remove all heatisnk and covers etc, preheat oven to 385 nice and good, lay foil, elevate the card, and cook 6-10 min no longer.  heres
a good read.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1421792

killerrig

remove all heatisnk and covers etc, preheat oven to 385 nice and good, lay foil, elevate the card, and cook 6-10 min no longer.  heres
a good read.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1421792

385 isn't hot enough. Non-eutectic and eutectic RoHS solder doesn't melt until ~217C or ~423F

you dont want to melt the solder, just soften it so it can reconnect the microfractures otherwise all the solder will just drip off the card.

@killer
   Thanks for the link.

@heavy
  Thanks, no warranty.  TR model bought second hand.

So far so good!
Baked ~385 for ~ 10min. Passed OCCT 'furry doughnut' 15 min. temps topped out at 99C
Going to try folding now (the real test)

Fan was in 'AUTO', it had ramped itself up to 100% though.  Yea, I have never seen low temps like others here.  I also have never worried about it like others here.  As long as I stay under 100C while gaming ( and no lockups)I really don't care what the temps are.  I know many are really anal about temps over 80C, not me.
I'm folding a 353 now, temps at 80C fan at 57% and the WU is 30% complete.
I'm happy with the results so far.

First, make sure you cannot RMA it and/or its not under warranty

Second, some people are still willing to buy dead cards on ebay if you dont mind giving it a shot so you can get some money back.

Third, remove all plastics i wouldn't hang the card upside down when baking unless your going to monitor it like a hawk!Plastics are a big thing you need to watch over it for some peices like the fan connector that cant be removed from melting making it very hard to reconnect your fan. Many people do this unknowningly and all saudered parts sliped out of position and off the card, good luck getting that back togeather.
Make some spacers so the card is elevated atleast half an inch. I would bake it nice and slow maybe 350? Pre-head of course no more then 10 minutes.
 
Lastly, just for health reasons some out of the ordinary fumes will fill the room of your kitchen. You may want to take the proper ventilation/face mask procedures.

Grats on the sucessful bake!

so THATS why people bake their cards..  i always wondered.

I heard that the parts of a gfx card can release deadly fumes. vent the stove after use and keep a window open with a fan in it. or an exaust fan. be careful with little kids!

This totally works! I had an Evga 8800 Ultra die on me back in December and like others did not register it within the 30 days of purchase. Learned my lesson on that. After removing the plastic fan housing I put it in my oven @250- 275 degrees F for around 20 minutes. After cool down and cleaning and reapplying thermal paste I tried it and seems to be working fine. Ran 3DMark06 just for a little test and no problems. As of right now it is still running strong.

I love reading posts like this, good work guys!!!


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