EVGA GTX 980 SC is it dead or baking can save ?

[StanMen]

Hello guys so i have next problem at the moment, as i have posted in motherboard section topic i was building my new personal rig and this time i build it around top end parts, i went for i7 6700k and board i picked up the Maximus Hero ram 16gb ddr4 3000mhz Corsair Dominator Platinum and ssd is HiperX savage 240gb and wd black 1tb all this powered by Corsair RM650i fully modular psu and since atm there wasn't available at local store the EK 240mm Predator cpu cooler I went for air cooler just to be able to run system for now, and so far for GPU i had EVGA GTX 980 SC 4GB that i buy from one person, and i don't want to give up on this gpu as i know is very powerful and solid build gpu one of the best ever made by Nvidia! So all system was build and put together as soon i boot up and installed Nvidia last drivers after restart it turn on all looks pity normal till system boot in to windows after driver loads up screen go with pink squares all over the screen or white, so I pity sure it's gpu and it need's to be soldered or baked, now i did it once i toke graphic card a part all process was done with protective gloves and very careful, so i worm up oven on gas mark 6 = 200cº = 400f for about 25minuts then i grab the aluminium and made 4 balls put on top of them my flipped with gpu down gtx980 and put it in the oven for 10 mins after i take it out and let it cool down for 15 mins, put all together and put into my pc and boot up all looked sweet and as soon i install drivers and restart it goes up till password and soon it boots to windows i get black screen and yellow squares again!

So guys what you think do it need more baking or best will be sending it to some professional store that can repair it to working good condition?

As its show image all working great till it boots to windows and if image is good as soon i move mouse it freezes and crash

this picture is example take from internet:

now here is my so wanted gtx waiting for help, hope some of you guys can help me out here.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that baking a GPU is supposed to be done that hot?

Anyway, it appears that didn't work. Baking is not a magic pill. I'm inclined to say the card is Toast (yes, pun intended). You can have someone repair it, maybe, but honestly, it's time to think about a new card.

Did you try and return it to the person who sold it to you as soon as you first installed it and saw it wasn't working correctly?

 

[INSTG8R]

You already tried baking and didn't work. You've done all you can. Plus the symptoms you describe sound like VRAM issues and baking won't fix it.

 

[basco]

so you bought the card and it was doing this at first day?
i think you did all you can do at home. maybe try to boot in safe mode-there are some cards that can boot till it loads driver
maybe dissamble it and look for burned parts or leaking

but repairing will not be cheap.
what the others said

 

[fourletterfame]

Baking doesn't "fix" anything. It's a temporary band-aid at best IF it works.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that baking a GPU is supposed to be done that hot?

In theory it needs to be really hot, because you're trying to reach the melting point of the solder balls under the substrate.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Oh look! @Toothless saw someone was baking....

 

[Toothless]

Oh look! @Toothless saw someone was baking....

Yeah, and this poor card got fried a new rear end.

What made me laugh the most was the "best card nvidia has ever made"

 

[StanMen]

Yeah, and this poor card got fried a new rear end.

What made me laugh the most was the "best card nvidia has ever made"

Well guys thanks all for your attention, now Toothless mate you said that "best card nvidia has ever made" I said it's one of the best gpus they made! It was now they are still good for the price and performance. And this gpu show image it's boots up the only down side is that as soon it loads up the drivers it show artifacts and crash, no drivers it works fine! So I already find a store here in London its specialised on repairs of hardware its Tfix and is not that expensive 99£.

Hope they fix it.

Thank you guys!