Baking your broken 8800 GT
by Sebastian H · 08/21/2009 (7:43 pm) · 14 comments
Well i was sitting around the other day, working on some code stuff for my little game project.
Im the type to do all kinds of stuff with my PC, so while i was compiling code in VSE 2008 i was watching a little movie on my secondary monitor.
All of a sudden the screen flashed, went black, and displayed red dots and lines in the top of my monitors.
Rebooting gave me the dreaded stripes thru the screen on boot.
Thinking my card was dead, crying over it and restarting my PC on my !!!! Onboard !!!! gfx card i went online searching for people with the same issue.
At some point earlier today i found someone claiming to have baked his GeForce 8800 GTX in the oven at approx 200 C. for 10 minuttes, effectively restoring his card.
I though B.S. - but then remembered the swarming amount i had to pay for my rather hi-end card at the time, and thought; "To hell with it", either it works or hey at least i tried.
Im very very very happy to report that i am now writing this on my dual monitor setup, having everything working (the card almost seems faster than before) to the full extent.
Here's a little video describing how to do it, and i seriously suggest people to try it out, instead of just throwing away the card.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7jUqoKVY-k
check it out ;)
Im the type to do all kinds of stuff with my PC, so while i was compiling code in VSE 2008 i was watching a little movie on my secondary monitor.
All of a sudden the screen flashed, went black, and displayed red dots and lines in the top of my monitors.
Rebooting gave me the dreaded stripes thru the screen on boot.
Thinking my card was dead, crying over it and restarting my PC on my !!!! Onboard !!!! gfx card i went online searching for people with the same issue.
At some point earlier today i found someone claiming to have baked his GeForce 8800 GTX in the oven at approx 200 C. for 10 minuttes, effectively restoring his card.
I though B.S. - but then remembered the swarming amount i had to pay for my rather hi-end card at the time, and thought; "To hell with it", either it works or hey at least i tried.
Im very very very happy to report that i am now writing this on my dual monitor setup, having everything working (the card almost seems faster than before) to the full extent.
Here's a little video describing how to do it, and i seriously suggest people to try it out, instead of just throwing away the card.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7jUqoKVY-k
check it out ;)
#2
Bad jokes aside, that's actually pretty cool. :)
08/21/2009 (8:14 pm)
Not the kind of chips that would usually come out of an oven!Bad jokes aside, that's actually pretty cool. :)
#3
08/21/2009 (8:29 pm)
That's as amusing as it is baffling - but useful info!
#4
08/21/2009 (10:59 pm)
wow...just wow. 
#6
was sure it wouldn't work, but loath and behold, it did...!
And i'm not joking ;)
It really seems like it's running faster then before the crash...
!! - BTW - !!
To anyone considering doing this, its worth noting that you have to disasemble all the cooling equipment from the card, and the metal at the end, plus the oven needs to be pre-heated. (anyways check the vid)
Check in next week, when we presure cook a burned out HDD from 1999 ;)
08/21/2009 (11:38 pm)
Well no, i did it myself, but sadly no video...was sure it wouldn't work, but loath and behold, it did...!
And i'm not joking ;)
It really seems like it's running faster then before the crash...
!! - BTW - !!
To anyone considering doing this, its worth noting that you have to disasemble all the cooling equipment from the card, and the metal at the end, plus the oven needs to be pre-heated. (anyways check the vid)
Check in next week, when we presure cook a burned out HDD from 1999 ;)
#7
08/22/2009 (12:22 am)
I want to meet the guy who first came up with the idea to cook a graphics card :-p... 
#8
Perhaps the very act of removing it, banging it around, putting it in the over and refitting cause the loose/dry joint to "heal"?
Very confusing, very interesting.
Melv.
08/22/2009 (8:30 am)
I would've said dry solder joint but you'd need around 250c for leaded solder and 350c for lead-free to make it run. Perhaps a hairline fracture on a joint and soft enough to cause it to bind again.Perhaps the very act of removing it, banging it around, putting it in the over and refitting cause the loose/dry joint to "heal"?
Very confusing, very interesting.
Melv.
#10
I wonder what else could be "cooked"?
08/22/2009 (1:01 pm)
Whoa, far out! Cooking with nVidia... or ATI :DI wonder what else could be "cooked"?
#11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U70SgRDVcBo&feature=related
there is 6 parts to this video above its just something you have to do every now and again without paying $150 to send it to Sony to do the exact same thing.
08/22/2009 (5:05 pm)
this is just stuff you have to do every now and again. if you look at most ps3 problems which i got right now and will do soon to fix it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U70SgRDVcBo&feature=related
there is 6 parts to this video above its just something you have to do every now and again without paying $150 to send it to Sony to do the exact same thing.
#13
08/26/2009 (6:57 am)
Maybe Intel cards just need a bit more time in the oven...
#14
I did it myself with an 8800 GT...
should've vid'ed it... :P
08/26/2009 (10:20 am)
According to ME it works...I did it myself with an 8800 GT...
should've vid'ed it... :P
Torque 3D Owner Scooby Brown
Jus joking around lol
it was a good laugh though - will def. keep this in my mind wen my 7300 gts breaks down