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Qolde
Minmatar
art of eve
Gunmen of the Apocalypse
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Posted - 2010.08.17 02:11:00 -
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DTaeOF4dSk
The line between genius and insanity is indeed thin.
 Originally by: CCP Wrangler
EVE isn't designed to just look like a cold, dark and harsh world, it's designed to be a cold, dark and harsh world.
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Joe Phoenix
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Posted - 2010.08.17 02:39:00 -
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Fake.
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Blane Xero
Amarr
The Firestorm Cartel
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Posted - 2010.08.17 04:07:00 -
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This is old news, It's not surprising either.
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Haruhiist since December 2008
Originally by: CCP Fallout
Been there. Done that. Need antibiotics.
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Siigari Kitawa
Gallente
Luxury Exports
The Honda Accord
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Posted - 2010.08.17 13:06:00 -
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Heh, that reminds me of repairing my Asus G1S' 8800.
Bleh. I put captions on my facebook post, but basically this is my best friend and I fixing my laptop with the aid of an oven. :]
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Exploding Tukey
Gallente
Capital Construction Research
Pioneer Alliance
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Posted - 2010.08.17 13:29:00 -
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It's actually true, a huge issue is the balls of solder that are used under the card sometimes come loose and the contact on one of the pins becomes loose.
This is actually the major cause of RROD on the xbox too. The only issue is getting the temps right as it depends on the board and solder used. too cold and you do nothing, too hot or too long and you risk melting other parts loose or breaking chips by going over their max temps.
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Barakkus
Brutor tribe
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Posted - 2010.08.17 17:57:00 -
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It's called refluxing your board, and if you've gotten to that point, you might as well chuck it and get a new one, It's only going to work so many times, you'll end up having to do it more often, and more than likely don't know the exact temp to reflux at...which will damage the board further.
Originally by: CCP Dropbear
rofl
edit: ah crap, dev account. Oh well, official rofl at you sir.
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Joe Phoenix
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Posted - 2010.08.17 18:06:00 -
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I just can't see this having any possitive effect. Yes it might re-seal some soldering but the amount of damage it will do leads me to believe its BS.
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CCP Adida
C C P
C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2010.08.17 19:45:00 -
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That's pretty cool.
Anyone know if this would work on a regular video card? I have one that died and is a $200 paperweight. But it would be awesome to turn it into my HTPC video card.
Adida
Community Rep
CCP Hf, EVE Online
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Joe Phoenix
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Posted - 2010.08.17 19:53:00 -
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I really wouldn't try it!
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Barakkus
Brutor tribe
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Posted - 2010.08.17 20:16:00 -
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Edited by: Barakkus on 17/08/2010 20:19:29
Originally by: CCP Adida
That's pretty cool.
Anyone know if this would work on a regular video card? I have one that died and is a $200 paperweight. But it would be awesome to turn it into my HTPC video card.
Yeah it would, provided it's got broken soldering connections, if you fried something on it then, no. I would look at the temperature thresholds on the chips etc. Most of the time PCBs are heated to 200 degrees celsius to reflux them when they are initially manufactured. It's only a temporary fix though, eventually you'll have to do it again.
Originally by: CCP Dropbear
rofl
edit: ah crap, dev account. Oh well, official rofl at you sir.
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Xoria Krint
The Executives
IT Alliance
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Posted - 2010.08.17 23:24:00 -
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Edited by: Xoria Krint on 17/08/2010 23:24:26
Edited by: Xoria Krint on 17/08/2010 23:23:42
Originally by: CCP Adida
That's pretty cool.
Anyone know if this would work on a regular video card? I have one that died and is a $200 paperweight. But it would be awesome to turn it into my HTPC video card.
I have done it on my GeForce 8800GTX.
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1885/artifactsg.jpg
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/2442/grafikkortl.jpg
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/3323/intheoven.jpg
Worked like a charm for 2month :)
10min@200c does the trick 
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Siigari Kitawa
Gallente
Luxury Exports
The Honda Accord
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Posted - 2010.08.18 09:57:00 -
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Originally by: Joe Phoenix
I really wouldn't try it!
Okay let's think about this for a minute.
You have a laptop or hardware device that is not functioning properly. As in, you can't use it the way you want to. If the problem is a cracked or broken solder joint, a way you can fix this in a short-term manner is to re-flow the solder. You can do this by heating up your pcboard at around 370 degrees for approximately 8 minutes. Those are the appropriate conditions to reflow the solder on your pcboard and get the connections solid again.
So your two options are this:
A) Have something that doesn't work and let it not work
or
B) Attempt to fix it because it's not going to work if you don't try to fix it
or in the case of this failing
C) You are back to A) Having a paperweight, which wasn't doing you any good to begin with.
THIS IS A SHORT-TERM SOLUTION. NOT A PERMANENT FIX-ALL.
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Exploding Tukey
Gallente
Capital Construction Research
Pioneer Alliance
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Posted - 2010.08.18 18:58:00 -
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TL;DR
Shove it in the oven and open a window. Can't make it worse.
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Sazkyen
State War Academy
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Posted - 2010.08.18 19:34:00 -
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Guess it could work if you get lucky. You probably have little to lose if you have a brick in your drawer that has no warranty on it. Might as well try it. Obviously, soldering iron gets less rigid and micro fissures could heal.
It has been around for a while, I never tried it myself. Never had any stuff that needed such repair. I'd probably try it if I had one. Don't crank it up to 372 celsius though. 150-200 should be enough. Also don't touch it immediately 
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Blue Harrier
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.08.18 22:17:00 -
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An alternative is to use a hot air gun to warm the board but remember to keep the gun moving to prevent localised heat build up. This is often used to remove chips (such as bios chips) from motherboards for replacement.
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marlru
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Posted - 2010.08.18 23:07:00 -
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Edited by: marlru on 18/08/2010 23:08:50
Fixed a 8800 gts 2-3 weeks ago. I preheated the oven at 220 C and baked it for 10 minutes, then i let it cool of and tried it. It worked fine
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Instructions and talk here
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1421792
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