@rick62008 Most of the plastic parts are quite heat-resistant (like the DVI connectors). They change colour a bit, but do not realy melt. The small speaker on the card however does melt and the fan connector as well (fan plug still fits though). Caps can blow, happened only once with an old vga card. But blowing caps rarely happens (I've baked quite a lot of cards by now).
@rick62008 So far, only 1 card fell apart (wasn't even a nVidia card but an old trident), and only 1 didn't work after baking (acer laptop mainboard with nVidia GPU).
All the others worked afterwards, but the time it lasts varies.
Some cards give up again after 3 weeks and need to be baked again, others last for months without any problems. The laptop I mentioned was baked 4 times now, and only the last time it didn't work anymore.
hey mate.... thx a lot... i tried ur video... well good news!!! i brough back from deaths my old Evga 6800gt... she died like 1 1/2 years ago... by artefacts... but i didnt droped it to the garbage... so im amazed.. i bough an arctic ceramique and used it to gpu and memorychips and 200c by 10min and 40min into the oven turned off... waiting to get cool... so surprise... well mate thx a lot i really mean it. i say hello from Venezuela.
@argfa For this card I didn't use thermal paste or pads on the memorychips because I didn't know it would work at all when I baked the card. However it is recommanded to use paste or pads when removing and re-attaching the heatsink.
This 6800 model could have used thermal paste (the heatsink is in direct contact with the memory chips). A lot of other cards require a thermal pad (1mm or 2mm or something) for the memorychips.
Adding 1-2 mm thick paste isn't a good idea incase your card uses pads.
@govedar4o : Im now indeed know in my family for my baking actions :P My latest baking "action" were 2 Acer notebook mainboards with GeForce Go 6200's on them. Used a bigger oven than the one I used in the video though. But revived both laptops by baking them (got them free, since they didn't work). Unfortunatly I didn't film the laptop baking as I was unsure if it would work.
I did this with my 8800GT, I used 385 degrees F which is about 200 C. RoHS solder is the type that is used on modern cards has a minimum reflow temp of 375 degrees F. reflow is the process of the solder "melting" to reform the solder joints on the components. worked a treat :)
Not realy. Had some discussion on a hardware forum and everybody who tries baking their graphics card heats the oven to about 200ºC.
The solder melts at a higher temperature than 200, but you don't want to melt it (parts fall off then). It's called 'aging' and makes the solder smooth enough to close microfractures. Normal solder melts a lot sooner than the solder used on modern graphics cards. Lowest recommanded temperature is 185ºC according to some.
IT WORKS!!! THANK YOU!!!
leonxwerty 10 months ago
Step 1: Providing the card is defective
Step 2: Throw your 10 years old computer out of the window
Step 3: Get a new one
MrH4rper 1 year ago
Won't this melt the plastics or blow caps?
rick62008 1 year ago
@rick62008 Most of the plastic parts are quite heat-resistant (like the DVI connectors). They change colour a bit, but do not realy melt. The small speaker on the card however does melt and the fan connector as well (fan plug still fits though). Caps can blow, happened only once with an old vga card. But blowing caps rarely happens (I've baked quite a lot of cards by now).
Nemesizzonline 1 year ago
@Nemesizzonline Rate of success?
rick62008 1 year ago
@rick62008 So far, only 1 card fell apart (wasn't even a nVidia card but an old trident), and only 1 didn't work after baking (acer laptop mainboard with nVidia GPU).
All the others worked afterwards, but the time it lasts varies.
Some cards give up again after 3 weeks and need to be baked again, others last for months without any problems. The laptop I mentioned was baked 4 times now, and only the last time it didn't work anymore.
So succesrate is quite high, but not guaranteed.
Nemesizzonline 1 year ago
@Nemesizzonline if stuff's melting its to hot. 180C for 10mins tops
1994fergo 1 year ago
hey mate.... thx a lot... i tried ur video... well good news!!! i brough back from deaths my old Evga 6800gt... she died like 1 1/2 years ago... by artefacts... but i didnt droped it to the garbage... so im amazed.. i bough an arctic ceramique and used it to gpu and memorychips and 200c by 10min and 40min into the oven turned off... waiting to get cool... so surprise... well mate thx a lot i really mean it. i say hello from Venezuela.
argfa 1 year ago
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hey.... ca u tell what did u use for the memories]??? arctic 5 too?
argfa 1 year ago
hey.... ca u tell what did u use for the memories]??? arctic 5 too?
argfa 1 year ago
@argfa For this card I didn't use thermal paste or pads on the memorychips because I didn't know it would work at all when I baked the card. However it is recommanded to use paste or pads when removing and re-attaching the heatsink.
This 6800 model could have used thermal paste (the heatsink is in direct contact with the memory chips). A lot of other cards require a thermal pad (1mm or 2mm or something) for the memorychips.
Adding 1-2 mm thick paste isn't a good idea incase your card uses pads.
Nemesizzonline 1 year ago
you are big "baker"
i won't be surprised if someone tell you "can you bake for me a video card"
but it seams to work .. good job man :)
govedar4o 1 year ago
@govedar4o : Im now indeed know in my family for my baking actions :P My latest baking "action" were 2 Acer notebook mainboards with GeForce Go 6200's on them. Used a bigger oven than the one I used in the video though. But revived both laptops by baking them (got them free, since they didn't work). Unfortunatly I didn't film the laptop baking as I was unsure if it would work.
Nemesizzonline 1 year ago
You are dutch too! Lol!
FRURMELLL 2 years ago
I did this with my 8800GT, I used 385 degrees F which is about 200 C. RoHS solder is the type that is used on modern cards has a minimum reflow temp of 375 degrees F. reflow is the process of the solder "melting" to reform the solder joints on the components. worked a treat :)
cyrix1986 2 years ago
i did this with 120*C and it worked perfect.
Whitch makes that statment invalid.
Zetioun04 2 years ago
Like I said, most people (not just me) used an oven and warm it to about 190-200ºC.
Some people (not me) claim that it needs to be at least 185ºC.
Most people (including me) succesfully revive their nVidia card baking it at about 200ºC.
That 120 worked for you is nice. Doesn't mean that 200 is wrong or something.
I didn't think this revive-thing out on my own. Most people just read it on the internet and tried it out on 200ºC and it worked.
Nemesizzonline 2 years ago
200C* lol, it should be around 120-150
Zetioun04 2 years ago
Not realy. Had some discussion on a hardware forum and everybody who tries baking their graphics card heats the oven to about 200ºC.
The solder melts at a higher temperature than 200, but you don't want to melt it (parts fall off then). It's called 'aging' and makes the solder smooth enough to close microfractures. Normal solder melts a lot sooner than the solder used on modern graphics cards. Lowest recommanded temperature is 185ºC according to some.
Nemesizzonline 2 years ago