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So, my brother was folding with a 9800GT when suddenly it dies. The computer didn't recognize it at all. He brought it home, cleaned it up, reapplied thermal paste, and still didn't work. We checked for any damages or burns on the PCB but there were none. So for the last ditch effort, I baked the graphics card at 385F for 10 minutes. Just like another thread told me to. It works
. Now he can get back to folding.
Sorry, no pics, I had no idea that the oven trick would work. But at least its working again and we don't have to spend any money on a new card
. It runs pretty hot though. I don't know why. 63 on idle? maybe its the cheap Zalman grease that I got with my CPU cooler.
EDIT:
Thread:
http://www.overclock.net/graphics-ca...-oven-fix.html

Sorry, no pics, I had no idea that the oven trick would work. But at least its working again and we don't have to spend any money on a new card

EDIT:
Thread:
http://www.overclock.net/graphics-ca...-oven-fix.html