youarebadatgames on 10 February 2011
| mchaza said: what? how does that work i fought overheating would cause the circuits to melt and the device failing hence the reason why there are fans on GPU's. umm makes no sense for me but it worked for you so thats great |
Lots of electronics have this problem, it's because of overheating and stress causing microfractures in the lead free solder. Reballing (more permanent solution) or reheating the solder joints is an attempt to fix that. I've fixed an old 360 with a dead GPU with the RROD clamp fix and it worked. I also had a laptop that died by overheating, but it was in warranty so I sent it in then modded the GPU with a copper shim w/paste and got rid of the crappy thermal tape when it came back.
