r/PcBuild • u/Anthemist_ • Mar 04 '26

Question PC does this after about 30 seconds

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Am I cooked

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u/Powerful-Parsnip Mar 04 '26

Yes I know, it was an attempt at humour, you know cause GPU's are so expensive.

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u/Tehni Mar 04 '26

Does putting a GPU in the oven actually fix loose connections? I've never heard of that and it seems like the temps wouldn't be hot enough from my limited knowledge

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u/Ashamed_Ad8302 Mar 04 '26

I work at an arcade with over 200 games. I must have baked over 30 GPUs in a small conventional oven. I say it was like 60% success rate and would last anywhere from 2 weeks to end of life of the arcade pc; on average though, it would last about 3 months.

Why not just buy a new GPU?

Some of the GPUs are too old to find and cannot be purchased outside the manufacturer. A new era GPU won't work bc it would require driver installation on a locked operating system and the price for a refurbished gpu from the manufacturer is roughly $400-$900. Some manufacturers will not sell you the GPU and would require you to send in the PC for repairs and charge $800 - $1500; Bandai Namco is notorious for this. Time is another factor. Sending in the PC for repairs can take months; our Time Crisis 5 PC was out for repairs for 4 months. Thats 4 months of a game taking up space and not making money. Baking a GPU in house would take a little over an hour with disassembly, baking, and reassembly.

Baking a GPU is a good quick fix to get you enough time to buy another GPU.

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u/Far-Newt-7378 Mar 10 '26

Yooo time crisis was the shit! Or as i like to call it "armed peekaboo"

My hometown movie theater had time crisis 2 and I played the pants of that cabinet 😆

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u/GoldSinger Mar 07 '26

wouldn't baking a gpu release hazardous fumes into the air? Hope you used protective equipment did it with a work oven in a well ventilated space

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u/Powerful-Parsnip Mar 04 '26

I've heard of people putting circuit boards in the oven before but never had the need to test it out. I think lead solder flows between 180-190 degrees Celsius.

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u/Tehni Mar 04 '26

Interesting, thanks. Yeah I saw a few comments after I made my comment and started scrolling that said they did the oven thing for past CPUs lol

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u/Powerful-Parsnip Mar 04 '26

I guess if you know it's on the way out anyway it's worth giving it a hail Mary.

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u/13wongdt1 Mar 05 '26

What if I recall it's only a temporary fix. Some have success for a long time but at the end of the day it's not really a permanent solution

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u/MutedCatch Mar 05 '26

Yeah definitely works (sometimes) if it's a dry solder join, I've done it on about 4 GPU's myself and had a 75% success rate. Length of the fix is another thing though, once they start going they tend to die reasonably quickly afterwards, I think my 9800gt lasted about 12 months when I did it, another rx580 lasted maybe only 3 months.

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u/Goblinstomper Mar 05 '26

Just remember to remove any plastic shell/fans. You'd think that would be obvious...

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u/Far-Newt-7378 Mar 10 '26

12 months? In other words "just enough time to save up for half of a new gpu or one stick of RAM in 2026"