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Graphic card quick fix (Digital darkroom repair)
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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2011 11:30 pm    Post subject: Graphic card quick fix (Digital darkroom repair) Reply with quote

A couple of days ago my screen started to flicker very strong until the PC froze and crashed.

Here's a quick tips on how you may get things up and running again if your graphic card doesn't work as it should.

Strip down the graphic card and remove the thermal paste from the GPU(S)
Remove fans, cooling blocks etc completely


Turn your oven to 200 Celsius and bake your card in 8-10 minutes.


Cool it down for 30 minutes


Put everything together and install your card in your machine.

It worked for me, PC boots and everything is back to normal Very Happy

PS: don't forget to put some thermal paste on the GPU before screwing things back together again Wink


Last edited by Nordentro on Tue May 17, 2011 1:31 am; edited 1 time in total


PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 12:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shocked What was repaired?


PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 1:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

visualopsins wrote:
Shocked What was repaired?


Graphic card Wink

I edited the original post a little bit to make thing more obvious


PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 1:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nordentro wrote:
visualopsins wrote:
Shocked What was repaired?


Graphic card Wink

I edited the original post a little bit to make thing more obvious


Sorry, not enough for me. Ack, I'm blind!


PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 3:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

it seems to me that you emulated solder machine with your oven to fix all dry solder on the board.

Good idea javascript:emoticon('Very Happy')


PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 1:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tomzcafe wrote:
it seems to me that you emulated solder machine with your oven to fix all dry solder on the board.

Good idea javascript:emoticon('Very Happy')


Exactly, small cracks in the connections on the print plate can make graphic cards to malfunction. This method can resolves issues as described Wink


PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 8:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quite unbelievable this card did survive this method Shocked


PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 8:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Attila wrote:
Quite unbelievable this card did survive this method Shocked


It's a well known and used method in hardware communities Wink