Broken GPU fix. "Bakers delight"

[Bigsmokeee]

Well over a month ago my 8800gt decided to die!! apon start up the whole screen would go into a frozen pixelated rainbow, i have been using my old 6600gt as a temp till i buy a new card anyways jump forward to today and i am now using my once dead 8800.

my mate also had a 8800 that died around the same time we are both using them again thanks to this trick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7jUqoKVY-k

just thought i'd let people know as its saved me some money i don't have

[Psyrus]

http://forums.whirlpool.net .au/for...m/1348684.html

Can extend the lifespan but your problem will most likely manifest once again in a few months time.

[Sandy_Beret]

OMG

[AintWarHeLL(hehe)]

makes second hand cards not look so good anymore , they mite of cooked it.

[BlackMagikz]

my 8800GS died some two years ago i remember the exact moment it died on me , i was playing GTA SA and the game suddenly started to crash in a funny way , very hard to describe visually , it went grey and then BLUESCREEN!.

after that i had to stick with ATi 9500GT.

Last year i got my ATi Raedon 4890 , been pretty good so far. Haven't looked back since

[neftaly]

I did this to a GeForce 7600 when the trick was first "discovered" (have used a reflow oven before but never connected 2-and-2 together). Still works great (though I don't use it).

[GI.Gazza]

Heh.. Would expect anyone with an older XBox 360 woudl know all about this. My son seems to do this pretty regularly to fix RROD, etc. Go a couple of friends consoles he fixes like this. Of course the issues with those was also issues with stable board and good contact with heatsink. Seems to fix it for a while, but generally comes back after a while.