Basic things to try with a faulty GPU

[pyr0]

Hello.

After seeing a broken GTX 760 for £15, I am considering buying it. If I do decide to get it, what are the basic things I should try to fix it, and by the way, I know the oven method doesn't work, Louis Rossmann told me as much, but any basic things I should try?

Thanks in advance

[Energycore]

You can start by removing the cooler and seeing if any thermal compound has gotten into the PCB and if you can see any corrosion / burnt components on it.

[Cheddle]

second is to fire up the oven and bake the card to re-flow any dry solder joints.

[pyr0]

1 minute ago, Cheddle said:

second is to fire up the oven and bake the card to re-flow any dry solder joints.

My friend, louis rossmann says that that isn't true, it fixes the card for a while, but then it breaks again and you could have fried some internal parts

[Cheddle]

2 minutes ago, pyr0 said:

My friend, louis rossmann says that that isn't true, it fixes the card for a while, but then it breaks again and you could have fried some internal parts

 

totally depends what joint has gone dry - there is no hard fast rule that applies in this instance - the difficulty in baking the card is getting it hot enough to lose up the solder but not hot enough to dry out any low-grade capacitors. 

 

its a last resort.