EPTOn July 01 2011 20:16 cari-kira wrote:
its pretty common for graphic cards to die after some month of life these days. dont worry, there should be no other problem with your pc. if you have warranty, fine. if not, before you throw it away you can actually bake your graphic card in an oven at 200° for about 5 min, no kidding. most of the time graphic cards die because of too much heat deployment, so the pins expand and constrict over and over again until a connection is broken. when baked, the solder my be able to melt end expand, so the contacts close again.
http://www.overclock.net/graphics-cards-general/529271-bake-your-graphics-card-oven-fix.html
wont help on broken RAM though, but worth a try.
its pretty common for graphic cards to die after some month of life these days. dont worry, there should be no other problem with your pc. if you have warranty, fine. if not, before you throw it away you can actually bake your graphic card in an oven at 200° for about 5 min, no kidding. most of the time graphic cards die because of too much heat deployment, so the pins expand and constrict over and over again until a connection is broken. when baked, the solder my be able to melt end expand, so the contacts close again.
http://www.overclock.net/graphics-cards-general/529271-bake-your-graphics-card-oven-fix.html
wont help on broken RAM though, but worth a try.
While I've never personally baked my graphics card, I can attest to the fact that this can work. If your card is about fried and you're just gonna throw it out, give baking it a try. You have nothing to lose and you can possibly fix your issue. If I were having your issues I would bake the card and clean your computer out (i.e. format and reinstall everything or get malwarebytes or something and try to get rid of all the accumulated crap). If the card baking doesn't work I'd then go out and buy a new graphics card or just start with a new build.
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