Baking dead Hardware?

[Pepi93]

I just watched Linus bake a dead SSD and NVIDIA GPU and he was successful in reviving the GPU but not the SSD.

How many of you have tried this and been successful at baking dead hardware?

Of those that managed to revive the component, how long did it last after the bake?

I'm just curious for any future potential need

 

[EarthDog]

We have a pretty big thread on this at the site, I would check there.

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/606658-THE-OVEN-TRICK-WORKED?highlight=Oven+Trick

You can search "Oven Trick" here at the site and see a few others.

 

[Mandrake4565]

I just watched Linus bake a dead SSD and NVIDIA GPU and he was successful in reviving the GPU but not the SSD.

How many of you have tried this and been successful at baking dead hardware?

Of those that managed to revive the component, how long did it last after the bake?

I'm just curious for any future potential need

Baked a Motherboard a while back and it revived it, but it only lasted another 6 months. I will say if you plan on doing this make sure the kitchen is well ventilated because the fumes from it are pretty bad.

 

[Pepi93]

It is suggested that you never use the said oven for cooking food again due to the chemicals. I guess "self oven clean" function can take care of that though.

 

[Ben333]

I had an ATI X1950 pro, I think that's what it was anyway. I'd bake it in the toaster oven. And then I could play Doom 3 at high quality for 2 - 3 hours. But literally every other time it would start to artifact. Re-bake, and play more! Baked it probably 4+ times, no joke, then got sick of it. The molex connector got all crusty and brittle by that point.

Someone GAVE me an 8800 Ultra that was artifacting. Baked that thing once and it's been fine ever since. Played a couple hrs of farcry 3, but never left it in a machine. Still works, used it the other day. Need to stress test it to know if it's fixed for good I guess.

I had a VooDoo 2 and a VooDoo 3, one I got "dead" and the other just stopped working. Oven trick didn't fix em. (solder reflow obviously wan't the issue)

I think it's a well known "good fix" for video cards that are artifacting, right?

 

[EarthDog]

It is suggested that you never use the said oven for cooking food again due to the chemicals. I guess "self oven clean" function can take care of that though.

I have never heard of that before!!!

 

[Alaric]

I cooked a USB flash drive once. It lived long enough to get the data off (barely) and then died for good. If the part is at all recent (RoHS compliant) the solder will need to hit 450 degrees F. Oven at 475 and watch CLOSELY. As soon as the visible solder turns shiny get it out.

 

[Mandrake4565]

It is suggested that you never use the said oven for cooking food again due to the chemicals. I guess "self oven clean" function can take care of that though.

I should be dead then, I've been baking in the same oven since and I did it at least 2 years ago.

 

[EarthDog]

Full disclosure Mandrake... that 3rd ear of yours that has grown out of your head HAS to be from that...

 

[Nebulous]

Full disclosure Mandrake... that 3rd ear of yours that has grown out of your head HAS to be from that...

lmao!

 

[Alaric]

Full disclosure Mandrake... that 3rd ear of yours that has grown out of your head HAS to be from that...

Well that would explain the fitment issues with my glasses...........

 

[Mandrake4565]

Full disclosure Mandrake... that 3rd ear of yours that has grown out of your head HAS to be from that...

Shhh you weren't supposed to tell anyone ED
hehehe

 

[Pepi93]

That's what Linus said, no bake food in same oven He knows everything!!

 

[NiHaoMike]

A more controlled way is to use a cheap heat gun, the type used to strip paint. Cut a small piece of solder and lay it on top of the chip being reflowed to help judge when the temperature is just right.

 

[SPL Tech]

I just watched Linus bake a dead SSD and NVIDIA GPU and he was successful in reviving the GPU but not the SSD.

How many of you have tried this and been successful at baking dead hardware?

Of those that managed to revive the component, how long did it last after the bake?

I'm just curious for any future potential need

I did it to a laptop and it worked great. Then it stopped working after six months so I baked it again. Then it worked again. Then stopped working four months after that. So I baked it again and yet again it started working. Then it stopped working. After that I gave up. Baking only solved the problem for awhile.

Also, I baked the mother board in a TV once and that fixed the problem, but again it only lasted for so long.

 

[Tech Tweaker]

A more controlled way is to use a cheap heat gun, the type used to strip paint. Cut a small piece of solder and lay it on top of the chip being reflowed to help judge when the temperature is just right.

+1

I do this myself with a heat gun and an IR thermometer to track the temperature of the item I'm heating. Never tried the method of putting solder on top of what I'm heating though. Baking the whole thing may be bad for it in the long run, as it subjects things like capacitors and power connectors to high heat as well (Capacitors have a tendency to explode sometimes when heated by a lot, so this wouldn't be good And power connectors can melt if they get hot enough.).

I've found it much more efficient as you can direct the heat right at the GPU core.