Video Card Repair Oven Baking Technique to Repair Solder Guide Linus Tech Tips

I have an old broken video card and I was thinking I'd try this technique to see if I can get it working again.

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[testilas]

i recieved a bad evga 8800 gts for free (artifacts issue), put it in the oven

fix 100%

and sold it for 40 bucks

[deejayzyx]

This guy baked it with too much heat, you also need a convectional oven that has a fan in it.

USE convection at 240 preheated for 7-10 minutes.

you dont need the tin foil balls also. just put it in upside-down on foil.

[EmoticonMayhem]

maybe I should try this with a 5670 I had that kept getting wierd artifacts in certain games

[niks8743]

0:30 lolzzzz "i have some aluminum balls"

[MightyMaxist]

lol fail

[deejayzyx]

I Just baked my 8800GT i was getting all blue and yellow lines on my screen. Preheated oven for 240 and threw the card in for 9-10 minutes. And now my card works as NEW!

[bignosemac1]

Just tried this on an 8800GTX. Card was artifacting on BIOS post and Windows splash and system would then BSOD. 10 minutes in the oven at 200ºC did the trick.

[jwhiteheadcc]

@necromncr Also, you can open the oven door and turn it off then blow a fan across it to get it to cool faster before touching it. Metal cools pretty fast, so it would probably only take 20 seconds. And yes, if you fix one side and totally mess up the other... bah surface tension can only hold unto the bottom components so far...

[jwhiteheadcc]

@badbob12345678 I pronounce it saul-der. :P

[jwhiteheadcc]

Well, if you really want to know the correct temperature, find the point at which the solder used will melt in your oven. Oven thermometers are notoriously inaccurate. The ideas of a hair dryer or a heat gun + IR thermometer is also good. You just want it barely hot enough to melt the solder.