Tried baking a dead ATI 5770 (bad results :D)

mattjd · 7 Feb 2011 at 19:27

Basically I set the Gas oven mark to 7.

Removed all of the parts off the card and cleaned off the old TIM. Popped it in the oven on a baking tray with foil over it and little foil balls in each corner.

After 6-7mins pop 3 capacitors came out and hit the top of the oven

I instantly turned off the oven and opened the door to let the heat out and Bam! another one just popped out when I opened the door (There's a brown stain in my boxers now

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Photos:

Stelly · 7 Feb 2011 at 19:29

please please post piccies!!

Stelly

6644kp · 7 Feb 2011 at 19:35

lol post pics

cravin penut · 7 Feb 2011 at 19:37

ha, thats harsh

4T5 · 7 Feb 2011 at 19:37

This could be Epic, Post pics, NOW !!!

WingZero30 · 7 Feb 2011 at 19:38

Lol. This is the most unorthodox method i have ever heard of in terms of correcting a faulty gpu

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^Andy^ · 7 Feb 2011 at 19:42

WingZero30 said:
Lol. This is the most unorthodox method i have ever heard of in terms of correcting a faulty gpu.

Correcting or creating one?

Cleeecooo · 7 Feb 2011 at 19:43

^Andy^ said:
Correcting or creating one?

LOL

kristmace · 7 Feb 2011 at 20:02

Pics or it never happened!!

Schnippzle · 7 Feb 2011 at 20:25

And you're planning on returning this card to OcUk right?

mattjd · 7 Feb 2011 at 20:25

Photos added.

Looks like all of the capacitors have risen as well. Everything else looks fine, I might buy some new capacitors and try soldering them in and see if the card works

mattjd · 7 Feb 2011 at 20:29

Schnippzle said:
And you're planning on returning this card to OcUk right?

Still under warranty, but I sent it back twice and each time they said it was fine! Gave up and tryed baking it to fix the artifacting :rolleyes:

Guess the oven was too hot... :L

^Andy^ · 7 Feb 2011 at 20:30

mattjd said:
Photos added.

Looks like all of the capacitors have risen as well. Everything else looks fine, I might buy some new capacitors and try soldering them in and see if the card works

No chance thats ever working again, look at the alignment of some of the other components, they are all over the place - you used too much heat for too long and melted all of the solder

mattjd · 7 Feb 2011 at 20:32

^Andy^ said:
No chance thats ever working again, look at the alignment of some of the other components, they are all over the place - you used too much heat for too long and melted all of the solder

The parts were like that at the start. Its just the capacitors that have moved...

Rroff · 7 Feb 2011 at 21:09

lol

Looks like the core has started to warp tho so even if you got it working I doubt it will ever be stable.

PhillyDee · 7 Feb 2011 at 21:13

Yeah, those caps are not designed to be baked. They are only meant to be wave or hand soldered! Try getting some new ones. They are popped and died.

I tried fixing a PSU with a massive cap (4700uF 63V) which exploded and made me jump quite high. I feel your pain, but its worth a go right?

LindaLoo · 7 Feb 2011 at 21:16

I'd just as soon have a pizza for tea if it's all the same to you. :eek:

slim01 · 7 Feb 2011 at 21:20

lmao never heard of oven baking a psu, sounds dodgy to me though.

im thinking of returning a card to a manufacturer, i might pop some caps off too as i know theyre just gonna tell me my card is fine and send it back, charging me £40

ColonelCage · 7 Feb 2011 at 23:29

Yeah me thinks you should have started with just 2-3 mins, still I'd be all over that with a soldering Iron. If you manage to get it even slightly working again, you'll redeem yourself, no wait you'll be a hero!

ColonelCage · 7 Feb 2011 at 23:33

Ok I had to go check Gas Mark 7 is 218 Degrees, and solder melts at less than 200. Yep too HOT!