EPTI guess this is some more proof for skeptics on the baking video cards thing.
For those wondering, it's an ATI Radeon x700 pci-e (lolol)
Baked my video card
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k20a
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I guess this is some more proof for skeptics on the baking video cards thing. For those wondering, it's an ATI Radeon x700 pci-e (lolol) | ||
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micronesia
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mahnini
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jpak
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![[image loading]](http://img.youtube.com/vi/R7jUqoKVY-k/0.jpg) Just some random image I found. | ||
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floor exercise
Canada5847 Posts
On September 27 2010 07:53 micronesia wrote: What the hell is this about baking video cards? Some kinda joke or have I missed some cute thing with video cards in the past? Basically either it's a running gag or real and I can't 100% rule it out :p solder points brittle over time and electrical contact weakens sometimes making your card inoperable, putting in the oven at over 365f melts all the solder parts so they can sort of reset | ||
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Versita
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On September 27 2010 07:57 mahnini wrote: it's real. i forget the details though. melts the damaged solder joints so they can rejoin i think edit: oop he beat me to it | ||
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dukethegold
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I, however, had no idea that the same works for ATI cards too. | ||
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HwangjaeTerran
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On September 27 2010 07:53 micronesia wrote: What the hell is this about baking video cards? Some kinda joke or have I missed some cute thing with video cards in the past? Basically either it's a running gag or real and I can't 100% rule it out :p It works. Some video cards have bad solder or have simply overheated one too many times. Heating the solder therefore might just get the piece of shit to work. It´s either that or I´m a romanian. | ||
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jacen
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individually heating the solder points would be a better idea. | ||
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Loser777
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On September 27 2010 08:20 jacen wrote: sadly you are cutting months of the cards lifetime when you bake it. individually heating the solder points would be a better idea. Where do you get that number from? It's the same method that was used when the card was first assembled -cards are not soldered together piece by piece. | ||
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Osmoses
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edit: On September 27 2010 08:05 HwangjaeTerran wrote: It works. Some video cards have bad solder or have simply overheated one too many times. Heating the solder therefore might just get the piece of shit to work. It´s either that or I´m a romanian. A solder is bad because it has become overheated too many times. Fix by overheating it again. | ||
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KOFgokuon
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On September 27 2010 08:25 Osmoses wrote: I cannot see how this could be true. If it's bad for your graphics card to get hotter than 80 degrees celcius while running, why would it be a good idea to bake it in 200 degrees? Its like telling someone they can get rid of viruses by using a magnet on their harddrive. edit: A solder is bad because it has become overheated too many times. Fix by overheating it again. There's no current running through it when it's in the oven | ||
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R1CH
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jacen
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On September 27 2010 08:24 Loser777 wrote: Where do you get that number from? It's the same method that was used when the card was first assembled -cards are not soldered together piece by piece. the number comes from -) knowing how ICs work -) knowing what diffusion is -) common sense In short, you are heating your card to almost twice the recommended temperature above 0°C. This increases diffusion in the sillicone crystal by huge ammounts making already "smeared" (for the lack of a better word) curcuits more likely to break. individually heating the solder points would keep most of the heat away from the chips (gpu and vram) as it dissipates very quickly when getting transportet through the lines on the board. | ||
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rainei
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Subversion
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On September 27 2010 08:54 R1CH wrote: This is fixed | ||
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emucxg
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On September 27 2010 09:53 rainei wrote: R1CH has spoken, time to buy a new card poor OP | ||
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inkblot
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On September 27 2010 08:24 Loser777 wrote: Where do you get that number from? It's the same method that was used when the card was first assembled -cards are not soldered together piece by piece. I believe the wave soldering ovens used to manufacture things like GPUs apply the heat directly the the side of the PCB where the soldering is happening, rather than ambient heat like a home oven. Also, the heat is probably much more intense and applied just long enough to solder without heating the whole card to 100++ degrees (more like a soldering iron would be). | ||
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