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>"Putting the GPU into an oven and baking it for a while fixed the problem for a few days by resoldering cracked solder points, but then it returned. This is pr
by rasz_pl 10y ago
>"Putting the GPU into an oven and baking it for a while fixed the problem for a few days by resoldering cracked solder points, but then it returned. This is probably related to the switch to lead-free solder in 2006, which is more brittle."
no, no, NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Nvidia makes faulty GPU chips for 9 years now (underfill between die and bga carrier package). Starting with G84, up to at least Fermi, EVERY SINGLE GPU will die from thermal stress is used extensively at high temps. This is very well documented in numerous lawsuits that forced Nvidia, DELL, APPLE and other manufacturers to do repeated expensive recalls.
- QSIITurbo 10y agoPeople still believe this myth even though "baking" won't fix the problem permanently. If it really was the joints (and baking them would actually do something), then the problem would have gone away. The chips themselves are faulty.
- goodbyegti 10y agoI had a similar problem with a DLP chipset controller (BGA) in an expensive home projector. Instead of attempting to reflow the solder joints, i made a clamp which held the chip in place. Four years later, I've not had a problem since.