P-6860FX 8800M GTS dying/dead?

[devdevil85]

It is fixed. Played a good 5 minutes of HL2 and a full game of SC2 no issues. Watched 6 minutes of smooth video playback of a HQ video rip. I will let you all know if it decides to act up and revert back to way it was before. For now I will give it a week before I rate them on eBay. Best $137.50 I've spent in a while.

I would like thank niffcreature for his assistance as this wouldn't have been possible without him; as well as seeratlas & Starcub with their responses though I never went either of those routes, someone else very well might.

I would not like to thank Nvidia for cheaping out on the solder causing me to invest more money into keeping this thing running. I will, and I hope everyone else that has this issue, will avoid Nvidia in their next purchase. This sort of thing should never happen and people need to be made aware that Nvidia cut corners at the cost of the customer.

[Rotz]

I'm going to take my laptop apart and "bake" it and see what happens. Wish me luck :P

[devdevil85]

Good luck. If that doesn't work you can always try what I did. Worth the cost imo.

[kokaini]

devdevil85
and how much time do they have for guarantee?

[Rotz]

Just got done baking mine and putting it all back together...

Amazingly... it worked. My screen is back to being all pretty without the massive amounts of artifacts and aero is running again and my computer detects my video card. I haven't tried gaming yet. Will probably see how this works for a little while first.

Amazing though! So happy!

[devdevil85]

devdevil85
and how much time do they have for guarantee?

30 days. If 60-180 days I think it's 50% off and nothing afterwards. I'm only doing it once. If it doesn't work I'll post it as I wouldn't want other members getting screwed. $137.50 + shipping is too much money.

Congrats Rotz. Just understand that what you did is only a temporary fix. It might last you a day or a year, you never know. Either way, you fixed it for free and that's what counts. Let us know how long that fix lasts.

[kokaini]

devdevil85
Did they change the damaged part or they had just fixed it with stationary device?
(this means that they will take this chip in microscopic preciese and put it back)

I can fix it with Hot Air Gun Station. But i must know the preciese temperature in celsiuses and how much time it will need baking.

[JRSOR]

30 days. If 60-180 days I think it's 50% off and nothing afterwards. I'm only doing it once. If it doesn't work I'll post it as I wouldn't want other members getting screwed. $137.50 + shipping is too much money.

Congrats Rotz. Just understand that what you did is only a temporary fix. It might last you a day or a year, you never know. Either way, you fixed it for free and that's what counts. Let us know how long that fix lasts.

Was it reballed with new solder, or just reflowed?

[devdevil85]

devdevil85
Did they change the damaged part or they had just fixed it with stationary device?
(this means that they will take this chip in microscopic preciese and put it back)

I can fix it with Hot Air Gun Station. But i must know the preciese temperature in celsiuses and how much time it will need baking.

They reballed the existing GPU. I have no idea at what temp they set it after that. Sorry I couldn't help.

[devdevil85]

Was it reballed with new solder, or just reflowed?

Reballed using new solder