Fix Almost Any Laptop Video Card for Free "Oven Trick"

[indagoblu]

I tried the oven trick with my DELL XPS M1330 laptop with a malfunctioning NVIDIA graphics card. The laptop booted, but the screen was BLEEDING, literally.

After the oven trick, it works good as new.

But it just crashed on me today... it rebooted just fine. But i realize now that the fix is only temporary.

[homeaddition]

@indagoblu I've heard of that happening as well; meaning that it works only temporarily. Well, if your laptop is worth it, you can buy a new mobile graphics card on ebay for cheap and resurrect the laptop. Good luck with it.

[myvwvr6]

Greatly appreciate your video. I have aspire 8920g. Always shuts down on its own and has weird ticking sound. However when I put it on safe mode, everything is ok. I guess my video card broke, but I ain't sure. I don't know whether I should try it. Any suggestion?

[homeaddition]

@myvwvr6 If your computer boots into safe mode and the video works, I think that your video card should be safe. I would not do the oven trick, unless you have no other options. Try reinstalling your OS first.

[myvwvr6]

@homeaddition Thanks for getting back to me. I re-installed windows 7 several times; couldn't get it fixed. It still shuts down on its own and does the ticking sounds. Probably, baking is my last resort...

[homeaddition]

@myvwvr6 The ticking sound sounds too familiar, but it is really strange that your display still works partly. I fried my card by putting my laptop on a pillow so that it wouldn't burn my legs when I played GTA; I was blocking the vents with the pillow :( Let me know how everything turns out. If you have to replace your video card in the end, you'll know exactly how easy it is after trying this yourself. Good luck man.

[myvwvr6]

@homeaddition I just did the baking. Didn't solve the shut down problem and ticking sound in normal mode. Everything works fine in safe mode. The graphic card should be fine. Still don't know why.

[homeaddition]

@myvwvr6 Hmm... Do you have another operating system that you could try installing? My Laptop came with Vista Home Premium 64 bit. Maybe the graphics driver from Windows 7 is causing the problem. Uninstall all graphics drivers while in safe mode and use another computer to get the proper graphics driver from Acer for Windows 7 and put it on a USB drive. Then try to install that driver after a reboot into normal mode if it works.

[blondegaijin]

you, sir, are a genius!!! I have an Acer Timeline 4810tz --I've never replaced a video card, but with to. You think this is feasible for a so/so idiot? I'm one of those. ^_-

[homeaddition]

@blondegaijin Replacing the video card is easy, just take your time and take digital pictures, so you remember where all the screws, and parts went.

[pacderollex]

Hi.i do have an acer 7720 laptop and apparently the video card is damaged.i've been on ebay to find a good replacement but i'm just doubtful of the genuinity of the card.based on your experience,would you say,u are satisfied with the product and would you say it's reliable? if so,can u please let me know the ebay seller who sold it out to you.i do need a reply from you before i can ever go ahead to purchase the stuff.thanks.

[taylorr1000]

Does it say the model number on the GPU.

[Tripokaridos22]

Thankk you very nice job

[homeaddition]

@Tripokaridos22 Thanks

[MOldfield1988]

ive tried this and didnt work :( is there any other way to fix the video/graphics card??

[homeaddition]

@MOldfield1988 If that's didn't work you should scope out Ebay for a replacement video card. Good luck. My friend found laptop video cards on ebay from some seller in Asia who was selling them brand new.

[MOldfield1988]

is a video card and a graphics card the same??

[homeaddition]

@MOldfield1988 Yes :)

[butplugz]

I didnt use the screw like in the vid I used balls of aluminum foil to support card Oven was preheated to 385 like vd and for 10 MIN.. I let it cool 20 min and applied arctic silver to ALL the chipsets/cpu etc... 3 days NO ISSUES and no over heating in speedfan Vid card is 50C idle My oven was an inglas almost looks the same as his LMFAO I'll post pics of it..

[butplugz]

My A200 Toshiba 128 meg 7300 go was fried and I seen this vid so I figured wtf!... When I got this laptop it would blue screen once windows loaded adn the screen on the laptop would not do squat... ! I could only use the external VGA to get it to post and it was garbled and had funny exclamation marks all over and crap SO 2 days since the OVEN fix and she is like new THANK YOU! for porting this vid!

[homeaddition]

@butplugz You're welcome. Glad it worked for you :)

[pitumoe]

Hello, I´d like to ask you something. Does this card still working?

I want to know if this solution is temporary or permanent.

Thankyou very much.

[homeaddition]

@pitumoe This is a last resort solution ONLY!

My Acer Laptop was just ticking away with no display b4 this. This solution fixes micro soldering problems...

[Wabbit0789]

got any fish to go with those chips lol

[marko3296]

I just did and it didnt work for me but atleast i know whats wrong with it.

A computer shop wanted to charge me about 400 dollars for a power supply PCB.

Could you just tell me how i can find a model or a part number for the card as i dont want to buy a wrong one. 8930g seams to have a couple of different versions...

Tthanks

[homeaddition]

@marko3296 There should be a sticker on your laptop. Mine is Nvidia 9600M GT 512 MB.

Look at the first second of the video, you will see a white sticker on the top face of the video card with the part number. You can do a search on Google for your part number to be sure. If you buy yours on Ebay make sure you ask them about their return policy because you don't want to buy something that wont work on your pc. The first card I bought on Ebay was DOA; I returned it. The 2nd one worked.

[NetRolller3D]

@marko3296 With MXM cards, an exact match is not required. Basically any card designed for a 8930G is guaranteed to work; the only difference between 8930G versions is the MXM card.

[marko3296]

is this for real!!

I have the same laptop with the same problem, including the ticking noise

[homeaddition]

@marko3296 The ticking noise basically means your video card is dead. I think my died from having the laptop propped up on a pillow when I used it. You can try this fix as a last resort, if it doesn't work for you than you will need to buy another mobile video card.

[homeaddition]

@marko3296 Let me know how it goes.