Reflow Soldering Of Graphic Card
As like every old graphic card its possible you might
getting some problems on your computer and it’s be like no display on the
screen or getting lines on your display or maybe any other display related
issue.
These are the kind of problem your graphic made when its gpu
chip loses the solder joint connection of PCB (printed circuit board), yes it
does due to use of card for a long time can loose the solder joints and make
the card to affect display related problems.
The main thing is, graphic cards are so expensive and its
kind a hard to bear when we find our graphic card is dead for now. So, that’s
why I made this tutorial to teach you how you can easily fix your desktops
graphic card by reflowing the solder under the gpu.
we are using the baking method by providing direct 200
degree calcium heat to do a simple reflow on the cards printed circuit board to
re-joint the broken connections by melting solder under the graphic chip.
If your graphic card is still in under warranty then you
should don’t try to do anything by our own, just remove the card from the
computer and give it to manufacture service center or maybe you try to call to
the manufacture customer care for support.
There are no guaranteed you can fix your card perfectly but
this tutorial work’s 95% for all time and at back then it was worked for me
too.
So Let’s See
Step 1 – Remove The
Faulty Graphic Card.
First you’ll have to open your computer side case and
unscrew the graphic card screws and remove your card gently without making any
of damages.
Step 2 – Remove The Graphic Card Heat Sink.
After removing the card from your computer, remove the
graphic card heat sink by unscrewing some screws which holds the heat sink to
the Card’s PCB.
Step 3 – Clean Your Graphic Card.
After removing the heat sink from the PCB you’ll need to
clean your graphic card by the use of Isopropyl alcohol to remove the old dry
thermal paste.
Step 4 – Preheat Your Oven.
Now you’ll need to preheat your oven at the min temperature
of 150C for 3-5 min and that will make our reflow more effective.
>Caution – Do Not Use Microwave Oven.
Step 5 – Getting Things Ready.
Now take your graphic card and put it on a tray and after
that give it a support by using foil paper balls under it.
Step 6 – Put The Card Into The Oven.
Now put your card into the oven and close the oven door and
set the heating for about 8 min at 200C.
Note – GPU Chip Side is Always on Top.
Caution – Don’t Over Heat the Card.
Step 7 – Let The Card Cool’s Down.
After 8 min take out your graphic card and let it cool down
for some minutes.
Step 8 – Get The Card Ready.
After the card cools down, put the new thermal paste on the
GPU chip and screw back the fan heat sink.
Step 9 – Testing.
After doing everything, now test your graphic card is
working or not.
If the graphic card is still not working you may repeat this
process again and might need to increase the heating time.
0 comments Blogger 0 Facebook
Post a Comment