I baked my video card...

E-baby

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AND IT IS WORKING GREAT!!! Actually it is running about 15 degrees cooler then before i did :D.
 

Rifter

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You should bake yourself, much more rewarding :)

Seriously though good for you! I have done this in the past and had it work once and fail once, but if its not working anyways its not like you have anyhting to lose. Its kinda sad that something so simple can fix the design flaws that hundreds of engineers couldnt fix.
 

Ben90

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There really needs to be a sticky on baking video cards.
bakinginstructionslarge.jpg
 

CurseTheSky

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It worked for my dead 8800 GTX for about a week. I should strip it back down and give it a shot again, probably at 400-415F for 10 minutes this time.
 

NYHoustonman

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385f doesn't melt the plastic connectors?

No, but it can harm capacitors, etc (check labels!). As an engineer, I was a bit embarrassed to pull out my dead HD3650 only to find it to be even more deader... The capacitors were all leaking :(.
 

ibex333

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I baked my 8800GTS 640mb FOUR TIMES in the row. Sometimes in a gas oven, and sometimes in a Black & Decker toaster oven. The card was still going strong 4 years and counting. I am sure I could have continued to bake it every time it would start acting up, but for some funny reason, after the 4th bake it was working perfectly for months, with no end in sight. Apparently 4th time was the charm. Anyway, I ended up selling it on ebay for $130, (which I regret, because a card like this might have lasted a lifetime) and it's still working in the buyer's PC with no issues whatsoever.
 

Seero

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I baked my 8800GTS 640mb FOUR TIMES in the row. Sometimes in a gas oven, and sometimes in a Black & Decker toaster oven. The card was still going strong 4 years and counting. I am sure I could have continued to bake it every time it would start acting up, but for some funny reason, after the 4th bake it was working perfectly for months, with no end in sight. Apparently 4th time was the charm. Anyway, I ended up selling it on ebay for $130, (which I regret, because a card like this might have lasted a lifetime) and it's still working in the buyer's PC with no issues whatsoever.

When do you know when is the time to bake the card? Is it:
a) When you feel hungry?
b) When you lose a game?
c) When there is a lag spike?
d) When you feel bored?
e) When you start seeing smokes coming from the card?
or f) When you really want a new card?

poor video card: "I am aged, please put me in the junk box master."
master: "NEVER! You either keep serving me hard, or be killed in the oven!"
 

ibex333

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When do you know when is the time to bake the card? Is it:
a) When you feel hungry?
b) When you lose a game?
c) When there is a lag spike?
d) When you feel bored?
e) When you start seeing smokes coming from the card?
or f) When you really want a new card?

poor video card: "I am aged, please put me in the junk box master."
master: "NEVER! You either keep serving me hard, or be killed in the oven!"

ROFL ; )

poor video card: "I am aged, please put me in the junk box master."
master: "NEVER! You either keep serving me hard, or be baked AGAIN in the oven and continue serving me hard for all eternity! Muhahahaa (insert evil laugh here)
 

nyker96

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to OP, you lucky your baked board didn't cause any electrical problem with your machine, it could possibly blow up the PSU and put the rest of the gears in danger. but lucky you.
 

AnonymouseUser

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to OP, you lucky your baked board didn't cause any electrical problem with your machine, it could possibly blow up the PSU and put the rest of the gears in danger. but lucky you.

You do realize baking certain graphics cards is a popular fix with an average to high success rate, right? It's not luck, it's a calculated risk with a high success rate.
 

Ben90

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to OP, you lucky your baked board didn't cause any electrical problem with your machine, it could possibly blow up the PSU and put the rest of the gears in danger. but lucky you.
Maybe if you had a no-name PSU. Real PSUs have protection circuits. Unless you have a PSU designed to output >100 amps on a single rail, its only a semi-short, AND it has bad over current regulation there really isn't much harm in short circuiting a PSU.