Dead 8800 GTX scienced to undeath by oven, mad owner

Ivan

MJO

I did the same thing to my 8800 GTX back in june.
Unfortunately without the pictures, I was in a bit of a hurry. :)
But here is the thread.
http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=83994

[EDIT Link fixed, and BTW the gfx is still working fine, and it has been working fine in the five months since I attempted my bake-off. :)]

Nick

I wish I would have known about this when my laptops gpu took a poop..I sold the laptop on ebay for real cheap and the person who bought it got it working in 12 hours.....even sent me a e-mail like he was taunting me.....lol.

UPSLynx

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so, so true.

So glad everyone is enjoying this piece. If you decide to have your own bake-off, do let us know how it turns out!

And Winga - I agree. A well baked GPU will have enough intense flavoring that A1 will only detract from it. nom nom

UPSLynx

MJO said:

I did the same thing to my 8800 GTX back in june.
Unfortunately without the pictures, I was in a bit of a hurry. :)
But here is the thread.
http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=83994

Oh yes, I remember. I'm hardly the first to do this (and n00bs on reddit have been calling me a hack, stealing the idea, ect). That was never the point. The point was to spin a web of the experience of my bake. The whole story was so asinine and absurd, it just had to be shared. If I'm telling a story, I might as well make it informative and functional. What a blast it was to do.

gamerazor89

how about 8600gt? i have the same problem. can we used the same method to fix the prob?

Shorty

Bobby, this is currently circulating around my office. We are now deciding whether to try this with some dead Nokia Firewalls and a couple of 2960s.

It's like a regular barbeque! :D

Gamerazor89, theoretically, yes. Please note that Icrontic take no responsibility if you bake it too long and your mom tries to serve it for your dinner.

photodude

UPSLynx said:

If you're going to bake a lappy, make sure to remove all the plastic parts as possible.

I'll be striping the laptop down to just the mainboard if I can..... I'm a little concerned about the plastic CPU mount and the various other plastic connectors on the board....but as it stands, it's functionally dead, so no harm in trying
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It would be interesting to see some benchmarks from the Baked GPU, I wonder how they stack up vs the previous unbaked state? Did it restore function at the same specs, or could baking cause a performance hit?

ido

nice one!
must mention that this is a good way fixing xbox 360`s rrod and ps3`s ylod.
also a heat gun can be used insted of an oven , and dont forget 2 importent things:
1-DONT move the board at all for a good few hours after the process!
2-DO remember to apply thermal compound on the gpu after it cooled off.
good luck to all the bakers!!!

QCH

NOTE: Even though many things are better on grills then using an oven, this is not one of them. :D

Great article Lynx!!! :thumbsup:

poofie

"Like bringing Natty Boh (Ed: Lonestar?) to a party wrong."

offended. bringing Boh to a party is like when your Aunt Bertha brings her infamous green-jello-with-green-beans-because-they're-green-like-the-jello-so-they-must-match salad. it's gross, but it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without it.

QuadyTheTurnip

Dude, clean out the bottom of your oven. That shit's gross.

UPSLynx

Shorty said:

Bobby, this is currently circulating around my office. We are now deciding whether to try this with some dead Nokia Firewalls and a couple of 2960s.

It's like a regular barbeque! :D

hahaha! that's awesome.

ido: those are very good points. Forgetting thermal compound means your resurrected GPU won't enjoy the zombie life for long.

And yes, heat guns can also be used for this. I preferred an oven in this instance, as I had no idea where the actual fracture(s) was. Using an oven ensured even heat along every point on the board.

Hamad

Wohoo,
cool man.
I have my 8800GTX still functioning. I don't know if I'd be brave enough to try this if it fails. The 8800 GTX is an awesome piece of hardware that has yet to fail me after serving for 3 years now. It has kept my urge to upgrade in check so far.

UPSLynx

Quady the Turnip said:

Dude, clean out the bottom of your oven. That shit's gross.

NO U

Hamad said:

Wohoo,
cool man.
I have my 8800GTX still functioning. I don't know if I'd be brave enough to try this if it fails. The 8800 GTX is an awesome piece of hardware that has yet to fail me after serving for 3 years now. It has kept my urge to upgrade in check so far.

Yeah, I love the thing. It still gets by in most games today at full settings with minimal slowdown. I feel it's only now starting to be eclipsed by new game engines, which is impressive considering it's almost four year run

Gargoyle

Would heat guns introduce too much static?

cherplunka

lovingly done bobby. :]

UPSLynx

cherplunka said:

lovingly done bobby. :]

Thanks! I had a feeling you'd enjoy this one, crossing video games and food in such a way...

Gargoyle said:

Would heat guns introduce too much static?

That's a good question. Being inexperienced in the method, I don't have an answer. Anyone else?

Shorion

So guys, I in fact have 2, yes thats right, 2 * 8800 cards, a gtx and a gts that have both been given me the blocks of garbled colours and textures as they slowly make their way into the dark abyss that is my spare room with all the other $500+ cards, cpu's, hard drives that have failed over the years. I'm going to try this on the weekend to both cards to see if it works and I will let you know!

Shorty

Shorion, we want to hear your results! :D

revorocks

I did this to an old broken 8600GT. I was really doubting it but it worked! I was so happy :D

mjollie

I so wish I'd heard of this before I tossed the card. On the other hand, is there a better excuse for buying a new card?

UPSLynx

mjollie said:

I so wish I'd heard of this before I tossed the card. On the other hand, is there a better excuse for buying a new card?

Perhaps the lottery.... but no, there aren't many. Of course, the 'I'm a geek, I need the newest stuff' excuse is always good enough for me ;)

QCH

God.... I love this place. If I die, let me come back as a Server that hosts Icrontic!!!

photodude

It would be interesting to see some benchmarks from the Baked GPU, I wonder how they stack up vs the previous unbaked state of the GPU? Did it restore function at the same specs, or could baking cause a performance hit even though it restored function?

I would expect it functions normally, but you never know...

Butters

photodude said:

It would be interesting to see some benchmarks from the Baked GPU, I wonder how they stack up vs the previous unbaked state of the GPU? Did it restore function at the same specs, or could baking cause a performance hit even though it restored function?

I would expect it functions normally, but you never know...

I second.