How To Fix A Dead GPU / Graphics Card Using A Heat Gun | Coke & Dust Edition 

Dude,THANK YOU! I spilled sprite on top of my computer yesterday. It fell through my radiator fans, through the radiator and on the back of my GTX 1080TI. Nothing immediately happened but I shut off my computer as fast as I could and cleaned what I could and attempted to turn it on...Black screen, nothing each time I tried, "no input". Swapped the card for my back up and found your video, studied religiously as well as studied your source video. Began dismantling and cleaning, didn't end up using WD-40, just water then dried and a few alcohol q-tip cleans. Got my $25 heat gun from wal-mart and got to work. Assembled after cooling and it worked just fine! Thank you for saving my bank!

I baked my GPU in the oven 3 times in last 14 months and it still works.

*washes graphics card moment*

I've been repairing electronics for decades. The problem with this repair is that it requires re-soldering of memory chips or GPU chips. Reheating may require flux. You know that tin becomes crap if you reheat it too long, especially lead-free tin. Lead-free tin is the beginning of all evil. Lead tin is now banned, but it may be the only option to repair really old electronics. I had a Raden HD 5970 Black Edition crash, if the GPU didn't die, it can be fixed. This is a dual GPU card. I have everything else, but missing air soldering tools. Baking at 200°C is not necessarily a technique because solder joints deteriorate when reheated. Reheating tin joints requires flux. Everything is much worse if the tin is lead-free. Lead tin is hard to buy, but as a professional repairman, I could buy it. Minimun requirement is flux ven tin joints reheated. If card works very short perieod time then solder joints go bad again. Than meen yuo need preheating machine and use of resoldering stencil for ships and that meas reballing. A microscope with a good camera would help and a thermal camera would be good. I'm missing almost all the tools. I have repaired a lot of electronics that can be over 20 years old. The new boss kicked me out, even though I had almost irreplaceable skills for the company's equipment. I knew a small and important part and I didn't share that information anymore. Panic sets in when I'm no longer in the company. My part can be missing and forever for that company. The Russian radar manufacturer was interested in me and the company wanted an employment contract and I don't know the reason, because I had already been selected. I have used to learn the command language, if I have done it with other devices, I know how to do it also with Russian devices. I have named it Kapula language.

I just did this with a digital heat gun and after melting the solder twice it seems to now be working great. I ran the heaven benchmark for 30 mins and played some Skyrim and so far no issues whatsoever. Thank you for the tutorial!!!

a motherboard tutorial replacing some components would be nice. like how to troubleshoot etc.

About to try this now with my Msi Gtx970 gaming x , your video is really nice and I wish it will work

Got a water damaged r9 270 my parents broke a few years back. They got it replaced with a 1050ti under warranty a long while back, but it would be pretty sweet to get this thing running again. It would be perfect for an emulation-centered build. I'm pretty sure my parents didn't know about the water (or whatever liquid) damage, but I could see it stained on the port shield. Wish me luck!

I got a few question. 2:16 can you describe how you washing it? Tab water is okay? If i use wet towel is better? The green thing what is it? And you rub with something. What is it? Im having a rx580 4g used mining issue. Its still working?? Love your work!

hey I have 2 gpus that have missing capacitors and resistors I was wondering if I can send them in. Do I have to pay?

Dude that was brave washing it in the sink like that lol. Nice video, like the WD40 trick

Wow thank for posting over charismas I blew three of my old graphic cards On a x79 mother board two two cards R7 260x that were SLI both factory OC to 1188 MHz and an ex-mining Rx 580 1350 MHz over over Christmas Im now use an old GT 200 600 MHz So Im going to truly try this

Your method look very effective but as I'm new into this, and my both card have same issue, one of my card start having just one hour ago. It's very annoying that we don't get usually here in Pakistan GPU repair guy, specially trusted one. I found your tool very useful but expensive also. will try your method if I ever get chance to have these tools. Thanks!

Nice video! Revived a reference 580 using the heat gun method. Been running fine for now.

Thanks, it saved my R9 270.

what about the oil from your skin on the thermal pads you touched and didn't clean off?

i have a gtx 1060 6gb SC and it boots the system and display and everything but when i try to play a video or a game it crashes and i have to reboot and fin the same issue so is the heating method could fix this one ?

Hey TK may i ask for your opinion? My gpu died (vgar debug light on, not even booting/no signal, i troubleshooted everything and with my spare gt710 the system boots), it has no water damage i cleaned it up real good too. I have a hair dryer, i want to try reflowing the flux and was wondering how much time it would take (considering i dont have a digital ir thermometer).

What was the final heat you heated the GPU too, not the gun as you mentioned? You mentioned 170 and 200........? Thanks

I use the heat gun five munities on low the setting it got my r7 260x oc going again this was the second time it happened black screen crash I tried the heat gun again and it worked again I wonder how many time we can do this

I have an question, I have a graphics card that failed, when I turned on the computer it started fine and got to the login screen but when I logged in maybe 10-20 secs later the computer freezes and a little later goes blue screen saying watchdog violation, it has been replaced but I was curious if the old one might be able to be brought back to life

Can i use this methode for my dead gpu gtx 1060 year 2009 ?

my evga geforce gtx 950 says invalid format and the screen goes blank how to fix it?

Were you using regular WD-40 Multi-Use or WD-40 Specialist Contact Cleaner

I wish the GPU's would be manufactured with sockets like the CPU and motherboard do. Seems the manufacturers only want these to fail so you end up purchasing another card. Good on their part as it is more money in the bank for them but bad on ours part as it costs us MORE money. Of course this will never change as prices would be even more than what they are now. Sucks to be a gamer!!!!

what tools were used in this video. i think there were more than just a heat gun

D-did u just WASH THE GRAPHICS CARD

So… for me in my case…. I tried rebooting my PC that has been having problems since last year, took it apart tried to see what was wrong… putting back my GPU I suppose I forgot that the computer was still on ? Plugged my gpu in and saw smoke coming from it, would this still be revivable ?

Thanks man! Good to know.

my 970 card started experiencing an issue where the pc will boot and function normally, but it will crash as soon as any graphics load is applied. Could heat treating it with a hairdryer ( i dont have a heat gun) potentially fix it?

How do gpus die? Could it be because dog peed on the computer once, or is it because I used it alot

i did this to some rtx cards.. but the micron memory chip are so bad..

Can you tell what my gpu has i have a gtx 750ti its fan always spin.But only display only 1/100th times most of the time it boots to intel hd.I tried in different pc same result.if the gpu displays i can play even for many days but after shutdown it doesnt boot at all.Then i need to wait for long to make it boot about 3-4 days but still boots successfully after a restart it then boot to intel.Can you tell me what is the problem with my gpu.PLEASE HELP!!

My RTX 2080ti stoped working after the Radiator started leaking on it. The fans on the graphic card do work but no lights. I’m not sure if I take it apart and clean it would it work again or not?

If someone had similiar case to mine that would help. The issue with my card - AMD R9 390 (XFX) that it shows after a few minutes a black screen (in Windows 10). I reinstalled Windows and removed installed drivers again this still happens. I did one mistake in my PC case - it had really quiet fans to make it as silent as possible but they probably were badly built (negative pressure) and not cooling enough... which I suspect is a reason of my broken card. I noticed it was massively dust covered. I wanted to open it now and clean and probably will follow on the case above - will use some warm air from hairdryer. Will it help to fix it?

My gpu is perfectly working on my other computer but when i removed it and place to other computer it stops working. I tried placing it back to the original computer but did not work either. What seems to be the problem and how can i fix it?

There is no need to use WD-40 if you got no corrosion, water is fine if all you have is coke syrup

I just got a Asus strix 970 power light fans spin then stop but no display I'm giving this ago

my gpu is in good condition but when i play games or run bench mark it shows green spots on screen at 62 degree teprature and some times at 68degree my friend says its expired can i still fix this? gpu is asus rog strix 1080ti

Man I cannot believe you ran the GPU underwater, I thought for sure it would kill it but I guess not ; )

I just ran into a problem w my gpu . I spilt coke on it and I’m wondering if I just wash it and dry it very well is that all I’ll need to do ? . My pc will turn on but my monitor won’t detect the hdmi

My gpu is actually preventing my pc from posting. The hard drive wont even work. Boots right up with a diff gpu, so do you think this fix might work?

Can you put the gpu board in water ?

Have you experienced a gpu that cause the pc to not start. Gpu spins for 0.2 seconds and then stop and it does not startup. Is there any recommendation to do. Thank you for you help

I got screwed on a used GPU. Never again! Anyway, it plays some games ut more demanding games I get snowflakes, big colorful square blocks, or portions if the screen just blacked out. Everything else works such as you tube, video conferencing etc. So with games it's an issue. Should I go this route to fix it?

Three years later! Is card still working ?

What may be the issue with my 660ti. it posts but it doesnt show up as display driver in windows?

whats the explnation, what does heat do?

Hi, So today i was gaming and gpu temp were kinda hoy like 87c i have gigabyte turbo 1080 ti and pc shuted off. Then pc wont turn on until i removed gpu power cable then it worked bit there is no life signs on gpu no fan spin and nothing. Visually it doesnt have anything any smell or kinda like that. Please if u know something help me , i dont wanna throw my hardly collected money in water : (

Can someone help! I bought a Evga Geforce Gtx 970. It worked fine for about a month, with no sight of gpu failure. Out of no were it stopped working, I need help fixing it. I plug it in and my pc looks fine, then I hit the power button. The fan moves for a second, then stops. I know that it is 100% a gpu problem, and a different gpu works in this pc. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

11:46 where the thermal paste?

I have 2060 msi ventus it always crashing and some time there is dot pixel on the screen, but when i see your video i told my self why me not using the heatgun so i will use it in a few days and i will give you the result.

what would you say your success rate is on doing these methods to fix the GPUs?

my gtx 550, was dusty and I cleaned it up (properly) and after I install nvidia driver the display shutsdown and never came back to life, tried onboard graphics and uninstall and reinstall drivers, put back the gpu and the black screen is still there after the windows logo. Can anyone help me?

awesome video

Just performed this on an R9 270x and it worked first time!! 😀👍 Not sure how long it will last but I'm hopeful

Heating a Graphic card GPU with a heat gun wont acutely melt the graphics card. GPU As Graphic cards GPU are made primarily of multiple wafers of silicates molten silicate when melted turns in to magma. There is a considerable range of melting temperatures for different compositions of magma. All the silicates are molten at about 1200°C (when a part of rock) and all are solid when cooled to about 600°C. Often the silicates are grouped as high, medium and low-melting point solids So I doubt if you can damage them.

Did you use WD-40 on the PCB ?

Do you know my card problem, my card was fine for 8 years but now it getting strange like window would open but gpu doesnt load even it driver disappear but sometime gpu get alive again and then when i try to play any game when it on loading the pc hang up for long or crash and restarted but then again same loop after that gpu is now dead and isnt responsing but when i try start pc again there is artifact seen around the window loading logo!! I hope you reply

What’s the WD-40 for

I don't know what's wrong with my card. My computer won't read it for some reason. All I remember is that I accidentally spilled not that much mountain dew on it and forgot to clean it. Now the mountain dew on the GPU is dried out. How do I like fix this lmao

stupid question, why do you need to toast your PCB? I'm attempting to fix my coke damaged Asus 1080. I need to understand why to do it right, Please help!

WHAT TEMP U SET ON AIRFLOW STATION? 200 C OR MORE?

How many time heat a vga??

Bro a few weeks back i just added a thermal paste but that thermal paste was pretty old and the gpu was working fine until 2 weeks after replacing the thermal paste and then i dont switch on pc for 6 days when i switch on the pc and while playing gta v a few mins later my pc got restarted and showing critical process died and now its not showing any signal on the monitor what will be the cause is it may be because of the expired thermal paste will i can fix it ?

my gpu is good but when i play games, it is only 20-30 fps my friend says its expired can i still fix this?

I thought it has no power.. My videocard has no power RX470 Sapphire. The heatgun did not work.

my card when i switch on PC the fans spins for 2 secs and dies ( no display and pc even switches off ) . it had coke spill on it.plz advise what can be done

wow nice work!❤

What is the Science behind heating to Fix GPU. Why does is break & why should we heat?

Good Work "Kommando" But Your GPU works temprory for you because You Disbalanced the "Soul" of your GPU using the Heat GUN and Washing the "Pulse" of PCB. I like your Coke edition brother. "Droping a Coke" is not a big Issue. If you just applying a "Contact Cleaner" on a GPU PCB it gives you 100% excellent chances to increasse your GPU lifespan and GPU gives you Hardcore perfomance once again!

is this can work to sapphire pulse rx570, coz im badly dont have money to take it in repair shop help me please

my gpu turns black whenever i run a game and the fans start spinning very fast is there a fix for this

I have hoarded a few older GPU's and need to clean them good but don't have a gallon of alcohol and wasn't sure about using water because of minerals? Glad I ran into this showing it's ok to do. Tech Yes city gives all his boards soap n water bath scubs too and uses "Multi Purpose spray" which I can't find in the US but WD-40 is the same? I wasn't 100% sure about that either! Cool. time for me to get to work thanks!

What is the target temperature you're heating the chip to?

I wounder if a mircowave could be used , probably a bit , hit and miss

hot water and tiny bit of jet dry works best ;) also dear god dont heat gun ur gpus untill u run nvidia mods diag software most of these cards get bad ram or just ram needs reflow ps love the wd40 bath card must smell amazing after cleaning lol

my card is showing display but drivers are crashing everytime i install them any solution??

this is only 50/50 chance,troubleshooting each components and replacing it, that's the best way....

5:00 hold on. That hot air gun isn't burning up that cardboard box?

Mine did not work heatgun it for 5 min going clockwise in the chip and my pc still doesn't detect the gpu :(

Washing ICs with water will increase the moisture and even if fully dried, they can explode!

172 degree he said but gun said Celsius. So I'm just confuse. Morning is explain

I want to do this. Thank you

ive got a gtx zotac 980 and has just died on me but cards still in good condition maybe worth me trying this cheers

my gpu is a 2080ti my old one anyway so i can try this it has the same error green lines and graphics errors but still works kinda in windows

My graphics card took a dump on me. I took it apart, cleaned it thoroughly and reapplied thermal paste. Still didn't work so it's getting the heat treatment. This is my first time so wish me luck everyone!

Wow. I can NOT believe that this worked. The other day my pc was working perfect, i played warzone for a bit, and my pc started freezing, and all of the colors got super vibrant, and then would either blue screen, or id havve to force shut down. after it happening a couple times, my desktop had a ton of gpu artifacts. after another couple crashes, i couldnt boot anymore with the gpu, and even my bios had artifacts. I followed your video, i used WD-40, rinsed with water, and removed the residue with isopropyl alcohol. Then i heated up the board, and began circling the chip, until mainly focusing the heat on the gpu chip. after a minute i saw the soldier around the chip, flow out ever so slightly, and then i eased of the heat and slowly cooled it down. I then sat it infront of my fan for 10 minutes to ensure no fluid was left, hooked it back up, and i reinstalled my gpu drivers. And its perfect! for anyone wondering i have a gtx770 SC 4GB. seriously appreciate the video! saved me some money for a little while atleast!

I would have thought that you would put that into an ultrasonic cleaner or something to clean it rather than the way that you actually did it.

Can you fox my gpu also?

Are you Jayztwocents? xD

I'll try it soon gonna make a video about it

I have noticed that you washed the card with water .. is it safe ?

Can you just bake it a low heat in the oven?

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Really need to use flux under the GPU for long term results.

my motherboard not even detecting my card.will this method works in my case?

I hope if this work you saved my money

Any one tell me what sepray he is using

what if this gpu is coke cooled🤔🤔🤣