M15x GPU Thread: General Discussion on Upgrades, GPU Troubleshooting & Repairs

[gunner1905]

Sorry I have no idea. You're going to have to experiment.

Ok thanks man
I'll try that when I put my card back in

[Allawi]

Good choice.

well, i WAS checking it out then i noticed the $30 shipping to canada, maybe theres another option.

what about these?

100x100x1mm Heatsink Compound Thermal Conductive Pad | eBay

[The Revelator]

Probably. I'm no expert; I just know the Fujipoly pads are considered the creme de la creme and have worked well for me. The Chinese pads are said to provide about half the thermal conductivity of the FP pads, but that is more or less standard so far as I can tell. Those shipping charges to Canada are brutal. Is that typical for US sales?

[Allawi]

Probably. I'm no expert; I just know the Fujipoly pads are considered the creme de la creme and have worked well for me. The Chinese pads are said to provide about half the thermal conductivity of the FP pads, but that is more or less standard so far as I can tell. Those shipping charges to Canada are brutal. Is that typical for US sales?

it actually isnt, this is the first thing i was buying that cost more than $5-10 shipping from US to Canada

[nasomi]

Most likely repairable. And you can do it yourself, if you have an oven. I've repaired numerous cards successfully. I preheat the oven to 385, and put the card in, chip side up, suspended on aluminum foil balls, and bake for 8 minutes. Let it cool naturally, and presto, fixed.

What happens is the solder develops microfractures, and heating it melts the solder, then letting it cool resolders the entire board. Did it with an 8800gtx and a gtx280. It would start up, get lines, bsod, sometimes not start at all.

If you do this, remove everything! Google guides, there's quite a few.

Here's one: Fix Your Graphics Card By Baking In Oven

*Performing this has no warranty from me. If it doesn't work, sorry. But it has worked for me and MANY others, just google it. In fact, I've never heard of anyone having an unsuccessful bake, short of someone doing something horribly wrong, like baking it upside down and having hte gpu fall off.*

[nasomi]

Or if you'd rather not, I'd be interested in buying it and giving it a shot myself

[Allawi]

Well, it looks like ill be buying the

100x100x1mm Heatsink Compound Thermal Conductive Pad | eBay

3.2w/mk isnt bad for something $30 cheaper seeing as every thing else on ebay is 2w/1.5w.

[gunner1905]

Most likely repairable. And you can do it yourself, if you have an oven. I've repaired numerous cards successfully. I preheat the oven to 385, and put the card in, chip side up, suspended on aluminum foil balls, and bake for 8 minutes. Let it cool naturally, and presto, fixed.

What happens is the solder develops microfractures, and heating it melts the solder, then letting it cool resolders the entire board. Did it with an 8800gtx and a gtx280. It would start up, get lines, bsod, sometimes not start at all.

If you do this, remove everything! Google guides, there's quite a few.

Here's one: Fix Your Graphics Card By Baking In Oven

*Performing this has no warranty from me. If it doesn't work, sorry. But it has worked for me and MANY others, just google it. In fact, I've never heard of anyone having an unsuccessful bake, short of someone doing something horribly wrong, like baking it upside down and having hte gpu fall off.*

Did you have the same symptoms as me? If so that's worth a shot, I'm already out of ideas anyway.

Or if you'd rather not, I'd be interested in buying it and giving it a shot myself

I'll probably try it first, I just got this card a while back and I really don't want to buy another one
Thanks for the tip though

[The Revelator]

Let us know how they perform when you get them installed.

[Fancysauce]

Ok so I can't buy anything online for a free months and I want to buy some thermal pads. Are there any stores that sell thermal pads and if so which ones would be best? im doing this because i think my thermal pads are the problem with my new 6970's temps which are really high. idle temps are about high 60's!! i respasted a couple times with ic diamond and there's no difference in the temps so far. the fans sound really loud the whole time my computer's on.

edit: the thermal pads i am using currently are the stock ones, and also after installing the drivers for the 6970m CCC won't open. i don't really know how to install the drivers when checking out svl7's guide so a little info on that would be much appreciated.