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    Baking motherboard

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by oan001, May 13, 2011.

  1. oan001

    oan001 Notebook Evangelist

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    Long story short: I have an old Aopen laptop from 2005. First the USB stopped working after short circuit. I bought a PCMIA-usb card. PCMIA-slot short circuited -> no usb for me.

    Is there a chance that baking the motherboard might fix the usb ports?
     
    oan001, May 13, 2011
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  2. ramgen

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    have never heard of it. that was an interim solution for nvidia gpus.


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  3. Althernai

    Althernai Notebook Virtuoso

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    Indeed, baking Nvidia GPUs occasionally worked because the problem with them was cracks in the solder which melted away when it was heated. Baking will not generally fix short circuits.
     
    Althernai, May 13, 2011
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  4. Dr.Colossos

    Dr.Colossos Notebook Evangelist

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    It also does work with Acer motherboards. I did it already twice with Acer 7520G motherboards, both times successfull.

    But it had the Acer 7520G reboot loop, which was related to the northbride chip. Others were successfull with that, too, got their HDD and DVD drives working again, also USB I think.

    However, no one will ever give you a guarantee that it will work, nor that it won't totally break your motherboard.

    If you tried everything else and are out of options, and you do not depend on a half-working motherboad, you may wanna give it a try.

    No guarantees, as I said.

    For a how-to, check the thread I linked to.

    Good luck!
     
    Dr.Colossos, May 13, 2011
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