Fix Graphics card or Laptop embedded graphics with an Oven/Heat Gun!

[Kaise123]

Ok guys this legitimately works... I had an old laptop lying around (A LEADER MS-1035) It (had) a problem with the graphics that caused artifacts all over the screen (Weird lines or duplicates/glitches). Here is a picture of the laptop before the fix:





So, I looked on the internet and found some people have fixed some other laptops (Mostly the HP DV series) by heating the motherboard in an oven, or by using a heat gun. Not liking to pay for fixes and it being a relatively useless laptop anyway, I decided to give it a go. I pulled the laptop apart, removed all the plastic parts from it and wrapped it with several layers of foil (Sorry, no pics). I then carefully cut around the GPU chip (It's an nVidia) and then covered it with one small layer of foil. I then put it all in an antistatic bag, and took it to school (Since I am on good terms with one of the tech teachers, who had no problem with me using the school heat gun as long as I didn't blame him when I burnt all my hair off). I set it to about 600ͦ C, and left it. I then grabbed a soldering iron and melted a large blob of solder right on top of the foil (Which was directly on top of the GPU). This made it clear when the temperature was high enough for the solder to be melting, so I wouldn't start making things fall off the board but also so I knew when I had hit the correct temperature.

I got the heat gun, and turned the fan on the low setting, and aimed it at the GPU under the foil (I had squished the foil down so that it showed the outline, and taped it in place). I held it about 3-6CM away, moving it slowly left, right, up and down on the chip. When the solder blob turned to liquid, I kept going for another 20 seconds or so to make sure the heat had reached through to the solder I needed to melt. Then I turned everything off and packed it away.

Upon arriving home, reassembling the laptop and then realizing how many screws I had lost in the process (Around 7 were missing, Wha da fuq), I powered it up again and IT WORKED!. I was so genuinely surprised that it had actually worked, and the laptop motherboard had survived a day in my bag without breaking, that I rang some of my slightly more tech inclined friends to boast

Here are some photos of the lappy AFTER the fix:





I'm amazed that it actually worked this well!. Anyway, As much for me to boast as anyone with this problem to learn.

You can also do this in an oven, but I wasn't allowed to use ours

[ParagonGX]

Nice job Kaise! 

[Kaise123]

Nice job Kaise! 

It works, Thats good enough for me

[SHARKBAIT123]

Looks brand new. 

[the_gunslinger0]

you continue to impress me kaise