I have a dead GPU ( memory chip died caused artifacts).

Since then i reflowed it with heat gun by blowing it @ 210Degrees celsius

But why every month i need to reflow it as it will cause artifacts again.

Is that a longer fix tho..

Thanks sifu.

1. new graphic card
2. reball the solder

Option 2, where got people do.

Option 1, year end GTX1060

How much to reball laptop GPU?

plaza lowyat. pakistan shops can do. workmanship and price unknown

1060 8gb

ok

Ok, not a GPU expert here, but have done a bit of soldering.

Why does it need re-balling? Solder joints can go bad on GPU's?

Mostly because of metal fatigue. Hot and Cold cycle.

This post has been edited by febreze2xxx: Oct 6 2016, 10:05 PM

ok...

Have replaced leaking capacitors on the motherboard and inside power supplies, including those 2 big ones with big microfarad numbers, and have never heard of reballing.

Not a gamer obviously, but hey, my soldering skill is quite good.

But these are very small solder on PCB.. very hard to solder unless got tool lo..

use g clamp and secure it

Usually you need a special tool to do it. The space between contact point is too near to be solder by hand. It is almost impossible to do by hand those specialised area (area which have 100 contact point near to each other).

My Taiyo(?) soldering iron with a sharp narrow point can do that. If heat is not enough, you can press a button to get more.

Not easy, takes practice. If soldering on a circuit board was your hobby in electronics, it helps.

PS: To be clear, I was referring to discrete components, capacitors, resistors, etc, and NOT the tiny connections from the integrated chips.

This post has been edited by howszat: Oct 6 2016, 11:06 PM

yeah..