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Hey guy's, new here. Was wondering if anyone has repaired any video cards themselves and what the common issue is other than it has lived a great life but hate to loose it? I'm guessing its 4 to 5 years old, I use to be die hard gamer and tweaked it with MSI Afterburner for first half of its life. Here are the symptoms, While browsing internet, screen flash's video driver fail, few days later started getting white lines horizontally all thru screen, even at boot up, so I swapped it with old ATI for now, everything is fine but I want my NVIDIA! Any help for it? Oh yea,,,, it has been serviced 2 to 3 times as far as heat sink paste and just cleaned up.
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Re: Can repairs be done for my beloved 465 Super Clocked board?
2014/12/17 11:25:35
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Welcome to the forums..Yes, I (and many others) have fixed a handfull of cards by baking like this..Solder cracking on the PCB is not uncommon and will cause all kinds of issues..Baking should reflow any cracks that might exist..It's commonly referred to as "the oven trick" and works well if solder cracking is the issue, which it usually is..Be sure to bake it GPU side up, not down and bake only the PCB after disassembly, then hope for the best..Of course, RMA it instead if it's under warranty.
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Re: Can repairs be done for my beloved 465 Super Clocked board?
2014/12/17 14:09:55
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Yep! had great success with the oven trick! Probably revived 10 cards so far. Sometimes they will work for weeks, months, or years! Strip your card down to just the PCB, get some tin foil, and make 4 peanut butter M&M sized balls, pre-heat your oven to 385-400 Degrees, place the card on the aluminum foil balls, inside the oven GPU side up, so capacitors do not fall off the card. Let the card bake for 8-10Min, turn oven off. Open oven door, and let card sit for 30-40min, take the card out, put the heatsink/cooler back on & Chances are you will be back on track! Since the card is already toast, there is no harm in trying. Like I said I've had amazing success over the years doing this. p.s. The melting point of aluminum foil is 1,220 degrees Fahrenheit.... so don't worry about it melting to the card :)
post edited by j2345912 - 2014/12/17 14:14:28
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Re: Can repairs be done for my beloved 465 Super Clocked board?
2014/12/17 14:11:06
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Oven trick FTW! 
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Re: Can repairs be done for my beloved 465 Super Clocked board?
2014/12/17 14:18:15
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Btw, Sajin, +1 on your ModsRig....that is sick!
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Re: Can repairs be done for my beloved 465 Super Clocked board?
2014/12/17 14:19:18
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Alright, Thanks guy's,,,, Just watched a few vids on you tube about that, We will give it a go. So let me ask, what exactly happens? Is the issue in side the GPU itself? I have worked on cars for many years and a very common processor issue is with cold solder joint breaks do to vibration on boards.
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Re: Can repairs be done for my beloved 465 Super Clocked board?
2014/12/17 14:33:19
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j2345912
Btw, Sajin, +1 on your ModsRig....that is sick!
Thanks. I hooked you up with a +1 too.  missfire
Alright, Thanks guy's,,,, Just watched a few vids on you tube about that, We will give it a go. So let me ask, what exactly happens? Is the issue in side the GPU itself? I have worked on cars for many years and a very common processor issue is with cold solder joint breaks do to vibration on boards.
bob16314
Solder cracking on the PCB is not uncommon and will cause all kinds of issues.
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Re: Can repairs be done for my beloved 465 Super Clocked board?
2014/12/17 14:36:38
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Thermal stress, cheap solder, etc..Cracks on the PCB/component connections to the board, not inside the GPU itself.
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