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

Watch me repair my Acer 8930G laptop video card Nvidia Geforce 9600m by sticking it in the oven at 385 degrees for 10 minutes. I read in forums about this "Oven Trick" and since I had my vad video card laying around I decided to give the oven trick a go, since I had nothing to lose because I already purchased a replacement video card on Ebay.
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[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.

[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.

[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 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 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 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]

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]

@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.

[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. ^_-