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Old 05-30-2009, 10:56 PM   #1
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Default Baking GPU's In The Oven
Has anyone else recently read about people resurrecting faulty nVidia GPU's by putting them in the oven at around 385F because solder melts at 364F



Basically it fixes the soldering that cracks or fails that nVidia had problems with...



This is EPIC!





Large solder points after baking:















Putting aluminum balls to hold the GPU from the baking sheet:
















You have to put the card in the other way around because gravity pulls on the chips



http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?p=6102931





PS: I am NOT BS'ing you this is true
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Old 05-30-2009, 11:01 PM   #2
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lol... sounds weird ..... but who knows whats going to happen
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lol... sounds weird ..... but who knows whats going to happen
It has happened! Approx. 10 times now I think...

Watch those $5 8800 GTX cards go up to $50 on eBay now
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Doesn't those capacitor explode when you overheat them? Also, majority of the plastic melts at a lower temperature than solder.
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Doesn't those capacitor explode when you overheat them? Also, majority of the plastic melts at a lower temperature than solder.
Plastic?

Where do you see plastic?
I see a PCB board coated in (epoxy?) and metal... and solder...

I am sure 385F for 5 minutes can't do that much damage...
IT FIXED DOZENS OF CARDS FOR CHRIST SAKE ! ! !
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Is this like putting batteries in the freezer? .... j/k

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Isn't the DRAM's outer shell made out of plastic? Also, the vga/dvi/hdmi or whatever is made out of plastic.
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This stuff makes my day, +rep
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Isn't the DRAM's outer shell made out of plastic? Also, the vga/dvi/hdmi or whatever is made out of plastic.
Uhm...

Your supposed to leave cables connected so the ports don't deform and DRAM heatsinks that preserve the shape of the outer shells...
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This stuff makes my day, +rep
I wish we had more discoveries like this that just... blow your mind!

I pull up Engadget and Gizmodo every 15 minutes to see what's up and this was on there!
They do have good stuff, you gotta keep up with it though, 25-100 posts on weekdays and 0-25 on the weekends (they have some lazy posters lol)
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