Baking my gtx480

[cromedome]

My gtx480 has packed up and I thought that baking it might give it a small chance of survival I've removed the heatsink and fan and the metal bracket thingy that holds the fan and cools the memory and what what.

From here how do I go about baking it properly. And then once baked what kind of thermal paste needs or thermal adhesive or whatever needs to be applied to the memory and all those things.

Thanks.


EDIT: Successfully baked my gtx480

 

[darth pravus]

In the oven on tinfoil with the chip up at 200 degrees celcius for 9 minutes.

Leave it to cool for an hour then just put standard thermal paste on to the chips and reassemble.

I'm sure there are online videos showing how to apply the thermal paste exactly.

 

[alvine]

Why won't you RMA it? Once you bake it and it goes bad you have nothing to return lol

 

[cromedome]

In the oven on tinfoil with the chip up at 200 degrees celcius for 9 minutes.

Leave it to cool for an hour then just put standard thermal paste on to the chips and reassemble.

I'm sure there are online videos showing how to apply the thermal paste exactly.

thanks yeah i will be back afterwards to report failure or success lol

Why won't you RMA it? Once you bake it and it goes bad you have nothing to return lol

bought it second hand without box or proof of payment for like a third of what they were selling for at the time. plus the warranty would have been finished by now.

 

[darth pravus]

I look forward to hearing your results.

Good luck 😀

 

[cromedome]

I look forward to hearing your results.

Good luck 😀

put it this way. if i dont come back to this thread it didnt work lol

 

[darth pravus]

I'll wait with bated breath

 

[alvine]

Mmm nothing better than a hot fresh baked gpu in the mornin 😀

 

[tehhijack]

[:russk1:7] Well what do you have to loose the card already died.

 

[getochkn]

It may work for a bit but it's not a proper reflow. You may get a month or so if you're lucky.

A proper lead-free reflow should get the solder under the chip to around 220 degrees for 20-30 seconds to fully liquidfy the solder. Anything else isn't a reflow and will die soon.

 

[azathoth]

Hmm, personally to Bake my GTX 480, I just play a game of Battlefield.
I mean, it seems to have the same effect as an oven. Seriously though, caught my card at 112C whilst playing Stalker before I replaced the stock cooler.

With how hot the GTX 480's run, and then cool down again. Must put a lot of stress on the microsolder points.
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The stock GTX 480's memory I believe was cooled by the fan alone, and for paste just use something like AS5. Will give you better temperatures than you had before as well with the higher-grade, and fresh thermal paste. (Assuming the card runs again.)

 

[swifty_morgan]

you're not really going to cook this in the oven your meals are cooked in are you?

take it over to Darth's house.

 

[tehhijack]

Try looking up for a professional that can re-flow your pcb on a proper re-flow station instead of the oven i mean you might be able to save the card having it professionally done.

 

[tehhijack]

Mmm nothing better than a hot fresh baked gpu in the mornin 😀

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[cromedome]

Hmm, personally to Bake my GTX 480, I just play a game of Battlefield.
I mean, it seems to have the same effect as an oven. Seriously though, caught my card at 112C whilst playing Stalker before I replaced the stock cooler.

With how hot the GTX 480's run, and then cool down again. Must put a lot of stress on the microsolder points.
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The stock GTX 480's memory I believe was cooled by the fan alone, and for paste just use something like AS5. Will give you better temperatures than you had before as well with the higher-grade, and fresh thermal paste. (Assuming the card runs again.)

lol i have 700 hours of bf3 with my gtx480

Try looking up for a professional that can re-flow your pcb on a proper re-flow station instead of the oven i mean you might be able to save the card having it professionally done.

and yes im leaning toward that since i know someone who can do it.

 

[darth pravus]

Bear in mind the cost over replacing the card.

My ovens always free 😉

 

[meowmix44]

🙁 Thats technical cruely your Motherboard wont be proud🙁 But I am happy its dead anyway have fun

 

[amuffin]

Bear in mind the cost over replacing the card.

My ovens always free 😉

The oven uses electricity/gas!

 

[Deadboy90]

Add salt for that zingy taste

 

[Adroid]

You are making me hungry.

 

[bigcyco1]

 

[Adroid]

I am not even joking. I'm sitting here with a bowlfull of small polish dill pickles and green olives. Eating them with a small fork.

I'm curious what a baked graphics card tastes like - probably not as good as it sounds.

 

[brode09]

I baked a dv6 laptop motherboard with a tutorial found on google. I think 220 degrees was the temperature. Still works about 6 months later. Left a bad smell in the kitchen for a while, because I forgot to remove that fake plastic sd card they put in to keep the dust out.

Other than that, I let it cool down and put it back together, and it worked.

 

[darth pravus]

I baked a dv6 laptop motherboard with a tutorial found on google. I think 220 degrees was the temperature. Still works about 6 months later. Left a bad smell in the kitchen for a while, because I forgot to remove that fake plastic sd card they put in to keep the dust out.

Other than that, I let it cool down and put it back together, and it worked.

I had images of you putting the whole lappy in and the case just slowly melting around it

 

[brode09]

I had images of you putting the whole lappy in and the case just slowly melting around it

If it didn't work, that was the next step