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Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer

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"Ryan P." <ryannewguy@nogmailjunk.com> wrote in message 
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> On 4/12/2012 7:06 AM, Brian Cryer wrote:
>
>>> Using a toaster oven for doing this kind of work, is lunacy.
>>
>> I don't think I'm yet a lunatic so it's not something I will try - even
>> if others claim success!
>
>  The warning is very valid.  It wouldn't be a shock to destroy a board by 
> doing this.  I certainly wouldn't recommend doing this on a motherboard 
> you can't afford to gamble with.
>
> That being said, I have done this to my HP dv6302 with no ill effect. 
> Three times, as a matter of fact.  The first two times I didn't make the 
> oven hot enough because I was scared of melting something.  At the lower 
> temperatures, the "fix" lasted about 2-3 months.  When I finally went to a 
> higher temperature, the fix has been solid for 6-8 months so far.
>
> The concept is pretty simple...  You heat the motherboard to point at 
> which the solder softens and naturally eliminates any cracks that have 
> formed.  When you turn off the heat, as the solder cools, it contracts 
> slightly and regains solid contact with the GPU.
>
> Just to show you that its not complicated, here are the steps.  Again, 
> there are no guarantees it WON'T melt something you don't want melted, but 
> I have done it with no issues on my OWN machine.

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Thank you Ryan. Whilst I'm not sure whether I'm brave enough to try this 
yet, I do appreciate the step-by-step explanation. I've not yet decided what 
I should do with my HP, if I end up binning or replacing the motherboard 
then it would do no harm to try ... All the warnings are duly noted.
-- 
 Brian Cryer
 http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian

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laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer "Felipe G. Nievinski" <fgnievinski@gmail.com> - 2012-04-07 01:47 -0700
  Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-04-07 04:18 -0500
    Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer "Felipe G. Nievinski" <fgnievinski@gmail.com> - 2012-04-07 14:55 -0700
      Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-04-07 17:12 -0500
        Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer "Ryan P." <ryannewguy@nogmailjunk.com> - 2012-04-08 09:31 -0500
        Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer "Brian Cryer" <not.here@localhost.invalid> - 2012-04-12 11:11 +0100
          Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2012-04-12 07:38 -0400
            Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer "Brian Cryer" <not.here@localhost.invalid> - 2012-04-12 13:06 +0100
              Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer "Ryan P." <ryannewguy@nogmailjunk.com> - 2012-04-17 09:15 -0500
                Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer "Brian Cryer" <not.here@localhost.invalid> - 2012-04-20 10:09 +0100
                Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer "Ryan P." <rdeleteyannewguy@gremovemail.com> - 2012-04-20 08:08 -0500
      Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer Happy Oyster <*@*.*> - 2012-04-08 17:51 +0300
  Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2012-04-07 05:26 -0400
    Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer "Felipe G. Nievinski" <fgnievinski@gmail.com> - 2012-04-07 14:37 -0700
      Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer Allen Drake <ALDrake@Spamex.com> - 2012-04-07 18:33 -0400
        Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer "Frank Berger" <frankdberger@gmail.com> - 2012-04-10 18:58 -0500
          Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer Allen Drake <ALDrake@Spamex.com> - 2012-04-11 16:04 -0400
          Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2012-04-11 18:22 -0700
      Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer "Ryan P." <ryannewguy@nogmailjunk.com> - 2012-04-08 09:37 -0500
        Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer Tazz <dmswaine@gmail.com> - 2012-04-08 21:02 -0300
  Re: laptop shuts off, except when it's in the freezer wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2012-04-08 10:21 +0000

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