower melting point then regular leaded solder... so much so that the usual heating/cooling cycles from everyday use induce fatigue on them and they start to crack... apparently this is very common on HP pavillion laptops... and on series 8 nvidia cards as well

The oven technique is not only valid, there are professional tools for that... like this thing I found today on SparkFun

Granted, it's not an electric kitchen oven, but the principle is the same

[alrot]

..although how any Electrolytic Capacitors on the PCB survive the intense heat of the oven is beyond me!.

Oh yeah ,they blast as like Christmas or 5 July Firecrackers 

Ok,Ok I get it
its a re weld or re-sold the components and---

But don't you never Put in a Microwave oven LMAO!! 

[jime59]

I'm wondering if this method would work on an XBox360 suffering from the RROD ? 

[HarvesteR]

[quote]I'm wondering if this method would work on an XBox360 suffering from the RROD ?