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I have a few questions about the oven method of fixing a dying video card.

1. What temperature and how long?

2. Should I put it on a rack or something?

3. Will it damage my oven or -- as I've heard from some people -- release some toxic gases or something that render the over unusable for cooking food?

Yes, I know this is a stupid method, but it's a 5870 1GB. It's already dying and I don't really give a shit if I fix it, don't do anything, or kill it. Should I do the oven method? Thanks!

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2 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

I don't really give a shit if I fix it, don't do anything, or kill it. Should I do the oven method? Thanks!

You can do it even though it most likely wont, but I probably wouldnt do it in an oven you care about. Do you really want to take the risk?

 

 

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6 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

I have a few questions about the oven method of fixing a dying video card.

1. What temperature and how long?

2. Should I put it on a rack or something?

3. Will it damage my oven or -- as I've heard from some people -- release some toxic gases or something that render the over unusable for cooking food?

Yes, I know this is a stupid method, but it's a 5870 1GB. It's already dying and I don't really give a shit if I fix it, don't do anything, or kill it. Should I do the oven method? Thanks!

If we went by

375F for 7 minutes. However since this was an older motheboard, it's likely using leaded solder which melts at a lower temperature.

 

As far as releasing toxic stuff into the oven, even if it does, I doubt it will be enough to be a problem. If you're concerned, just ventilate the oven for a bit after you're done.

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If I was in your situation I'd just let the card die. The oven method literally kills capacitors (degrades their working life significantly) by drying them out at an accelerated rate, so if your card does get 'fixed' by the oven method the capacitors assisting the VRM modules will eventually give up, leading to a permanently dead card.

 

Imo it's probably a better option to use the card until its completely dead, but ultimately you're free to do the oven method seeing as it's your card.

 

As for lead fumes, it really depends on the type of solder they used. Seeing as they wouldn't intend for people to be 'reballing' their cards, the solder is probably cheaper and fumes from that maybe wouldn't be so pleasant.

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1 hour ago, kelvinhall05 said:

I have a few questions about the oven method of fixing a dying video card.

1. What temperature and how long?

2. Should I put it on a rack or something?

3. Will it damage my oven or -- as I've heard from some people -- release some toxic gases or something that render the over unusable for cooking food?

Yes, I know this is a stupid method, but it's a 5870 1GB. It's already dying and I don't really give a shit if I fix it, don't do anything, or kill it. Should I do the oven method? Thanks!

Iif it's "dying" as opposed to "dead", I doubt the oven will improve things.

 

Just buy another card, it's probably like $20 on eBay.

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4 minutes ago, Apepa said:

Iif it's "dying" as opposed to "dead", I doubt the oven will improve things.

 

Just buy another card, it's probably like $20 on eBay.

I don't need the card, but I wanna try and fix it :P 

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1 hour ago, kelvinhall05 said:

I don't need the card, but I wanna try and fix it :P 

It's just a matter of whether you want to release toxic shite into your oven then isn't it?

 

Mind you if it's not already dead, it probably isnt a solder joint so the oven would make no difference.

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