[MaadDaawg]

Originally Posted by Patch

Don't waste time with RMA. Just use the other slot - it'll give you more room anyway.

Or bake it.

Yo Patch,

How hot and for how long?

If I freeze the cpu without addressing a crack wouldn't it just get worse?

Like the oven idea...

Convection Bake, or Bake ??

[DOM]

Easy bake

I'm guessing a convection oven one that has a stove top

[Neuromancer]

Dont think a light bulb would get it warm enough to reflow solder DOM

Regualr bake, think its 350F for 10 minutes is recommended. But double check that. I never tried

[Patch]

Sorry, bro. Never baked a GPU before. twas just a thought.

Personally, I wouldn't worry about freezing the CPU if the second PCIE slot works.

As it stands, you're not using it at all. How could you make things worse than that?

[DOM]

I have baked some @400F but no 5 bill cards

And only one came back to life was a 8600gt but only one dvi works lol

[MaadDaawg]

Originally Posted by Patch

Sorry, bro. Never baked a GPU before. twas just a thought.

Personally, I wouldn't worry about freezing the CPU if the second PCIE slot works.

As it stands, you're not using it at all. How could you make things worse than that?

making it un RMAable?