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My laptop died last week. I could not get it to turn on. Never even enter the boot cycle. It would go into a three second loop, on, off, on, off.... After trying everything else I was ready to try anything. Searching the forums for any last hope I came across some voodoo magic that seem to be working for dozens if not hundreds of others. Bake the board. That's right they take there mother board out and put it in the oven for 8 minutes at 375 F. The very thing that probability kill my laptop would now save it. Only I didn't want my next frozen pizza to taste like toxic lead. So I decided to use a heat gun instead. I am now typing this post on my laptop. If you have a dead computer laying around give it a try. Hope it last.
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What do any of the techies here have to say about the "healing" powers of heat on a motherboard?
I am wondering what the baking actually does
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If it was due to a liquid spill then I'd reccommend a low temp ~80-100degC baking would help dry it out. but again you need to be careful with plastics. |
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That is awesome, brother! I'll have to keep this in mind. I love odd remedies.
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I've read after the first 3 months of operation to submerge the motherboard in methyl ethyl keytone, dry, then bake in oven @375 degrees f. Then every 6 months thereafter. I've done several times with acetone and a propane torch and haven't had problems.
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acetone and a propane torch?
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Brake out the marshmallows.
As it turns out many laptops have this problem of hairline cracks developing in the solder. Maybe do to being mobile during the heating-cooling time. If you can get the solder to melt just enough to reconnect you may save a dead board. The same sort of thing happens with graphics cards. People who have artifacts in there graphics have bake them as well. Do a Google search on the subject you'll be amazed. Yesterday I was skeptical but with nothing to lose. Today I'm a believer. However for some it was only a temporary fix. I'll have to wait and see. |
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mmmmmm, acetone, snif snif....
crazy s*** baking a motherboard, but it makes sense with the solder. Now I know how my grandmother keeps fixing that damn annoying radio I always sabotage, she puts it in the oven. Also explains the foul taste of potatoes |
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There was a feature on BBC's Watchdog program about Xbox 360 faults being cured by baking the boards, but it had to be done right.
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And there was me thinking USB drives were 'hot-swappable'!
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