Is it possible to fix GPU if the problem was due to bad, dried up thermal pads and paste?

[McDiamund]

Last year I got an Radeon Rx 580 8GB version. I love the graphics card and after about a year it started dying on me until I couldn't boot at all. I decided to open the graphics card up (I know I voided my warranty). I saw that the thermal paste was cracked and dried and discolored. I deduced that the death of this card is due to overheating. It's weird because this card wasn't tampered with and came straight from AMD so it wasn't my fault for the cracking but I still want to fix it. Is there any way to fix a GPU like this. I've seen people cook the graphics card in the oven or use a heatgun but I don't know about these things. Willing to try though I have nothing to lose.

[emosun]

are you able to test the gpu in another known working machine to confirm the card has a fault and not the test system

[Vishera]

2 minutes ago, McDiamund said:

Last year I got an Radeon Rx 580 8GB version. I love the graphics card and after about a year it started dying on me until I couldn't boot at all. I decided to open the graphics card up (I know I voided my warranty). I saw that the thermal paste was cracked and dried and discolored. I deduced that the death of this card is due to overheating. It's weird because this card wasn't tampered with and came straight from AMD so it wasn't my fault for the cracking but I still want to fix it. Is there any way to fix a GPU like this.

Did you replace the paste and pads?

3 minutes ago, McDiamund said:

I've seen people cook the graphics card in the oven or use a heatgun but I don't know about these things. Willing to try though I have nothing to lose.

No,It doesn't fix anything,It's a scam that can make thing work for s small period of time and then it dies again fast.

 

[emosun]

2 minutes ago, Vishera said:

No,It doesn't fix anything,It's a scam that can make thing work for s small period of time and then it dies again fast.

I never seen reballing be called a scam before

[BondiBlue]

10 minutes ago, Vishera said:

No,It doesn't fix anything,It's a scam that can make thing work for s small period of time and then it dies again fast.

Hard disagree there. I'm typing this reply on a system with a formerly dead GPU (Radeon HD 6970M) that wouldn't even allow the system to boot up all the way. It's been running perfectly for nearly a year and a half now without a single issue, and I've pushed this card pretty hard. I've revived other cards with heat as well. 

[Helpful Tech Witch]

23 minutes ago, McDiamund said:

I know I voided my warranty

if your in the USA you didnt. 

THe magnison moss act does make warranty void if removed stickers void, and states that you need to damage the card to void the waranty, and the act of just opening it doesnt void it

[Cyracus]

22 minutes ago, McDiamund said:

(I know I voided my warranty)

Depending on where you live that's not the case.

In the US for example they can't void your warranty just for disassembling your gpu, they would need to demonstrate that the card was physically damaged from/during disassembly/reassembly.
Pretty sure the EU has policies preventing voiding warranties too

[McDiamund]

22 minutes ago, emosun said:

are you able to test the gpu in another known working machine to confirm the card has a fault and not the test system

Yeah, right now im using my old graphics card to be on my PC. I also put the Rx580 on the rest of my other pc's and they all don't boot with it in. I will get some thermal paste and thermal pads for the GPU and see if that makes a difference.

[McDiamund]

1 minute ago, Cyracus said:

Depending on where you live that's not the case.

In the US for example they can't void your warranty just for disassembling your gpu, they would need to demonstrate that the card was physically damaged from/during disassembly/reassembly.
Pretty sure the EU has policies preventing voiding warranties too

Thanks for the info, Im gonna hit AMD up first and see if they can give me a new one or just fix it.

[Vishera]

2 hours ago, emosun said:

I never seen reballing be called a scam before

That's not what reballing is,

Removing the solder balls from the chip and putting new ones - That's reballing.

1 hour ago, BondiBlue said:

Hard disagree there. I'm typing this reply on a system with a formerly dead GPU (Radeon HD 6970M) that wouldn't even allow the system to boot up all the way. It's been running perfectly for nearly a year and a half now without a single issue, and I've pushed this card pretty hard. I've revived other cards with heat as well. 

That's luck.

You all need to see the rant that Louis Rossmann had when Linus did this with a GTX 780 tI.

 

[BondiBlue]

Just now, Vishera said:

That's luck.

You all need to see the rant that Louis Rossmann had when Linus did this with a GTX 780 tI.

I don't care what Louis said about that video. I'm not Linus, and I didn't bake this GPU in an oven. If you saw firsthand the sort of things I use this GPU for (lots of which have it pinned at 100% utilization for many hours at a time) you'd realize it's not just luck. Trust me, I'm not new to this practice. 

[Mister Woof]

I'd say that if you're at the point where nothing else works....whether you call it a valid strategy, a scam, or a Hail Mary....you really have nothing to lose.

[Vishera]

12 minutes ago, Mister Woof said:

I'd say that if you're at the point where nothing else works....whether you call it a valid strategy, a scam, or a Hail Mary....you really have nothing to lose.

I had rather have it properly repaired.

[Mister Woof]

1 minute ago, Vishera said:

I had rather have it properly repaired.

Me too, but that's not always an option. Some tasks are outside of the average PC enthusiast's scope.

 

I've done some minor soldering, but reballing chips and going under a microscope is probably beyond me.

 

I live in a big city, and outside of The Geek Squad, there's no repair going to happen if it's out of warranty.