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Friend's Alienware Artifacting

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That gpu is fucked... Almost literally. The damn gpu is dead Jim.

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So my friends computer (Alienware X51 2012; Yes hes aware that it was a bad decision) has been artifacting and now wont even boot into Windows, instead giving a BSoD that neither of us can read. It can, however, boot into safe-mode. From what I can tell, the GPU has died but we would like actual confirmation as I'm not really an expert on hardware tech support.

 

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That gpu is fucked... Almost literally. The damn gpu is dead Jim.

 

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GPU done died. RIP.

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Did you try connecting it to an external display?  If you get nothing from an external display, open er' up and disconnect the internal display and try again.

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GPU borkd. Take GPU out, take off heatsink, make sure all thermal paste is clean and thermal pads taken off, take off any stickers, and throw it in the oven propped up with balls of aluminum foil in the corners for ~10 minutes at 385f.

 

Should be good as new. Worked for me.

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Thanks guys, I'll update this post once its removed and we can determine that it is the GPU.

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GPU borkd. Take GPU out, take off heatsink, make sure all thermal paste is clean and thermal pads taken off, take off any stickers, and throw it in the oven propped up with balls of aluminum foil in the corners for ~10 minutes at 385f.

 

Should be good as new. Worked for me.

seriously? Lol one of my friend's dell xps that has a 9800gt also artifacts like that.

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seriously? Lol one of my friend's dell xps that has a 9800gt also artifacts like that.

Yeah. The GPUs regularly overheat which develops cracks in the solder which then causes artifacts and failure. Baking it melts the solder so it can make the connection again which fixes it.

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Yeah. The GPUs regularly overheat which develops cracks in the solder which then causes artifacts and failure. Baking it melts the solder so it can make the connection again which fixes it.

wow good to know.

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