How To Fix Your Dead Graphics Card Or Your Laptop GPU - DIY Reflow - Black Screen Artifacts Repair

[@micha3502]

I fixed my ps3 with this method two years ago and it still works :)

[@mypeeps1965]

I was inspired by your videos to buy my own euipement and travel down the path of board level repair. Iam learning so much from you and others..Thank you so much for these videos. The only trouble iam having is finding quality videos in english? so if you have and recommendations I would appreciate it! I wouldnt mind seeing more videos on the euipement you use..the ancillary stuff like solder iron, tips, solder ball types and liquid solder, jigs etc. I have wasted a lot of money on trial and error trying to find decent products that are compatible at a fair price...a very beginners guide to product sellection and do's and dont's. again, thank you!

[@NikTelio]

Hello and thank you, i have made some videos about the fluxes and solder balls and soldering iron that i use, take a look and if you have any questions just ask me :)

[@mypeeps1965]

I will look and thank you! Iam working on a 60" plasma right now...its been a challenge. nothing obvious wrong, no damage or blown-up caps. its frustrating and very fun. again, thank you!

[@pkmovement7024]

watch Louis Rossmann and Eli Tech

[@rune.theocracy]

@@mypeeps1965 yeah like he said Louis Rossman is really good.

[@peterpauldonoghue7024]

@@pkmovement7024

[@KuroFoxe]

Thank you, this fixed the issues with my artifacting GTX 1070, I used the flux you suggested too, everything works perfectly now. I've now got MSI Afterburner set to manage my new fan ramps, and I won't let it get to 70°c anymore, it is not a heat tolerant card and 70°c shouldn't be listed as an okay temp for it honestly.

[@NikTelio]

Thanks, i'm happy to hear that this repair worked for you, you are right about the 70°C, some graphics cards do not tolerate this temp, i hope the repair lasts, sometimes it works for years.

[@bluemodize7718]

is the gpu still working

[@emilvlahovic3917]

Hope my 7870 reball works , planing to put an old cpu cooler on it as thwre is space in my pc .... gpus are damn expensive ATM

[@Sam-K]

Excellent video! Thinking about buying a mined GPU (RX470 or 480) and wanted to learn a bit about reflowing, just in case!

[@topangursada1895]

Thankyou!! I brought 3 gpu s back to life with your method

[@fireflies7988]

did they died later ? are they still working ?

[@allanfreitas6903]

Thank you! I’ve been watching a lot of videos about reflow and your video is the best of them! This saved my old GTX 660 ti 🙌🏽

[@reynatividad2253]

Does it still work? I will try it on my gtx 550 ti

[@WilliamVG]

I heard this method is only a temporary fix, doesn't fix the underlining problem or maybe I'm wrong. Is your card still working?

[@HC-Alfred]

@@WilliamVG This method is a bit of fifty sixty to work out. In some cases the card won't come back to life at all, sometimes it can last only few moments but if you are lucky, it can work like a charm for years. The thing is: if the card is dead anyway, you can try to revive it with this trick, you don't lose anything, but can gain something

[@tutorijalizakompjuterskoko7091]

Thanks for the video. My Sony Vaio came back to life. I followed the procedure completely and everything was successful the first time. All recommendations for your work!

[@burak9639]

How long have you hold the heat gun? and what was the power of the heatgun?

[@elpe16]

I have a problem with my GTX 960 card and have been following the internet for a long time to get it repaired properly. I found your fillm and I must say that it suits me best and I will repair it based on your film. Thank you for the detailed explanations and good preparation of the video

[@christophegirard-berthet3465]

Thanks guy, I was able to fix my Asus HD7870 (no output and B2 error) with your procedure, I've just add some extra steps 1) Cleanup the card 2) Add rework flux arround the GPU 3) Apply your procedure 4) Cleanup again once cold to remove extra flux under the GPU and the card 5) New thermal paste 6) Cleanup fans and other cooler components 7) Re-assemble and.... I can't beleive it but card is back to life !

[@NikTelio]

watch the proper procedure using a BGA rework station kzbin.info/www/bejne/n326nIGGid6aaM0

[@christophegirard-berthet3465]

I haven’t a bga station and it is too much expensive for trying to fix a single card

[@emilvlahovic3917]

Trying it tomorrow with a 7870 , gope it works out , i need my pc back , cant be asking my lil bro for his pc... its embarasing

[@zeyad7173]

​@@emilvlahovic3917 It works with you or not?

[@andrewrichards2980]

Worked for me on an 8 year old HD7870, a few days ago. I couldn't find any short circuits on the board, so took the plunge. Hopefully it will keep working. I followed the guide exactly, but had to wait 2 weeks for the £4 thermometer to arrive. Well worth the wait, to measure the temperature accurately. Thanks for posting this guide.

[@NikTelio]

Hello, use a good thermal paste to reduce thermal stress, it helps the repair to last longer

[@andrewrichards2980]

@@NikTelio Thanks for the tip, but the card has failed again.🙂 Interestingly it no longer shows any artifacts in safe mode (as in the orignal fault), just hangs the PC when the AMD drivers load.

[@NikTelio]

@@andrewrichards2980 sorry to hear that, to do a proper reflow you need a BGA rework station and use flux. watch this vid kzbin.info/www/bejne/n326nIGGid6aaM0

[@henrrypoop7570]

aw man did this once and got it working for like 3 months now is broken going to try again 10/10

[@NikTelio]

you need to reach ~230c to melt the solder and have a more reliable repair.

[@daviedlopulalan9882]

Great guide !! Thanks. I used to baked a few old monster vga cards and some of them were back to live, but only lasted for a few months due to excessive gpu heat. I'll try your method for laptop vga chip. Looks promising.

[@NikTelio]

be careful with the air flow as some electronic parts can fly away when the solder reaches the liquid state.

[@CGTGPFan]

@@NikTelio So its advisable to use hot air at minimum? And using aluminium tape or kapton on the surrounding area?

[@NikTelio]

@@CGTGPFan if the tape covers electronic parts close to the bga area, that means when the solder reaches the liquid state those parts might move depending where the tape will pull them, other parts not so close to the bga will not have this problem. the airflow and the heatgun distance to the pcb needs practice to learn.

[@CGTGPFan]

@@NikTelio Thank you 👍👍

[@masterblaster123abc]

I fixed my laptop GPU using this method, I didn't even need to reach 150, I just heated it up for about 10 seconds and It works now.

[@NikTelio]

yes it works even if you do not heat it up to the solder melting point 220c, but the idea is to melt the solder to resolder the brocken connections. it will probably fail again soon.

[@masterblaster123abc]

@@NikTelio It did fail after 5 days, and I just reheated it again, I just don't want to risk frying my motherboard XD

[@Clemsou]

@@masterblaster123abc xD does it work now ?

[@yunski_gtd]

I don't have a temp sensor but i managed to repair an MXM graphics card for an Asus X70 series, really cool tutorial for all to try (August 2024)

[@reyznbran9586]

man this video without the beat wouldn`t be the same !

[@ВладимирПутин-е7м]

Simplicity and rhythm... But did it fix the GPU?

[@Ilegator]

@@ВладимирПутин-е7м it fixed mine. And now I'm trying another one.

[@99visionefootball]

@@ВладимирПутин-е7м fixed but not always works for me

[@michaelpopov1548]

Thank you for the nice tip with thermocouple!

[@ewloomis]

just completed your method with RX 580 Gaming X worked like a charm Thank you for sharing this.

[@fireflies7988]

is it still working ?

[@AndrewTateTopG1]

is it still working...?

[@ewloomis]

@@AndrewTateTopG1 It was but I pulled the 580s off line about 6 months ago, have a super good day...

[@AndrewTateTopG1]

@@ewloomis thanks

[@سیدحمیدرضاهاشمیموسوی]

Watching this video was useful for me. Thank you

[@spangles3654]

Hi Great video, I have a gpu that crashes when loading the driver. Would this repair solve that issue?

[@crazytestpilot9434]

You focused all the heat on the chip. Would this imply that it is unlikely that the open is occuring somewhere else on the board? Would heating the other side of the board be effective at all? Also, if the solder becomes fluid wouldn't the little components just fall off the bottom sde?

[@centralbpm]

Hello - would be an IR thermometer be as effective?

[@NikTelio]

you would have to take the heatgun away and then measure the temp during the reflow to get accurate temp readings (i guess, never tried it)

[@w0rem]

u saved my life.

[@kylergeston]

Thank you so much for the video. I managed to get my 1060 working again from black screen. I ran the MATS memory test and I have small amount (only 33) of errors on vram B0. Do you you think using this heat gun technique on that vram will bring it back or does it need to be replaced?

[@NikTelio]

Did you reflow the GPU ?

[@PsiBot]

Hi Nik I want to apply your method but I'm wondering whats the temperature setting on your heat gun? do you have it set at max temperature? Thanks!

[@NikTelio]

this heatgun does not have a temp setting, it only has low and max setting 1000w and 2000w and i do not use it for reflow's because i use the rework station wich has precise temps, this was just a demonstration how to reflow a chip by using only a heatgun. for a laptop pcb the 1000w setting is ok but for the graphics card you see in the video i could not reach ~230c and i set it at 2000w

[@VI-pp4jo]

Do you need a particularly good multimeter if you only test in continuity mode or is a 25$~ one good enough?

[@NikTelio]

You do not need to have a good multimeter to test continuity, even the cheapest will do.

[@renaissance18]

Can any tape work, or does it have to be kapton tape, my RX asus 580 has a B2 error

[@NikTelio]

Capton and Aluminium tapes are heat resistant, other tapes will melt

[@renaissance18]

@@NikTelio ok thanks

[@QuyNguyen-tz6zh]

Is there anything else alternative to kapton tape ?

[@NikTelio]

aluminium tape

[@febuhsund]

Planning on taking a toaster oven and diy a reflow oven with LCD, thermocouples and controller. Would this work well to reflow a gpu with low moisture using flux? Should I protect some of the components on the board? Should I try to wiggle the chip slightly when at temperature before cooling?

[@NikTelio]

Hi, using this method is a little saver because the heat is concentrated near the bga area and the other electronic components get not damaged by the heat, if you use a reflow oven then you put stress on all electronic parts and it is a little risky, that said, all components will likely survive this procedure if you stay within the normal temps, max 230~c for max 20 seconds and finish the whole procedure within 5 minutes when reaching the liquid temp do not touch-bump-move the board or any component, if you do then you will regret it :)

[@gabrielduarte5313]

Hi, I have this video card and a want to fix it with this method but I saw many resistor lost in the gpu. Do you think that i have to replace the resistors or the video card won´t work anymore? Thanks you and I love your work.

[@ignaciofourcade5382]

Replace the resistors. If the card does not have them, its circuit is incomplete so it wont work.

[@gabrielduarte5313]

​@@ignaciofourcade5382 It works without replace the resistors and still working perfectly. Thanks c:

[@krnlg]

@@gabrielduarte5313 They're maybe capacitors instead, used for decoupling? So without them things might still work but be less stable.

[@ammarahmed6160]

i reflowed my graphics card. the capacitors blew off and the maingpu chip is swollen now. any chances it would work if i install new capacitors?

[@NikTelio]

Hello, the graphics card will not work again, watch this video and you will understand why this happen to you kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5fYc4tph6-VmcU

[@sysghost]

You "popcorned" the GPU with way too much heat. It's unlikely to work after that.

[@pow9606]

Main problem with the heat gun. There is no setting to adjust the air flow. Only setting is to adjust temp. Full on jet engine blower. Get too close to the pcb and expect things to fly off the board. Hot air stations have ability to adjust temperature and air flow independently.

[@j.lietka9406]

Do you use a similar tape, but it's heat resistant foil? Does it help to put 2 layers of the Kapton tape on the sensitive components?🤔 Thanks

[@NikTelio]

Yes you can also use kapton tape

[@eucharistenjoyer]

Should I use a 1000w pistol even if it's a MXM notebook GPU (the ones which can be removed)? Should the temperatures reached and time exposed be the same?

[@NikTelio]

1000w is ok, the reflow procedure is always the same, the only difference can be the target temperature, if the gpu is very old then it probably has leaded solder and you need to reach 210c, but if the gpu is relative new (build after 2006) then it has leadfree solder and you need to reach 240c

[@eucharistenjoyer]

@@NikTelio Thank you for the quick response! It's a 2013-ish GPU (MXM GTX 780m). I'll buy myself a 1000w pistol, it'll work well for other hobbies of mine :P.

[@ThomasMehiar]

Thanks. Excellent video.

[@martintaborda86]

Hi, what kind of thermal paste do you recomend? I have one with metal particles

[@NikTelio]

Hello, i use the Ceramique 2, it is an old paste but performs really well, it is not conductive or capacitive, and it is cheap.

[@mrchilled85]

i have done this to 3 video cards so far and all ways used arctic mx-4 seems to last well and not over priced

[@gametestinglab8861]

Martin Taborda Get GD 900. Costs around 4$ for 30 grams and it’s amazing thermal paste. Check this thermal paste comparison kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5W3q5lsmdV2ptE

[@bigpun8363]

Thermal grizzly is the best

[@Rickandmorty_com]

My laptop screen goes black randomly and sound keeps going for about a minute before it stops. Would this method help?

[@granules2919]

is there any procedure if dont have thise heat gun to reflow?my radeon hd6870 is just spinning without display..

[@NikTelio]

remove the fans and cooler and all plastics and put the gpu in a preheated oven at 230c and after 10 minutes open t he door and let it cool down. but it is risky because the oven method could damage the electronic components.

[@stefanfixni6715]

I fixed my r9 280, artefacting, its work thanks

[@himanshu_boi_77]

Hey yo bro how long did it worked ? cause imma try this with my card ......

[@overPowerPenguin]

Great method. I've used it to reflow some old laptop GPU, HP G62. I've put aluminium foil glued with temperature resistant scotch around GPU. Also use rework flux TK83 for this.

[@NikTelio]

Hello, watch this video to see how this procedure is done using a BGA rework station.

[@Potato-fb8zw]

I remember my old hp G62, it died in a similar fashion. Too many hours of minecraft had killed it.

[@TheSquire101]

I will give it a try

[@sooolion9820]

Good stuff, can i try this on a 750TI with suspected vram issue? The gpu crashes and black screen when i install driver

[@NikTelio]

usually with vram issues you get artifacts when watching videos or during gaming, if your can not install the driver then i thing it is a gpu issue

[@sooolion9820]

@@NikTelio thanks for checking, if that is the case then do you suspect my card a goner already or are there any other ways i can still try and fix it that does not involve soldering? Thanks in advance

[@NikTelio]

@@sooolion9820 repair your card without soldering work i think is not possible, somewhere inside the chip is a broken connection and it requires to heat the chip up to 240c to melt the solder and reconnect it, this is a video showing how this procedure is done kzbin.info/www/bejne/n326nIGGid6aaM0

[@sooolion9820]

@@NikTelio thank you for the advice, more power to you

[@kacpreusz9911]

It also works good with a oven, i fixed my good old Dell laptop this way and it works just as good as it did when it was brand new

[@NikTelio]

Hello, using the oven to reflow is a little risky because if you heat up the whole board the electrolytic capacitors or other parts that do not tolerate heat, might get damaged.

[@briscardenservice1611]

Superb video. Can you after each repair turn on the device (video card, motherboard...) for see the reality of work...

[@NikTelio]

Hello and thank you, i have made many reballing videos on graphics cards and laptops and in most cases i turn on the device after the repair and i test it and show that it works, i made this video to show the right reflow procedure because many asked about it, about the proof of work that you mentioned....even if i use a hairdryer and heat up the gpu chip a little, it will start working again for a few hours but this does not mean that i repaired the graphics card...just seeing it working does not necessarily means that it is repaired

[@anthonylim2813]

may i know i can use this method try on a dead PCH chipset? thank you

[@NikTelio]

you cam use this method on any BGA chip, be carefull not to overheat and damage the chipset during the reflow

[@Manuqtix.Manuqtix]

Never had a heat gun and I used a hair dryer and it seems to have fixed the problem

[@freddyflorin2728]

Thx man! Today i ve revived my videocard...Let s see how long it will work...R9270X AMD.

[@silentmusic1206]

Nik, You're rock! thanks.. My MSI GTX760 TwinFroz has been resurected with your method and gave some flux around gpu chip. Now my graphic card no artifacs anymore. But another GTX 970, it there the same method with Furmark test crashed? but for office application, video , there's no problem. Only Game 3D and furmark/heaven test failed (bluescreen/whitescreen) then i must press reset to bootup again.

[@ping1xx]

did you wipe the flux after?

[@Lilian040210]

Hi! I have a question - how do I know if I have a GPU problem or a faulty memory? If it's a memory (I mean vram) there's nothing I can do really, right? Heat guns and soldering fans kind of cost noticable for my wallet money too so I kind of want to know it's actually a GPU chip soldering that is broken before I buy it :') Or is it possible to reflow a memory withoout cooking it too? Also is it ok to use a construction heat gun? It's minimum temperature is 300C I'm afraid to overbake it (but they are cheaper and are a lot more easy to find around here)...

[@NikTelio]

Hello, all the electronic components on the pcb are soldered the same way, they place them on the pcb and then they put the pcb in the oven and heat it up to 250 Celsius. This means you can reflow everything but precise temperatures needed. Usually the gpu chip gets damaged because of the high operating temperatures but sometimes a vram can fail and the solution is reflow (a cheap solution you can try at home without expensive tools or spareparts). In the video i'm using a cheap heatgun and a thermometer to be sure i do not exceed the temperature limits and fry the chip.

[@Ilegator]

I did it at 180-190°C and it's working.

[@NikTelio]

yes it could work but to melt the solder and do a proper reflow you must reach ~230c, i hope your repair lasts.

[@ShuaybAhmed-xs7iz]

Should i add liquid reflux around the gpu?

[@lgmnowkondo938]

use thermal paste on top of the chip? WHy didn't you use any flux?

[@freddyyaniga8789]

Can I use aluminum foil to protect areas?

[@NikTelio]

yes you can

[@babymantuck3256]

I used this method on a gtx 770 that had error 43, blue artifacts and could not install drivers to update. I followed the temperature guide shown in video, used a flat board underneath and applied thermal paste with a penny on top of gpu. I used a temp gun to check temps. Once completed let board cool. Word of warning! Even though You concentrate heat to GPU area the entire temp of board is raised. I checked with temp gun. Don't move board or touch anywhere on board. After cooled to normal let board rest overnight and once reassembled presto, all good. Not sure how long this will last but good for now

[@iliasads3817]

is it still alive?

[@babymantuck3256]

@@iliasads3817 Yes it is, alive and kicking. I was skeptical this process would work but it has.

[@toycrane4957]

Which is better if reflow with heatgun use flux or not? And which flux that good for reflow?

[@NikTelio]

flux must always be applied when soldering, but you can do the reflow without flux if needed.

[@toycrane4957]

@@NikTelio any flux can use for reflow or only specific flux that can use for reflow?

[@MrWinotu]

What type of the break downs you can fix like this? I have two cards - both Radeon R390 where one probably overheated (due to large amount of the dust that was getting to my pc case - bad build), and the other one had probably some short curcuit when I was connecting the projector (It also broke HDMI projector port :(( ). Do you think I can fix any of them like this? First one works for a while after that screen turns black (like some kind of sleep mode hence my monitor is not tunring off it still shows the blue colour light on it). Second one has black screen all the time (the one from the short circuit and it seems to be more dead :().

[@NikTelio]

Hi, the card that still works needs probably a reflow or reballing, try the repair you see in the video, i think it will restore your card

[@estebanc1043]

Hi bro, l have a r9 290 in which a black screen appears after the drivers install. Do you think this could fix the card? Or what do you think could be the problem?.

[@NikTelio]

if nothing else works then try to reflow the gpu

[@estebanc1043]

@@NikTelio ok l will try.

[@shrine010]

Dear Nik, is there any way to locate fauly memory chips on the Radeon cards? I have some artifacts on MSI Radeon RX 470 Gaming X 4GB

[@strix1598]

I have the same problem and with the same radeon card but it's 9 gb

[@shrine010]

@@strix1598 tried bios reflash but no change

[@strix1598]

@@shrine010 tried reflowing the gpu?

[@shrine010]

@@strix1598 noo, this is risky and last resort fix I would try

[@strix1598]

@@shrine010 I mean there is nothing to lose since you don't have a warranty

[@YoshiBros1389]

I uninstalled my laptop's GPU the GTX 1060 thinking windows would reinstall it but it didn't. Would doing this make the laptop detect the GPU?

[@nickk9822]

Hi Nik, Thanks for the video. How you suggest the method with 1800w Heat Gun which I already have. It has two modes Temperature:400°C & 550°C. Rate of Airflow: 550l/min & 750l/min. I noticed you achieved 150 degrees in around 45 secs and 235 deg in around 2 minutes moving heat gun more closer. Will the same method as yours work for fixing laptop GPU?

[@300maze]

do the same but dont use high airflow (smd components on the core can fly because they get hot like the core), you can try it on any flip chip but it wont work all the time (also its not a permanent fix)

[@NikTelio]

Hello, to reflow a laptop gpu use a 1000watt heatgun or the low setting on your heatgun, you can use the same method to reflow bga chips and smd components (in the video you see the leadfree soldering profile, for leaded solder the max temp is ~210C), monitoring the temperature is important, use some no clean flux if you have, it helps the soldering process.

[@nickk9822]

Thank you for your reply. I made it work using the 1800w gun and aluminium foil to cover other part of the board. I started the heatgun and hover over approx. 15cms from the GPU chip for 1 minute and then moved little close to the board for another 2 minutes and then against brought up and kept for 1 more minute. The heat gun was set to low mode ~400 deg cel. mode. After the process the whole motherboard was so hot that I could not touch it.

[@NikTelio]

when you reach the liquid state you must be careful not to move or bump the board because the smd components will move or fall of the board, let it cool down and then move the board.

[@And10686]

Thx man...i fixed my dead gtx 760....i hope this fix last long enough before it dies again..

[@NikTelio]

Thanks, nice to hear that this repair worked for you, i hope the repair lasts, sometimes it works for years but this depends also on the bga chip itself, low quality chips = short life.

[@boot-strapper]

Did it keep working?

[@AlxandreNotavo]

Mine died yesterday. I have seen a lot of these die latelly on the net. Does it keep working? how long did it last before you needed to do it again?

[@And10686]

@@AlxandreNotavo its been over a year and still going strong,

[@AlxandreNotavo]

@@And10686 Neat. Gonna try it this monday and see what happens. Thanks for the answer man.

[@pavelfara9333]

That is a DIY reflow tutorial no1 for me. But using a flux will make the quality of the repair better. I am going to use your "profile" + rework flux. It goes pretty nicely underneath the chip when slightly heated.

[@flame_of_the_west8909]

did it work with flux?

[@SVKmatt]

Hello there ... what about HM76 chipset ,, what temp ... same as GPU ? For non led balls ... Thx

[@NikTelio]

Hello, leadfree solder melts at 220c, you must reach 235-240c max

[@SVKmatt]

@@NikTelio So it is basically the same as shown in the video. It doesn't matter if it is GPU chip or Intel Chipset ... Got it. Thx

[@NikTelio]

@@SVKmatt all bga chips are soldered the same way, you only need to know what type of solder balls they have, leaded or leadfree so you can choose the soldering profile.

[@SVKmatt]

@@NikTelio I would imagine If nobody was tempting with the board before then it would be leadfree due to regulations ... can You also when doing reflow poke the chip a little bit to confirm that the solder balls are melted ??

[@NikTelio]

@@SVKmatt if it was build after 2006 then they used leadfree solder, pocking the chip will show if the solder has melted but it is risky, if you are not experienced the balls will probably merge and create short circuits.

[@eucharistenjoyer]

Should I remove the black tape that comes on the top of the chip? Around the dye. It's the one used to isolate the thermal paste (I guess) from the chip. The GPU on your video seems to have something similar, but with some metal bits sticking out of the black part.

[@NikTelio]

yes you should remove the black tape

[@talhaqasim3256]

hmm, i have a laptop with a 1060 built-in, it shows error 43 on the device manager, and does not work, i have tried numerous things to fix it software wise but failed, now i am tempted to try this. What are your thoughts on heat gunning a gpu soldered to the motherboard? should the temps be the same ? 240C ?

[@NikTelio]

Hello, the temperatures are always the same because the lead free solder melts at 220c

[@talhaqasim3256]

@@NikTelio alright! Awesome 👍 I am going to try this as a last resort! Thanks man

[@NikTelio]

be careful not to overheat the chip, use a max 1000watt heatgun

[@Rickandmorty_com]

thank you so much I use this method to fix my graphics card on my laptop it's been running great for the past hour did used to have a black screen whenever I try to play a video game but now it won't show any more black screens how long will this fix last?

[@NikTelio]

Hello, when this procedure is done right using a bga rework station the repair lasts for many months and sometimes years, if you followed the instructions in the video then it should also last a few month's at least, i hope you renewed the thermal materials (paste or pad) of the cooling system, this will help t he repair to last longer.

[@Rickandmorty_com]

@@NikTelio i followed your instructions exactly using temperature measuring tool as well. Also applied thermal grease. Thanks so much.

[@dermorder8598]

@@Rickandmorty_com is your graphic card still working pls tell me?

[@Rickandmorty_com]

@@dermorder8598 i sold the laptop soon after so i dont know!

[@cybercat1531]

How would I reflow G80/GF100/GF110 GPU's with the big IHS metal plate on them? Same technique or should temperature be higher OR apply heat for longer at same temperature.

[@NikTelio]

I tried once to reflow a gtx560 gpu and i had to apply much more heat to do the job, the result was not good, normally you have to remove this metal plate but you need to be careful because you could damage the chip :/

[@dantepaz5028]

you have to remove the metal plating like if you were going to do a delid, and also get proper paste for delid, if you don't you'll get overheating and you'll break your gpu again

[@Nico712]

I don't have a temp meter, do you think a Kitchen Thermometer will work?

[@NikTelio]

if it is accurate and can measure temperatures up to 240c then i guess you can use it :/

[@_Spider2077]

i have a dead 1070 GTX all the voltages on the board check out, ram is slightly warm, chip gets hot, the pc posts with it, the monitor turns on but i get a black image, and one of this caps has a darken spot on it, i suspect it might be dead, that or the chip it's self

[@Me_preppy]

Order some caps off Ali express to replace and hit the chip with a heat gun.

[@familybursett1765]

You are awesome, it worked!!!

[@cherrysmoke33]

Hello Mr. A friend is selling me a 1080 ti which is not detected by BIOS or system, fans turn on with a red light, then the system turns off should, you think i can repair it with this?

[@NikTelio]

Hello, could be many reasons, but if the problem is cracked BGA joints beneath the graphics chip then this repair will work, how long it will work i can not say, sometimes it works works even after a year.

[@Lviz_3d]

i have a code 43 in my gtx 460 SE and i tried alot of solution but stil not working ;(

[@aidzeeegaming5685]

Hi sir I have a question Im using a Acer Predator PH 315-51 (Helios 2018) model with an gtx 1060, the gpu is getting a code 43 error, I have tried reinstall both intel and nvidia drivers using DDU. and downloading stock drivers from acer website, updated bios and windows still nothing. Do you think doing this could bring my gpu back to life?

[@NikTelio]

Hello, do you use this laptop for gaming ?

[@aidzeeegaming5685]

@@NikTelio yes bro I was gaming then suddenly the laptop bsod. When it turned on again gpu was getting code 43 error. Tried all possible software it's all no good.

[@NikTelio]

@@aidzeeegaming5685 it sounds like overheating of the gpu, this happens if the thermal paste-pads where not renewed for a long time and if dust has clogged the cooling system, reflowing the gpu chip might help but the damage of the gpu chip is unknown and it could fail again, a more reliable solution is to replace the damaged gpu cip.

[@aidzeeegaming5685]

@@NikTelio do you think it's possible to find gpu chip replacements? Or only through mobo replacement? I hope reflowing fixes it :( Also I'm able to keep my temps below 70 degrees normally when gaming so Idk if it really overheated but I guess that is possible :( since I was gaming when it crashed.

[@NikTelio]

because you are gaming reflow will likely not last long, i would replace the motherboard, in my opinion if you are using laptops for gaming the motherboards suffer because of high temps.

[@kunalganji4339]

wich thermol past use

[@NikTelio]

i use Ceramique2

[@RandomSocialMedia]

bro! you save my gpu right now amazing HAHA

[@deepsky8858]

Can we do this on laptop??

[@moaneg1]

i had a quadro 4000 for mac , it freeze when i try to boot on mac 4.1, i took it off and pot it on the shelf for 4 years , last night youtube algorithm lead me to your video , i try this method and guess what,, i'm typing on my monitor using that card 👍🏻

[@moaneg1]

And after one month it's broken down again 😓

[@deofkcz122]

Hi i have problem with my gtx 980ti graph card fans spinning led work but no display can you help me pls ? :/

[@SamOkonaTHEGREAT]

How long can the Graphic Card last after this process has been successful? I mean can it last for a week, or a month, or two or three, or more "especially without playing any game with it" and/or playing on songs and videos with it ?

[@NikTelio]

if the procedure is done right it can last for years, watch the procedure done using a BGA rework station kzbin.info/www/bejne/n326nIGGid6aaM0 Use a good thermal paste after reflowing.

[@akirru]

I did this and it came back to life for a week and then died again. Tried to do it again with your method and it wouldn't come back. Gpu totally dead now? 1070GTX mini. I thought about trying again with flux. Do I just add the flux at the start or do I need to heat the gpu up first. Thanks for everything. Love your vids.

[@akirru]

Update: I went through the process again and the card is working again. Lets hope it lasts longer than a week this time. Maybe I'll just have to put the money down on a new gpu.

[@NikTelio]

Hello, did you use a temperature meter to monitor the temperature of the chip during the procedure ?

[@jakubjakub8494]

Holy siliconi... It worked!!!

[@mastervule1844]

Hello I have few questions in case you respond to them. I was thinking about doing this stuff for free to friends and people in general cause there is much need for this stuff at my place so I got myself a cheap air solder station (well I plan using it in other things as well). Can it replace heat gun? I believe it can but asking never hurts, also how "permanent" these repairs are? I see some people saying that reflowing leads you nowhere cause GPU usually dies within few months of use again. Is this correct in your case?

[@NikTelio]

Hello, the heatgun that i'm using in the video is 2000 watts, if you want to reflow bga chips on laptops then a 1000 watt heatgun will do but for graphics cards like the one in the video you need more power to do the reflow right, is not enough to heat only the chip, you must heat the pcb around the chip so the chip and pcb have about the same temperature when the solder melts, this is important. A reflow or reballing can last about a few months or many years, since we do not know if the bga or the chip itself is problematic we can not predict how long the repair will last, it is important that you reduce as much as you can the thermal stress of the bga chip you repaired to help the repair last longer, for example if you reflow a laptop that uses thermal pad on the chip, it is best to remove that pad and use a copper pad with some thermal paste. Not all chips are the same and i mean some of them have a cheap design and repairing them will not help, they will fail again soon, that sometimes this repairs doesn't work does not mean that the repair itself isn't working but there are many factors that most people don't know, i suggest you try it your self and find out for sure if the reflow works (use always flux, the amtech 559 flux is a good one, and don't buy it on ebay, it will be fake)

[@mastervule1844]

@@NikTelio thank you kindly for the response :)

[@arcticfoxacosta]

Thanks my card is working again

[@ameerhartley2785]

hello... i got a gtx780 3gb from someone and thought it would work perfectly fine... but when i put iy in my pc it either have no display or it will boot up to the asus booting screen and show three thick green lines and 2 purple lines vertically on the screen, please please please help me, i really had so much to plan with my gaming etc but this put me down, and i do not have money whatsoever to get me something better than the gt710 I currently have in my pc bcos im only 16,and i can hardly do any thing to get money, please reply to this i beg you, i dont have money to get my gpu checked out

[@NikTelio]

Hi, artifacts and red or green lines is a sign of gpu failure due to everheating, you should try to reflow your gpu as i show in the video, usually this works, is the cheapest way to repair it.

[@MLS.22]

is it possible to increase vram in gpu for example 780ti has alot of cuda bad only 3gb of vram

[@MarcoAntonio-ki4tz]

No. There some cases like R9 380 2gb where u can exchane the vram chips and make it a R9 380 4g exchangeing to the appropriate bios. In case of 780ti theres no model or bios made for work with more vram than 3gb

[@Tech-Domination]

Intro song like mr bean going to the dentiste 🤣😂😂😂😅

[@dikamiz]

Hi, I had some frustating issue about my 560ti. I did some reapply thermal paste, changed psu, case, dropping down voltage and gpu core tho. And it still hitting 100c while gaming. Does reflow could solve my issue? I’m hoping you’ll answer my question cause i have no idea how to bring back my gpu to normal temps again. Thank you😔🙏🏻

[@NikTelio]

560ti are bad designed chips in my opinion, let me explain, there is the gpu and on it is thermal paste and on it is a metal heatspeader which is glued on the gpu chip and on the heatspreader you apply your thermal paste so you can mound the cooler :/ you can only change your paste but not the one between the spreader and the gpu which is likely old and dry.

[@dikamiz]

@@NikTelio ive delided the ihs too. Still hitting 100c😔

[@NikTelio]

@@dikamiz sorry to hear that, i had a gainward 570 phantom and i also had temp issues, my computer was like a heater, the whole room was getting warm because of the graphics card lol

[@dikamiz]

@@NikTelio So, does the reflowing this card could solve this issue sir?

[@NikTelio]

@@dikamiz i do not think so, i never had any success reflowing or reballing this chip

[@Rishis]

i tried this on my hd 7950, the chip popcorned. how much you charge for new chip +installation?

[@NikTelio]

Hello, popcorning only happens if the pcb has moisture or by overheating the chip, i don't own a repair shop, i do this as a hobby, this is a video about Reballing a Sapphire Radeon HD 7950, you can watch it here if you like : kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqDTo4ejrLCZes0

[@animalyze7120]

@jeff bowland That would be almost good advice, except you didn't determine the use of the card...what if he's using this in a retro build? New stuff doesn;t always run the good older stuff.

[@aretard7995]

@jeff bowland RX480, 470, 460, 580, 570 & 560 all of them belongs in trash

[@AlanYT]

@@aretard7995 You belong in trash.

[@m.taufiqnurwansyah6607]

@@aretard7995 fuck off

[@amirhamzah2256]

So this means most gpus dead due to broken connection on bga or chip ?🤔

[@nermanus]

Are there no editing cuts in this video, because it seems like the heating procedure lasted about 3 minutes, is that enough time?

[@hoonyrics3688]

My laptop displays black screen with the power on, so we assume that the problem is the gpu because we've tried every solution we could except this one. Do you think this will work?

[@NikTelio]

well, if you have reason to believe that your laptop overheated then probably the gpu chip or the northbridge needs to be reflowed

[@Ayongis]

will this fix error 43 on rx470?

[@mohdzikri1104]

i fixed r9 280x with this method with flux and its life again, but after 1day it artifacting again…whats should i do? reflow again???

[@jcr65566]

How this works is the heat rearranges the tiny channels in side the chip. it has no effect on the solder balls this can be done only after checking high and low end MOSFET. that are controlling the v-ram in the board See that straight line of 8 capacitors there around about there some where best to test ever one

[@toiletgaming2005]

funniest shit ive read

[@Shichiko]

Hello! Just found out your video. I have a problem with my laptop and i was wondering if this is a good fix for it. Every time i play a game that demands high usage of both GPU and CPU, my laptop shuts down after 5 minutes of playing. In the beginning I received BSOD with a NVIDIA error, but after some more shut downs the screen just turns black and the power is off instantly. Could you please help me with some information?

[@NikTelio]

hi, sounds like overheating, clean your cooling system.

[@Shichiko]

@@NikTelio i've done that, changed the thermal paste, checked the power supply. Idk what else to do...

[@NikTelio]

is the air coming out of the laptop hot when playing games?

[@Shichiko]

@@NikTelio it sits at 60-70 degrees, and it is not hot. The think is it cant get hot cuz in 5 minutes it's shutting down

[@NikTelio]

@@Shichiko it could be a cracked solder contact on the bga, if so, this procedure can help you but you must be careful not overheat and destroy the motherboard.

[@k-yo]

we usually hear online that this is a temporary solution. How true is that affirmation?

[@solariousmods8080]

I gonna try this on my rtx 2070 hopefully it fixes the crashes

[@superknightlol]

i just use hair dryer work just fine. highest heat setting and lowest fan setting.

[@NikTelio]

Hello, yes sometimes it works just by heating it up a little but what i'm doing in the video is something different, the procedure is called reflow and this means that the solid solder needs to melt so it can restore any brocken connections and this happens at 225°C

[@AslamShaikh_555]

Really bro m trying same... Tell me any more tips which could help me like till how many minutes have u did or anythung else

[@risting-pc-service5150]

Must heat to 235 c or 200c? damn i heat ram memory too maybe i kill my card before card works with snow now black screen

[@NikTelio]

Hi, the ledfree solder melts at 220c, for the reflow to work you have to reach about 230-235c. if you can not monitor the temperature it is likely that you will destroy the graphics card,

[@DjKingsOfficial]

nice

[@sushibushimabushi]

I try fix my dual asus rx580, but still have artifacts . Used flux zj-18 and temperature of reflow 240c. I used bottom preheating with hot air gun.

[@NikTelio]

if reflowing the gpu does not work this means either that the gpu has a internal problem or that the issue lies on the memory chips, i would refow them also.

[@XYZ-qn7bd]

I have a GTX 1660 , it's only 18 months old . when I play games suddenly it stopped working and show "no signal" after reboot it still show "no signal Does this mathord work for my case? when I play games maximum temperature I get only 85° Please reply. Now I use GT710 for gaming.

[@XYZ-qn7bd]

I have some rust on my graphic card back side scrooue. Can I use small moisture absorver bag to protect from rust

[@NikTelio]

this repair is to fix BGA problems, you say that there is rust on your graphics card and this could mean because of moisture other issues might be the reason of damage

[@ngapyi3564]

Hello I have tried your method to my artifacts GPU and first time it was good and after 5 days GPU go artifacts again. So i tired again with heat gun and using flux and I clean the flux with methylated spirit alcohol by sinking GPU. But nothing comes to my monitor showing no signal. How can i fix. Pls help me. Thanks

[@NikTelio]

Hi, for this method to be reliable you must reach ~230c because the solder melts at 220c, you probably did not reach this temp and it failed again, if you tried to clean the flux with alcohol then probably the alcohol got under the chip and to get it out you must use compressed air, but i'm worried because you tested the graphics card while probably alcohol was still under the chip and this could have created a short circuit and damaged the chip, try to blow compressed air under the chip to remove the alcohol, perhaps you are lucky and it will work again.

[@tony42hajdu]

what about the capacitors at the GPU? Don't they be flown away?

[@NikTelio]

High air flow may push the caps away when the liquid state is reached, need to be careful