Added: Mar 13, 2010
From: VincentFunk
Duration: 6:24
Last week, I turned on my Dell and I was getting green verticle lines as it would boot. Then the same lines were there when windows was loading. It would crash after the windows logo and give me a blue screen telling me I need to contact the vendor and that it was a memory error.I called Dell and they went through a few system diagnostics, at first, I was able to press F12 and get into their diag. A day later, it wouldn't do anything. Just a blank screen.I ended up buying some extended warranty from Dell. They said it would take a week to get a box shipped out to me, and another week to get it fixed. So,$200 bucks later, I felt better that it was going to get fixed. Yesterday, I stumbled upon some video's on how to bake your graphics card back to life. I was a little skeptical, but since I was going to send it back to Dell to get fixed, I felt I had nothing to lose. Well, it worked, and now I've got an extended warranty, I'm not going to be using. After seeing the poor quality Thermal Grease they use, i'm not sure I want them to fix it. If something like this happens again.Dell does has a nice tutorial online for taking apart your laptop.http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/xpsM1710/en/SM/video.htm#wp1019155This covers your video card, but as you click through it, you can find all the steps needed to take apart the entire laptop.This fix also works on standard sized video cards that have artifacts and other card glitches.I'm sure this voids any warranty by Dell, but if it works and its free, why not?If anyone else has one of these, can you please post your idle temps and gaming temps. I'd like to know what other people are getting.**UPDATE**A few days ago, i recieved a replacement video card. When I took it apart to check the thermal paste, I found finger prints on the chip and the paste. I know for a fact I didn't do it. Maybe Dell does shotty refurb's to piss people off and keep those extended warranties selling. I'm going to keep this laptop till it explodes and buy something different next time.
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KyleIsKoolerThanYou Says:
Dec 17, 2010 - I almost went out and bought a new laptop. so I figured it wouldn't hurt to try this, when I did it worked like a charm. thank you so much for taking the time to post this i'm sure I speak for everyone when I say this saved me a lot of money and we cant thank you enough.
VincentFunk Says:
Dec 17, 2010 - @KyleIsKoolerThanYou I'm glad you got it working again. Mine worked, but failed again when I played games for a while. A few weeks ago I got it reflowed and I can game on it again. This trick will work a few times, but now's the time to backup when it's going. Look up reflow in your area. Someone might have a reflow station. If not, you can search on eBay under rrod repair. Ooor, ship it to me and I can use my friends station. One day I'll make a video of his reflow station.
glashoppah Says:
Dec 18, 2010 - I just did this to my son's 1710 and it worked. We were sure it wouldn't. But it did.
Ricscott Says:
Dec 29, 2010 - hmm mayonnaise and chips with that gpu please
vigorousvideo Says:
Feb 18, 2011 - man if this works I love you
VincentFunk Says:
Feb 18, 2011 - @vigorousvideo It does, but I hate to say it. It's not a permanent fix. I baked it again after a month, then had it reflowed. And now it's 100%. It works well enough to back up and use windows. Not great for gaming. Sorry :(
JohnsDigitalDen Says:
Apr 18, 2011 - This totally worked for me on my Dell XPS M1710. It is over 3 years old. Let us see if the fix will last. Good video post. Dell site has a great section on how the remove the video card from the laptop.
deepmolloy Says:
Apr 19, 2011 - This absolutely works. But you do have to use 99% Alcohol to clean off the old paste and then apply a good thermal paste. Also don't overcook. Since you are baking chemicals, its wise to open all windows and use a fan to blow out the toxic air. I doubt you would get cancer from the limited exposure, but hey why chance it. (E1705 256 GEforce 7900 gs; going strong after 8 months. saved $1600 dollars still play LOTRO) PS. Hope I wasn't to hard on my original post, I was desperate at the time.
deepmolloy Says:
Apr 19, 2011 - AFTER CARE: I don't turn off my laptop anymore or put it on standby. In part because the reason the graphic card failed was because the circuits in the card probably separated. The separation occurs because of the extreme temperatures between on and off. Baking is a simple way of re-soldering the circuits.The two times I turned the laptop off for a couple days it took more re-boots to get it to work. Fortunately, I didn't have to bake again.
deepmolloy Says:
Apr 19, 2011 - AFTER CARE II: Since heat is the main issue, I use i8kangul31 to monitor temperature. I have my laptop on a walmart desk that I cut a hole in, and place the laptop over it. I placed two small fans, one in the back blowing towards the usb ports and the other one underneath where i cut the hole in the desk. This keeps temperatue about the same even under game stress. Unfortunately, its mostly a desktop now, but my netbook does the laptop job. Plus, I can always move it. GL its worth it.
MTSMoviez Says:
May 3, 2011 - @VincentFunk Dude , I tried your method and it worked fine then after a month or so it showed lines again and i baked it then it started working fine but now its again started showing lines so i baked it but lines still showed up .. i again baked it but still lines showed ... I dont know what to do now .. i dont have any other laptops so plz if you can give me any tip any tip if you can plz ....
MTSMoviez Says:
May 3, 2011 - @VincentFunk Dude it was a great video , troll just hate .... it helped me a lot and also deep your a reall sicko , u watch porn on disney yukhhh you perv ....................
VincentFunk Says:
May 3, 2011 - @MTSMoviez I know what your taking about. Mine would do the same. What you need to do is find someone to reflow your card. That's how they refurbish them. If you can't find anyone. I have a guy here in town that did mine. He fixes the rrod on xboxes and it's the same problem. It's been almost a year since he reflowed my card and it's still going. Let me know if you'd like it done. Just pay the shipping and he'll reflow it for free.
lyokoboy0 Says:
May 15, 2011 - Excellent instructions. I did as you instructed on my dell xps m1730 which only had a blank screen at start up. I would recommend this kind of fix that hasn't got the warranty and has nothing to loose.This fixed my problem and saved me a small fortune. Thanks.
kingofchongers Says:
Jul 11, 2011 - thanks alot man,this oven fix worked for me,i have 2 xps 1710,s both had the dreaded graphics failure on the same night,baked for 10 mins at 200,now they are back fully workin,a fortune saved,thanks again for the vid
IceBurgh000 Says:
Jul 30, 2011 - would this method work for a m1730 graphics card ?
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VincentFunk Says:
Aug 3, 2011 - @IceBurgh000 Yes, this works on all graphics cards. And xboxes with RROD.
HyperSTAND Says:
Sep 27, 2011 - @MTSMoviez you shouldnt baked too much(the chip will get fry).. What you do is get alcohol put it in a pot, and place your graphic card in. Then Baked again. Then cut a small flat piece of aluminum. Go to Home depot get silicon glue. Place a bit on the chip and put the flat pice of aluminum. Then put thermal paste on and then place the heat sink on
HyperSTAND Says:
Sep 27, 2011 - @kingofchongers you shouldnt baked too much(the chip will get fry).. What you do is get alcohol put it in a pot, and place your graphic card in. Then Baked again. Then cut a small flat piece of aluminum. Go to Home depot get silicon glue. Place a bit on the chip and put the flat pice of aluminum. Then put thermal paste on and then place the heat sink on
HyperSTAND Says:
Sep 27, 2011 - @MTSMoviez you shouldnt baked too much(the chip will get fry).. What you do is get alcohol put it in a pot, and place your graphic card in. Then Baked again. Then cut a small flat piece of aluminum. Go to Home depot get silicon glue. Place a bit on the chip and put the flat pice of aluminum. Then put thermal paste on and then place the heat sink on
orchidsystem Says:
Dec 13, 2011 - This worked for me! Thanks so much, i'm fucking flabbergasted! :)
DrSphinctenstein Says:
Dec 26, 2011 - I had a m1210 which was quite possibly the best audio machine I've ever used. The video / display began going out on it, and eventually it would turn on without a display. I had a Studio XPS 16 as well (Looks great, performance isn't anywhere NEAR the m1210, strange huh?) Anyway, my Studio XPS 16 ended up dieing on me leaving me with the 1555 which I expect to die as well come next year. I plan on buying another working m1210 and fixing the heat issue somehow.
DungeonStudio Says:
Jan 6, 2012 - This is interesting stuff. 'Shame on you Dell' indeed! I have a M1710 as well, and didn't realize the video was going on it. Certain programs like Google Earth and Shape Viewer would be 'flashy' at times. And I'd get a blue screen saying 'Non parity memory error'. I just figured I hadto much intense graphic things on at once. Then it would boot, but just 'black screen'. 10min later I'd hear the XP theme. My local service guy said there was nothing to do, and buy a new laptop. So I went Acer.
bumbero911 Says:
Nov 13, 2010 - worked for lattitude D820 but didn't work for my dell inspiron 9300. but one is better than none. thanks for the tip!!!made a believer out of me.