I baked my card and it worked!!!!!

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ProfJohn

ProfJohn

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So I finally got around to baking my messed up 8800GT and it worked!!!

Looks like new again. I am amazed, expected it to not work.

10 mins in oven at 385.

I am completely shocked that this actually works.

I guess the question now is how long will it will work before dying again.

I am also wondering if there is a defect with the 8800 card series since a lot of people are having the same problem and finding the same solution.
 
MrK6

MrK6

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ProfJohn said:
I am also wondering if there is a defect with the 8800 card series since a lot of people are having the same problem and finding the same solution.
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Yes, crap solder courtesy your friends at NVIDIA. Microfissures form over time and the baking softens the solder the fissures are sealed.
 
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Ben90

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Holy shit, I moved to my friends house who had a dead 8800GT and this thread reminded me that I needed to try baking it.

Well the whole time him and his girlfriend were calling me a complete idiot for trying to put a video card in the oven, but I'm typing this from the newly revived 8800GT. :):)

*edit*

Wow, I forgot how much I missed Nvidia drivers. Fermi might be a unmanufacturable, expensive, hot, power hog, but its looking very temping now. Cmon ATi get ur shit together.
 
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BD231

BD231

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Ben90 said:
Wow, I forgot how much I missed Nvidia drivers. Fermi might be a unmanufacturable, expensive, hot, power hog, but its looking very temping now. Cmon ATi get ur shit together.
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Yeah really ATi we wanna bake our cards in order to achieve functional operation as well damn it. Why do the green guys always get the fun hardware and we only get this cool running reliable crap :(.
 
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Nox51

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Ben90 said:
Holy shit, I moved to my friends house who had a dead 8800GT and this thread reminded me that I needed to try baking it.

Well the whole time him and his girlfriend were calling me a complete idiot for trying to put a video card in the oven, but I'm typing this from the newly revived 8800GT. :):)

*edit*

Wow, I forgot how much I missed Nvidia drivers. Fermi might be a unmanufacturable, expensive, hot, power hog, but its looking very temping now. Cmon ATi get ur shit together.
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Dude don't worry Nvidia previously released a driver that stops the gpu fan so it cooks the card by itself. No oven required! Now that is functionality! Forget phyx!
 
Leyawiin

Leyawiin

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Why yes, ATI cards last forever. I have one passed down from Fred Flintstone (the 1,000,00 BC X2 - has two tiny dinosaurs running on the wheels).
 
MrK6

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Skurge said:
Which cards were effected?
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Most G80 and early G92 chips. Also whatever mobile parts were being produced around then (7900GTX off the top of my head). IIRC, it was due to some new RoHS standards or something changing to requirements for solder, and some of the earlier stuff they tried simply didn't make the cut longevity-wise. Someone correct me if I mixed up my history though.
 
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Seero

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Leyawiin said:
Why yes, ATI cards last forever. I have one passed down from Fred Flintstone (the 1,000,00 BC X2 - has two tiny dinosaurs running on the wheels).
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Was drinking coffee while reading this...

Seriously, someone smart found a way to resurrect dead cards, and instead of acknowledging that exists some really smart people, some see 8800GT(s/x) are badly manufactured. This is the first trick to resurrect a dead video card, by chance, it is a Nvidia card, which no credit goes to them. No trick as of now can resurrect any dead ATI cards, so no credit goes to them either. Please don't start the colour war on everything.
 
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Acanthus

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Ben90 said:
Holy shit, I moved to my friends house who had a dead 8800GT and this thread reminded me that I needed to try baking it.

Well the whole time him and his girlfriend were calling me a complete idiot for trying to put a video card in the oven, but I'm typing this from the newly revived 8800GT. :):)

*edit*

Wow, I forgot how much I missed Nvidia drivers. Fermi might be a unmanufacturable, expensive, hot, power hog, but its looking very temping now. Cmon ATi get ur shit together.
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Other than the control panel being harder to navigate, i have had no issue with ATi drivers lately.

Nvidia on the other hand... Game breaking nwn2 bug that wrapped the sky textures on everything.
 
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OCGuy

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BD231 said:
Yeah really ATi we wanna bake our cards in order to achieve functional operation as well damn it. Why do the green guys always get the fun hardware and we only get this cool running reliable crap :(.
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Huh? The Xbox360 invented this trick.

Bonus points if you know who made the GPU in that console.
 
SPARTAN VI

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Think I'm going to try this on a dead 7600GT and maybe bake some cookies at the same time.
 
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rolodomo

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Seero said:
Was drinking coffee while reading this...

Seriously, someone smart found a way to resurrect dead cards, and instead of acknowledging that exists some really smart people, some see 8800GT(s/x) are badly manufactured. This is the first trick to resurrect a dead video card, by chance, it is a Nvidia card, which no credit goes to them. No trick as of now can resurrect any dead ATI cards, so no credit goes to them either. Please don't start the colour war on everything.
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I baked an ATI x800xl , been working well over a year now.
 
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pmv

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May 30, 2008
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I don't believe these claims. I baked an old card and it didn't help at all. The card burst into flames!

(and I only set the microwave for a few minutes, as per the instructions).
 
Kyanzes

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OMG! It worked for me too! Interestingly enough, my 8800GTX now only works with ATI drivers, and scores at 25 percent higher than before. Thanks for the tip bro!
 
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