Bakeing Dead Graphics Cards

[MadMansGun]

this is most likely a stupid question but how long on average do graphics cards last after they have been reflowed in a oven? (10 minutes at 375F with chip side up)

[gregathit]

Did you do it with or without butter? 

 

On a serious note, from the stuff I've read it is hit or miss.  Could be 1 day and could be 3 years.  Mostly it is a temp fix from what I hear and have read about.

[MadMansGun]

without flux, because i don't have any.

 

fuck.

[movomo]

3 hours ago, gregathit said:

Did you do it with or without butter? 

 

On a serious note, from the stuff I've read it is hit or miss.  Could be 1 day and could be 3 years.  Mostly it is a temp fix from what I hear and have read about.

What?? There is anything to read about graphics card in an oven?

 

[MadMansGun]

2 hours ago, movomo said:

What?? There is anything to read about graphics card in an oven?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflow_soldering

but

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/repair/my-experiences-reflowing-videocards-(so-far-100-success-rate)/

it's indeed only a temporary fix.

[gregathit]

Here is an interesting one:  https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/7fXej/poll-how-long-will-my-baked-gpu-last-update-still-working-but-upgraded-gpu-testing-stopped

 

He baked the card 5 times.  LOL!!!

[movomo]

So it was sort of my bad english instance, I guess. If it resurrected a used card 5 times, it did do some good thing after all!

But still it's far beyond me, why one wouldn't buy a better chip from the beginning instead, for example...

 

[MadMansGun]

i own a Gigabyte GTS 250 and it's running on a 12 year old WinXP Prox64 computer, by this point replacing the card is not possible without replacing the computer as well unless i can find a older card that still works (the fucking cryptomineing cunts have killed them all).

 

the only other card i have is a 8600 GTS that can't run shit.

COMPUTER SPECS:

Y: 2007
OS: WindowsXP PRO X64 SP2
Box: Antec Nine Hundred Mid Tower Gamer Case
MB: ASUS CROSSHAIR AM2 Socket
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Dual Core Processor
MEM: Kingston HyperX 8GB (4X2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHZ 240PIN CL4-4-4-12 1.95v
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce gts 250 1GB
PSU: Antec Truepower Trio 650W Power Supply

A: 3.5” floppy (1.44 MB)
C: ADATA SX900 2.5" 512GB SSD SATA 3 SandForce 2281 550MB/SEC Write and 530MB/SEC Read
D: Seagate Barracuda 1TB SSD
E: LG Combo CD/DVD Burner
F: LG Combo CD/DVD Burner

 

[crashbandicoot91]

Dude, I can't buy you a new computer but I'll gladly sponsor you on patreon for a while. You need new gear if you have to resort tp putting shit in the oven and bake it.

[movomo]

Have you searched any thing like ebay?

 

I bought 3 used GTS250's last year or so, one Gigabyte one MSI one Emtech, like 7-8 USD for each. The seller didn't even seem to care the fact that the Gigabyte one had twice more memory than others.

 

There were other models on the market also, of course... like HD6850 for $20 for example... I kinda should have boght that one instead. Was a good deal. Because I have HD5850 and it runs things much much much better with FHD resolution than GTS250...

 

The Emtech one died out but I still have two! The remaining both are running mighty fine on two of my old rigs. You don't mind such ones being ex-cryptomining equipment when each costs comparable to a cup of cofee, assuming the fuckers use GTS250 for that purpose at all.

 

I also have an Athlon XP computer with ATI Radeon 9550 fanless card on it. I still can (occasionally) find spare parts for it on the used market. Do not surrender!

 

[MadMansGun]

no (good) replacements found on ebay so far, also the XP drivers go up to the GeForce 900 Series so i'm not limited to the 200 Series (but the driver that i know for sure is stable on my computer (327.23) only goes up to the 500 Series)

 

i spent the hole fucking day comparing Ryzen gen3s to core i gen9s....i have a headache with no real knowledge gained apart from the fact that a i5 9500k does not come with a heatsink and by the time you add one it will cost as much as a Ryzen 7 3700x.

($ in Canadian)

Ryzen 7 3700x $450 or Ryzen 5 3600 $280

vs

core i7 9700k $500 or core i5 9600k $350 + Noctua cooler $70-$100

 

don't know if i should go for a GTX 1660 Ti,  GTX 1060 or a RTX 2060.

 

i don't know fuck all about DDR4 ram and what speed and timings i should be going for and how much to get.

i guess 16GB?

 

and i have no clue if the motherboards i'm looking at are any good or if they are just overpriced Frisbees:

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07HM4M971/?tag=pcp0f-20

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07T5QDRFX/?tag=pcp0f-20

 

 

why does everything have to be so fucking expensive and confusing?

[D_ManXX2]

Instead of baking in the oven have you tried a hairdryer method? the heating is the part that makes solid of the chips flow again. But if you need to result to this i would start saving for either new pc or new graphics card.. 

[MadMansGun]

last night i found 2 cards (gts450 & gts560ti for $110) on ebay but they won't show up till august (and who the fuck knows if they will even work or actually show up)

 

...and i'm still getting frustrated with comparing parts for a new computer.

[PcNerd]

Last time I've tried, some SMD components fell off from the bottom of the board

It was still working (after I've re-soldered them) did not solved the problems though.