TheBuzzer
HACK THE WORLD!
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lol this thing made it to Engadget . free ad from that site woot
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lol this thing made it to Engadget . free ad from that site woot
Well, I can't wait to try this on my 8800 GTX. I will have to wait for the wife to leave for work, so I don't get accused of being able to cook. I'll post the results after testing.
wow 11 pages. Seems like doing it in the over is the slow way. Stick it in the microwave for a few minutes on high.
I have to admit I am surprised this worked, with the melting temperature of Lead free "RoHS" solder typically around 217*C (422*F) or higher -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldersooooooo, i removed all bits from the card including the i/o shield and placed it gpu side down with the card raised up on 3 sides by tiny balls of aluminum foil and placed it on a very thin cookie sheet. i preheated the oven to 385f, put the card in and waited around 8-10 minutes. i carefully removed the cookie sheet and placed it on top of the oven to cool down naturally. waited about an hour and voila! =D
wow 11 pages. Seems like doing it in the over is the slow way. Stick it in the microwave for a few minutes on high.
Hi, my first post here on [H]
After reading this yesterday, I was skeptical ... thought maybe it was a hoax. Then replies started coming up from other people with success stories, so I thought it might be worth a try.
A year or two ago, my x1900xtx died ... green lines and blocks shown all over the screen even during post. Basically put it in a cupboard and forgot about it. Seeing this, I stuck it in the oven, took it out after 8 minutes and reassembled (once cool).
On first boot there were pixels changing to random colours on the screen throughout post ... but by the time windows was loaded they'd stopped appearing, and didn't show themselves during several reboots (driver uninstall and install stuff).
Has now completed many tests of 3DMark 05 and 06, and has currently been on the 3DMark06 demo on loop for about 3 hours ... not had a single dodgy pixel or artefact or texture the entire time.
So yeah ... this is awesome
Digg front page, better snatch up any dead video cards from ebay and elsewhere now!
ITEM DESCRIPTION
You are bidding on a used nVidia 8800 GTX 768MB PCI Express (PCIe) graphics card. This card is made by EVGA. This card was used in my personal home computer until it had to be replaced due to artifacting issues. It comes from a non-smoking home.
The card works to boot a machine with, but will show graphical artifacts during POST. The fan still works 100% fine. This would be a great item for someone who needs spare parts or someone who wants to use EVGA's Step-Up program.
This auction includes the following:
* nVidia 8800 GTX 768MB PCIe Card
* Original Packaging from EVGA
Damn, I'm looking everywhere for dead cards to try this on X.x
Ebay isn't showing up anything for me. I've just been searching up "Dead video card" or "Dead 8800"...
What else should I try...
Hi..
I baked my recently dead 8800GTX
unfortunately I moved by accident one of the Ram chips while its hot, after a seconds it just stick to board, I tried the card but didn't work..
so tossed it again in the oven & tried to correctly palace the ram in its accordance (I don't think it's perfect) but didn't work either
(Just black screen but the fan work well)
any advice?
note: I placed the card on the oven not upside down (the GPU is facing up)
Nice job Haste.
I posted a story on GPUReview.com:
http://www.gpureview.com/how-to-fix...-1-preheat-your-oven-to-385f-article-798.html
This screams guts! But well done!
edit: BTW you are now on hackaday.
http://hackaday.com/2009/05/31/ghetto-electronics-repair/