Fast forward to 9:00 to see the 'repair'. The first 9 minutes is a wonderful story by a helpful man sipping whiskey but gives no repair action. Thanks for the repair video. Short answer: heat up the graphics chip 'till the chip re-seats itself on the graphics board, reinstall and move forward. (This is actually a common problem for balled GPU chips on any modern logic board, PC or Mac, usually caused by over heating and poor heat sink assembly). A reball is the best repair and more permanent but this trick will get you by for awhile.
This works! I just baked my 2011 27" iMac's AMD 6970m GPU and it works again. I simply followed examples shown in several of the youtube videos (I used oven bake). I have never done anything like this before. This was the first time I opened up my iMac. While it seems intimidating at first, I did it. The hardest part was reconnecting the power cables behind the Logic Board and from the LCD panel to Logic Board. I put a sequential numbered piece of electrical tape on all of the wires and it went together smoothly. Baked at 400F for 10 minutes. Took about 3 hours to fix, because I took my time (first timer). My thanks go to all of the UA-camrs who filmed the process and also to those users who posted their encouraging success stories too.
This bloody worked. Just fixed iMac mid 2011. Thank you sir. You are an absolute legend!! Hats off.... Ps a heat gun or a gas solder iron without a tip works a charm. I used a gas soldering iron without the tip. Gradual heat and increase it ever 30 seconds for about 3 mins works
Thanks Alan! This is John from Hong Kong :D I just did what you did to the imac 27(2009) last night! ... and... it WORKS!! :) I specifically wanted to thank you because: 1. You kind of give me confidence psychologically because your video was like "If Yan can cook and so can you!" style. You look like a casual user & repairer rather than some high-tech geek in the other videos. Contrary to other comments i really enjoy your"drinking" screen time. It really got me on the "frustration mood" with a dead iMac in my hands. 2. I was actually struggling between the "Oven method" vs "Torch method". You've got the point that it was precisely the "main chip" the problem lies in. So surgically heating the chip rather than baking the whole board should be the way to go!... And your "first torch imac" seems lasting very long. (more than 2 years??) Other baking examples seems lasting only a few months to 1.5 years. 3. You video has good close-up on your torch action, which i can imitate your firing distance, hand movement, gesture, and time. I know it's kind of risky with this method because more variables involved such as temperature/time/individual technique... But your video show it very clearly. By the way. for other people's references: I did fire a shorter period of time, (approx just 1 minute with fast circular torch motion) I also keep my torch fire a little further from the chip than your video shown. My rationale was: "If i did not enough, i can always do a second time, but if i over-done it, i cannot undo it!" Cheers!! :D
thanks for that ....your brave to have a go...so much to break when taking it apart but i keep saying, the price of a new board is stupid money which will probably mean buying a new computer but if you can fix your computer as you have then you have saved yourself money and time to think about replacing your computer..cheers
Mate, you saved me. After doing the same you did in the video, trying all the "recovery options", startups with command key etc... I Randomly reached your video. The video itself its great with the "dutch courage" and all that. But solving it doing a reflow on the graphics chip, i would never thought of that given that it showed picture during the startup. Thank you again. Keep up the good work. Martín from Menorca
You are an absolute hero! The one and only solution for me and my identical 27inch 2011 iMac. I put it in the oven for 9 minutes at 200ºC and it's working fine again!
I tried this approach on my brothers 2009 20 inch imac. I used a hot air gun at 200 degrees for eight minutes on the VGA chip. Fresh thermal paste, imac fired up first time perfectly repaired. In retrospect I could of added some glue to the board as its the combination of heat and gravity that causes the VGA solder balls to pull away slightly.
Hi Alan I had exactly the same with my iMac 2011 this week it’s no 12 years old but I followed your instructions about blowtorching the GPU Chip and it is back and working thank you so much
started watching this video thinking. this was going to be another bust. but happily i was wrong. ive watched plenty of videos on how to fix the WSOD none of the suggested fixes worked. i think i even tried the PRAM fix once before but mebbe i hadnt held the buttons properly. so i tried it again and made sure to hold them all down flat while waiting for the chime then the second chime. then let go and voila. my macbook booted up for the first time in months. mine is an older macbook. i thought that was the reason some of the fixes wouldnt work. but obviously not. anyway thanks man. im delighted to have my mac back up and running again. many thanks.
A very helpful & likeable man but I reckon you've not made any friends here on YT with a 9 MINUTE Intro to the repair lol but, yes, brilliant! My favorite 27 Inch went on me this morning & all I've seen is these mutants putting boards into ovens so I said eh well I'll just buy another one despite I love MY machine. Using the torch like an adult though - I'm now 110% game for the repair. Many many thank yous, good sir.
Put in on 4 small tin foil balls in the oven for 9 minutes at 200ºC. Then open the oven door to let it cool (Don't (re)move the gpu from the oven or you'll damage it when it slides!)
Good video chap I’m picking one up tomorrow a 2008 so he says it sometimes it flickers and on games crashes the screen subscribe now oh it’s on lion I may update first
Hi Alan! Thanks so much for your video! I did this bake eight months ago and it was working fine, but have the same problem again. I’m going to bake once more, but I’ve heard that upgrading to an SSD can relieve some of the heat problems in the machine. Wondering if you had thoughts on that. Thanks!
I baked the graphics card for 10 minutes at 390 degrees in my oven. Worked like a charm! There are videos on UA-cam showing how to do that, watch them FIRST, because you MUST follow the procedure!!
good work. You don't need a whole lot of heat to melt that kind of solder. Interesting to see how the fix holds up with extended use. Years ago i used to solder those chips in by hand. Don't think my eyesight would cope these days.
as you were finishing pasting, I was wishing you would lift the heat sink back off and use q-tips with alcohol, to clean off all the paste which squished out from the chip surface. The heat transfer will be much better without the paste insulating the board around the crystal itself. I am not sure the lead free solder the factory uses, smells like solder or not. I was also wishing you had placed flux all around the substrate of the whole chip where the balls are located. Flux will help the solder balls to flow better. Just use alcohol swabs to clean the graphics board of the flux after.
Hello Alan, thanks for your video. Is the imac already running in 2021? I brought my imac 2011, i7, 3,4 GHz back to life two weeks ago. We will see how long. By the way: I tried it with Plantation XO 20 :-)
as i have found after heating the graphics card it may well last for a year or less....after heating mine a few times it died and i found a good used card on ebay....soi heating the card is only temporary
Great video Alan - same thing has just happened to my mid 2011 27 inch iMac, and yes the whiskey is some comfort in times such as these. Just taken mine into a repair shop and will direct them to this vid. Can I ask if the repair is still going strong one year in, any new problems ?
hi, yes almost one year after the repair it broke again. i took it apart again and reheated the graphics card chip for the second time and it is going good again. the problem is these graphics chips... AMD Radeon HD 6970M ...were a problem from new and were failing when these computers were still under warranty. they cost a fortune so i will keep heating it until it is totally dead. i hope yours works out well without costing the earth, good luck.
My iMac has the exact same problem. Did you also make a step-by-step guide on how to tear it down and finally fix the graphics card without buying a new one? Thanks and keep the good work!
Hi, My Apple Imac 27 Inch Crashing Randomly, Going in boot loop,Getting Vertical Lines, Some times Green Screen, Some times blue. I try all solution. Safe mode, Recovery, Reinstall OS,Re install Old OS, Install Windows... Went through million solutions and forms to make it work Only reflow GPU card solution work.Open Imac take out graphic card,Clean & wash properly all thermal paste, Heat Oven 200 C. Keep GPU card on small Aluminium balls, Keep in oven for 10 minute. Let it cool for 30 minute, Get new thermal paste not conducting electric type apply small amount on GPU & all other black component jut like doing painting . Do not apply thick layer. Just enough to cover. Like paint on wall. Tight all screws properly firm & reinstall card. It works 1000%. I have wasted many week & spend lot of money. All the best.......Thanks
Hi Alan, I have the same problem with my imac :( Do you have any guiding videos showing how to tear down the graphic card away from the main board safely? Thank you.
hi, no i don't have a tear down video but there are some good videos showing how the iMacs come apart. if you type in imac i7 graphics card replacement you are sure to find one
I realise you wanted to put new past on it , but you could have just heated the chip from the back would save you a hole lot of trouble ( and it’s safer )
My 27” 2011 3.4ghz same AMD GPU, just did something similar to this today😔. The screen started breaking up as a video was playing and then it froze. I held the power button until it shut down and restarted to the white screen, which then turned black while the machine could be heard running. Fast forward an hour, I’m logged in and everything is normal until I try and play a video, which then causes my screen to start breaking up and then freeze. It seems like a lighter version of the same problem in this video since I can still log in at this point. So are you just remelting the solder when you heat it with a torch? I’m a little nervous about trying this but it if it has worked twice for you, then why not. Thank you for posting this video!
hi, yes i am just re heating the solder so it makes connection again....the main thing is to keep the flame moving around the chip or else you could destroy it....there are other videos on you tube showing similar as well as heating in an oven...the thing is a new gpu will cost more than the computer is worth so its worth having a go or get someone to do it who knows what to do
Take it back to where you purchased it and get it replaced under the warranty which is covered by European Law which is 6 years from date of perched as long as you have a receipt or proof of purchase when you go back see the manager as shop staff are not privileged to that information I changed mine last year because mine went pop after the 12 months warranty because it was not fit for purpose
Another happy camper here. Thanks heaps for this vid. Pushed me into a new realm of tech nerd, but when a new vid card is $1K NZD what have you got to lose?
HI Kahuna, I had encountered same challenge until a family friend recommended *cyber_kor* on Instagram and WhatsApp +1 (347) 830 3644. He is so reliable.
can i take out that videocard and use the mac only with the intel Graphics from i7? Or is a external Graphics Adapter an Alternative with a cheap PC Graphics card?
hi, unfortunately the graphics card connects onto the computers mother board and needs to be fitted... the computer will not work without it...this is not like many pc where you can easily change the graphics card. as far as know there are two choices, try to heat the card chip and fix it for how long i don't know or buy a new card at great expense
Please please show or do tutorial how to transfer imac pictures folder to USB stick. I have thousand of pictures in my imac but don't know how to transfer from there to USB stick. this is why my imac got this problem you are t talking about i think,
Hi there , watched your video , I am about to buy one of them used , I have been told that is working fine but who knows ? This video did made me wonder if I should buy it . Is a graphic designer , premiere and photoshop . Any advise ? Would a fix like this one would last for the video editing ? Thank you
hi, the AMD graphics cards in these computers were a problem from new and failing during the warranty period, i fixed mine and it lasted a year and failed again, i then fixed it again and it is still going good. the computer is great, i use it a lot for quite intense video editing and it is fine but i know it is a matter of time before it fails again.....problem is a new graphics card will cost more than the computer so now in 2018 unless you fancy a possible repair from time to time it would be best to get a newer computer
Hi, i have exactly same iMac like yours and was pink vertical screen problem. I did everything same what I see on your video but after started computer fan running about 30 second later and doesnt stop, keep running. I dont know what should i do. Please help me, why fan keep running and my iMac looks slow.
if you have a fan running flat out you may have one of the connectors not connected or a component could be broken on your logic board through removing it...i would say rather than stripping it out again download and install the free version of macs fan control...this may seem odd but it actually has cured this very problem for many people.www.macupdate.com/app/mac/47386/macs-fan-control
Hi Alan, I think I have the same problem. Suddenly, my 27" iMac 2011 i7 crashes with a complete white screen. Only difference with yours is that when i restart it, it ends up in a boot loop, iMac constantly reboots by itself. This is the cycle: PowerON > Apple logo with progress bar > progress bar 2/3th complete > WHITE SCREEN > 1 minute later black screen and rebooting by itself to start all over. Any idea of this is really same issue ?
hi, yes my 27 inch iMac did the same...keep rebooting itself...round and round🤣..yes you need a graphics card..you can heat them but they will fail again until it is dead. i would check out ebay see who is selling cards and at what price. these cards were failing under the warranty period when the computers were new but apparently it is the solder that is the problem. some companies sell these cards on ebay stating their solder won't fail but i don't know. for my iMac i finally paid £150 off ebay for a used card which i fitted a couple months back and is ok so far
@@filipbelaen5274 Hey all, I recently have encountered this same problem with my 27 inch Imac mid 2011, could you please post the link to the hardware needed to fix this issue? thank you.
Thanks for video. I don't understand if I have to clean also memory modules or not. I see thermal past for each memory module on the metal cover. I have to remove them and apply thermal past on memory module?
hi, yes.. if you take one of these computers apart each chip that has paste on it would be best to put new paste. if the original paste is still good you can reuse the original paste but you would have to buy a tube of new thermal paste for the central graphics chip anyway so probably best to replace paste on all chips that originally had paste, hope this helps
Hey bro sounds like I have a similar problem... 24” 2008 iMac... Apple logo comes about, and my face for user comes up... I put my password and then! The loading bar comes up and makes it a quarter and then shuts down with in a minute not sure what to try. Never taken this unit apart never took it in only to upgrade the ram way back and I have used this every day as well wondering what you think... whisky alone ain’t helping the computer lol... kidding aside I would like to see my display come back again and to use this after a month without.
it sounds like the graphics card, if you don't fancy taking it apart there are plenty of repair people who will and will be able to diagnose your problem. it all comes down to cost but might be worth getting some quotes
hey man, very helpfull video thank you. one day my mid 2011 iMac shut off mid working. From then on once i turn it on all i see is 5 thick vertical green lines, over a grey screen, apple logo, and a loading bar. Once the bar fills, the screen goes fully grey for a few seconds and turns black. Then it turns back on and does the same thing. Then the lines turn really thin, and look like the Matrix lines. after another restartthey go back to being thick. Do you know what i need to fix?
if you can get into your computer ...from the apple logo drop down box, select about this mac and it will say what graphics card is fitted, if not google search your mac model and year such as mid 2011 which could point you to the card in your computer
hi, i used the naked flame from a butane gas soldering iron,,, but you could use any heat gun from a diy store or there are videos on you tube showing how to put the graphics card in an oven
One of the worst 'how to' videos on youtube. Talking and drinking for 9 minutes, only to cut to a close up of WHAT -- soldering some chip -- why? -- who knows, and then putting some "paste" on it.
![АЛАУДИНОВ у Скабеевой: эти их ВСУ нас НЕ ДОГОНЯТ 😁 [Пародия]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/an0anqU4WGQ/mqdefault.jpg)
Fast forward to 9:00 to see the 'repair'. The first 9 minutes is a wonderful story by a helpful man sipping whiskey but gives no repair action. Thanks for the repair video. Short answer: heat up the graphics chip 'till the chip re-seats itself on the graphics board, reinstall and move forward. (This is actually a common problem for balled GPU chips on any modern logic board, PC or Mac, usually caused by over heating and poor heat sink assembly). A reball is the best repair and more permanent but this trick will get you by for awhile.
Thank you!
😂
This works! I just baked my 2011 27" iMac's AMD 6970m GPU and it works again. I simply followed examples shown in several of the youtube videos (I used oven bake). I have never done anything like this before. This was the first time I opened up my iMac. While it seems intimidating at first, I did it. The hardest part was reconnecting the power cables behind the Logic Board and from the LCD panel to Logic Board. I put a sequential numbered piece of electrical tape on all of the wires and it went together smoothly. Baked at 400F for 10 minutes. Took about 3 hours to fix, because I took my time (first timer). My thanks go to all of the UA-camrs who filmed the process and also to those users who posted their encouraging success stories too.
This bloody worked. Just fixed iMac mid 2011. Thank you sir. You are an absolute legend!! Hats off....
Ps a heat gun or a gas solder iron without a tip works a charm. I used a gas soldering iron without the tip. Gradual heat and increase it ever 30 seconds for about 3 mins works
hi, i know its a good feeling when something like this works, apart from putting a dent in your wallet////good job stripping that iMac down
I really love the way you live & repairing your device Alan !
It's 2022 & you still alive in our Labs !
Much love from Great Sri Lanka
Cheers
Thanks Alan! This is John from Hong Kong :D
I just did what you did to the imac 27(2009) last night! ... and... it WORKS!! :)
I specifically wanted to thank you because:
1. You kind of give me confidence psychologically because your video was like "If Yan can cook and so can you!" style. You look like a casual user & repairer rather than some high-tech geek in the other videos. Contrary to other comments i really enjoy your"drinking" screen time. It really got me on the "frustration mood" with a dead iMac in my hands.
2. I was actually struggling between the "Oven method" vs "Torch method". You've got the point that it was precisely the "main chip" the problem lies in. So surgically heating the chip rather than baking the whole board should be the way to go!... And your "first torch imac" seems lasting very long. (more than 2 years??)
Other baking examples seems lasting only a few months to 1.5 years.
3. You video has good close-up on your torch action, which i can imitate your firing distance, hand movement, gesture, and time. I know it's kind of risky with this method because more variables involved such as temperature/time/individual technique... But your video show it very clearly.
By the way. for other people's references:
I did fire a shorter period of time, (approx just 1 minute with fast circular torch motion)
I also keep my torch fire a little further from the chip than your video shown. My rationale was: "If i did not enough, i can always do a second time, but if i over-done it, i cannot undo it!"
Cheers!! :D
thanks for that ....your brave to have a go...so much to break when taking it apart but i keep saying, the price of a new board is stupid money which will probably mean buying a new computer but if you can fix your computer as you have then you have saved yourself money and time to think about replacing your computer..cheers
Mate, you saved me. After doing the same you did in the video, trying all the "recovery options", startups with command key etc... I Randomly reached your video. The video itself its great with the "dutch courage" and all that. But solving it doing a reflow on the graphics chip, i would never thought of that given that it showed picture during the startup.
Thank you again. Keep up the good work. Martín from Menorca
glad it helped...
You are an absolute hero! The one and only solution for me and my identical 27inch 2011 iMac. I put it in the oven for 9 minutes at 200ºC and it's working fine again!
winner, glad it worked out considering the price of a new graphics card lol
alan howatt I couldn’t even find one where I live in The Netherlands 😬
I was very skeptical about hitting the vga with a torch but was desperate. By god it worked we will see how long it holds up
I tried this approach on my brothers 2009 20 inch imac. I used a hot air gun at 200 degrees for eight minutes on the VGA chip. Fresh thermal paste, imac fired up first time perfectly repaired. In retrospect I could of added some glue to the board as its the combination of heat and gravity that causes the VGA solder balls to pull away slightly.
Hi Alan I had exactly the same with my iMac 2011 this week it’s no 12 years old but I followed your instructions about blowtorching the GPU Chip and it is back and working thank you so much
started watching this video thinking. this was going to be another bust. but happily i was wrong. ive watched plenty of videos on how to fix the WSOD none of the suggested fixes worked. i think i even tried the PRAM fix once before but mebbe i hadnt held the buttons properly. so i tried it again and made sure to hold them all down flat while waiting for the chime then the second chime. then let go and voila. my macbook booted up for the first time in months. mine is an older macbook. i thought that was the reason some of the fixes wouldnt work. but obviously not.
anyway thanks man. im delighted to have my mac back up and running again. many thanks.
Same iMac 2011. Just fixed. Millions of thanks.. wow
A very helpful & likeable man but I reckon you've not made any friends here on YT with a 9 MINUTE Intro to the repair lol but, yes, brilliant! My favorite 27 Inch went on me this morning & all I've seen is these mutants putting boards into ovens so I said eh well I'll just buy another one despite I love MY machine. Using the torch like an adult though - I'm now 110% game for the repair. Many many thank yous, good sir.
command v totally fixed my mid 2011 imac.... thank you so much.... figure im going to have to bake my gpu in 6 months or less!
Nitro Prime how
Put in on 4 small tin foil balls in the oven for 9 minutes at 200ºC. Then open the oven door to let it cool (Don't (re)move the gpu from the oven or you'll damage it when it slides!)
Timothy And how long do I have to wait until I can take the GPu out of the oven after heating it?
Thank you for that video, it works. Will see how long, but now it works.
GET TO THE POINT..sheez.
Jesus Christ! I said the same thing! forward to 9:00 to see the repair (taken from another comment below)
-
@@storysupport me too, he wasting my time drinking having a chat to monetize youtube.
Good video chap I’m picking one up tomorrow a 2008 so he says it sometimes it flickers and on games crashes the screen subscribe now oh it’s on lion I may update first
Hi Alan! Thanks so much for your video! I did this bake eight months ago and it was working fine, but have the same problem again. I’m going to bake once more, but I’ve heard that upgrading to an SSD can relieve some of the heat problems in the machine. Wondering if you had thoughts on that. Thanks!
I baked the graphics card for 10 minutes at 390 degrees in my oven. Worked like a charm! There are videos on UA-cam showing how to do that, watch them FIRST, because you MUST follow the procedure!!
That's not gonna work. Don't do that! You're gonna really burn your GPU
good work. You don't need a whole lot of heat to melt that kind of solder. Interesting to see how the fix holds up with extended use.
Years ago i used to solder those chips in by hand. Don't think my eyesight would cope these days.
lol, nor mine
as you were finishing pasting, I was wishing you would lift the heat sink back off and use q-tips with alcohol, to clean off all the paste which squished out from the chip surface. The heat transfer will be much better without the paste insulating the board around the crystal itself. I am not sure the lead free solder the factory uses, smells like solder or not. I was also wishing you had placed flux all around the substrate of the whole chip where the balls are located. Flux will help the solder balls to flow better. Just use alcohol swabs to clean the graphics board of the flux after.
Hello Alan, thanks for your video.
Is the imac already running in 2021?
I brought my imac 2011, i7, 3,4 GHz back to life two weeks ago.
We will see how long.
By the way:
I tried it with Plantation XO 20 :-)
as i have found after heating the graphics card it may well last for a year or less....after heating mine a few times it died and i found a good used card on ebay....soi heating the card is only temporary
Great video Alan - same thing has just happened to my mid 2011 27 inch iMac, and yes the whiskey is some comfort in times such as these. Just taken mine into a repair shop and will direct them to this vid. Can I ask if the repair is still going strong one year in, any new problems ?
hi, yes almost one year after the repair it broke again.
i took it apart again and reheated the graphics card chip for the second time and it is going good again.
the problem is these graphics chips... AMD Radeon HD 6970M ...were a problem from new and were failing when these computers were still under warranty. they cost a fortune so i will keep heating it until it is totally dead. i hope yours works out well without costing the earth, good luck.
My iMac has the exact same problem. Did you also make a step-by-step guide on how to tear it down and finally fix the graphics card without buying a new one?
Thanks and keep the good work!
Hi, My Apple Imac 27 Inch Crashing Randomly, Going in boot loop,Getting Vertical Lines, Some times Green Screen, Some times blue.
I try all solution. Safe mode, Recovery, Reinstall OS,Re install Old OS, Install Windows... Went through million solutions and forms to make it work
Only reflow GPU card solution work.Open Imac take out graphic card,Clean & wash properly all thermal paste, Heat Oven 200 C. Keep GPU card on small Aluminium balls, Keep in oven for 10 minute. Let it cool for 30 minute, Get new thermal paste not conducting electric type apply small amount on GPU & all other black component jut like doing painting . Do not apply thick layer.
Just enough to cover. Like paint on wall. Tight all screws properly firm & reinstall card. It works 1000%. I have wasted many week & spend lot of money.
All the best.......Thanks
Nor for long! You forget the thermo pads for the memory on your GPU ((
Hi Alan, I have the same problem with my imac :( Do you have any guiding videos showing how to tear down the graphic card away from the main board safely?
Thank you.
hi, no i don't have a tear down video but there are some good videos showing how the iMacs come apart. if you type in imac i7 graphics card replacement you are sure to find one
@@alan4x nice work. Thanks for the solution to my problem sir.
I have the exact same problem with my macbook pro late 2010.. I will try that solution, see if it works and keep u posted if it does!
what happened? were you able to fix it??
Fixed?
Thank you I have the same problem with my iMac 27 2011. How do you call the paste?
Thank you, just saved me the hassle of a girlfriend going to by a brand new Mac
I was skeptics at first but didn’t have anything to lose
can I at least have an i mac...
Why does this glitch happen
Purchased a new (not refurbished) graphics processing unit from China - £169.88. Paid £80 to have it installed !
good job
I tried all the apple start up suggestions no luck. couldn't get in safe mode. but command v fixed it..
COMPASSIONATE HOPE PHILIPPINES What do you mean with command v?
Please help what is command v?
I realise you wanted to put new past on it , but you could have just heated the chip from the back would save you a hole lot of trouble ( and it’s safer )
My 27” 2011 3.4ghz same AMD GPU, just did something similar to this today😔. The screen started breaking up as a video was playing and then it froze. I held the power button until it shut down and restarted to the white screen, which then turned black while the machine could be heard running.
Fast forward an hour, I’m logged in and everything is normal until I try and play a video, which then causes my screen to start breaking up and then freeze. It seems like a lighter version of the same problem in this video since I can still log in at this point.
So are you just remelting the solder when you heat it with a torch? I’m a little nervous about trying this but it if it has worked twice for you, then why not. Thank you for posting this video!
hi, yes i am just re heating the solder so it makes connection again....the main thing is to keep the flame moving around the chip or else you could destroy it....there are other videos on you tube showing similar as well as heating in an oven...the thing is a new gpu will cost more than the computer is worth so its worth having a go or get someone to do it who knows what to do
5:59 *checks for blood*
HAHAHAHHHA YOU WAS BEFORE ME LOL HAHAHAH
Great!!!! works fine 4 me (imac 20")
Take it back to where you purchased it and get it replaced under the warranty which is covered by European Law which is 6 years from date of perched as long as you have a receipt or proof of purchase when you go back see the manager as shop staff are not privileged to that information I changed mine last year because mine went pop after the 12 months warranty because it was not fit for purpose
Another happy camper here. Thanks heaps for this vid. Pushed me into a new realm of tech nerd, but when a new vid card is $1K NZD what have you got to lose?
HI Kahuna, I had encountered same challenge until a family friend recommended *cyber_kor* on Instagram and WhatsApp +1 (347) 830 3644. He is so reliable.
can i take out that videocard and use the mac only with the intel Graphics from i7? Or is a external Graphics Adapter an Alternative with a cheap PC Graphics card?
hi, unfortunately the graphics card connects onto the computers mother board and needs to be fitted... the computer will not work without it...this is not like many pc where you can easily change the graphics card.
as far as know there are two choices, try to heat the card chip and fix it for how long i don't know or buy a new card at great expense
Please please show or do tutorial how to transfer imac pictures folder to USB stick. I have thousand of pictures in my imac but don't know how to transfer from there to USB stick. this is why my imac got this problem you are t talking about i think,
Can it be my graphics card if I can still boot the computer in safe mode?
Hi there , watched your video , I am about to buy one of them used , I have been told that is working fine but who knows ? This video did made me wonder if I should buy it . Is a graphic designer , premiere and photoshop . Any advise ? Would a fix like this one would last for the video editing ? Thank you
hi, the AMD graphics cards in these computers were a problem from new and failing during the warranty period, i fixed mine and it lasted a year and failed again, i then fixed it again and it is still going good.
the computer is great, i use it a lot for quite intense video editing and it is fine but i know it is a matter of time before it fails again.....problem is a new graphics card will cost more than the computer so now in 2018 unless you fancy a possible repair from time to time it would be best to get a newer computer
Hi, i have exactly same iMac like yours and was pink vertical screen problem. I did everything same what I see on your video but after started computer fan running about 30 second later and doesnt stop, keep running. I dont know what should i do. Please help me, why fan keep running and my iMac looks slow.
if you have a fan running flat out you may have one of the connectors not connected or a component could be broken on your logic board through removing it...i would say rather than stripping it out again download and install the free version of macs fan control...this may seem odd but it actually has cured this very problem for many people.www.macupdate.com/app/mac/47386/macs-fan-control
Hi Alan, I think I have the same problem. Suddenly, my 27" iMac 2011 i7 crashes with a complete white screen. Only difference with yours is that when i restart it, it ends up in a boot loop, iMac constantly reboots by itself. This is the cycle: PowerON > Apple logo with progress bar > progress bar 2/3th complete > WHITE SCREEN > 1 minute later black screen and rebooting by itself to start all over. Any idea of this is really same issue ?
hi, yes my 27 inch iMac did the same...keep rebooting itself...round and round🤣..yes you need a graphics card..you can heat them but they will fail again until it is dead. i would check out ebay see who is selling cards and at what price. these cards were failing under the warranty period when the computers were new but apparently it is the solder that is the problem. some companies sell these cards on ebay stating their solder won't fail but i don't know. for my iMac i finally paid £150 off ebay for a used card which i fitted a couple months back and is ok so far
Alan Howatt Hi Alan! Thx for the info. Just found that aliexpress also has lots of these gpu-cards at very reasonable prices, maybe worth trying it ?
@@filipbelaen5274 Hey all, I recently have encountered this same problem with my 27 inch Imac mid 2011, could you please post the link to the hardware needed to fix this issue? thank you.
Thanks for video. I don't understand if I have to clean also memory modules or not. I see thermal past for each memory module on the metal cover. I have to remove them and apply thermal past on memory module?
hi, yes.. if you take one of these computers apart each chip that has paste on it would be best to put new paste. if the original paste is still good you can reuse the original paste but you would have to buy a tube of new thermal paste for the central graphics chip anyway so probably best to replace paste on all chips that originally had paste, hope this helps
Thanks
Hey bro sounds like I have a similar problem... 24” 2008 iMac... Apple logo comes about, and my face for user comes up... I put my password and then! The loading bar comes up and makes it a quarter and then shuts down with in a minute not sure what to try. Never taken this unit apart never took it in only to upgrade the ram way back and I have used this every day as well wondering what you think... whisky alone ain’t helping the computer lol... kidding aside I would like to see my display come back again and to use this after a month without.
it sounds like the graphics card, if you don't fancy taking it apart there are plenty of repair people who will and will be able to diagnose your problem.
it all comes down to cost but might be worth getting some quotes
For me worked to put the card 5 minutes to bake ...180C
Where to begin? How about a lav mic.
cant argue with that one
hey man, very helpfull video thank you. one day my mid 2011 iMac shut off mid working. From then on once i turn it on all i see is 5 thick vertical green lines, over a grey screen, apple logo, and a loading bar. Once the bar fills, the screen goes fully grey for a few seconds and turns black. Then it turns back on and does the same thing. Then the lines turn really thin, and look like the Matrix lines. after another restartthey go back to being thick. Do you know what i need to fix?
that will be your graphics card...you could try heating it but also maybe try to find a good card off ebay if you don't want to fork out for a new one
@@alan4x Ok great, thank you very much. Is there a specific card name i should look for?
if you can get into your computer ...from the apple logo drop down box, select about this mac and it will say what graphics card is fitted, if not google search your mac model and year such as mid 2011 which could point you to the card in your computer
@@alan4x ah ok, the long way it is. thank you very much. good day
have to do this with my MacBook Pro or use Ubuntu I prefer to do this but have a hot gun whats the name of your heat Gun.
hi, i used the naked flame from a butane gas soldering iron,,, but you could use any heat gun from a diy store or there are videos on you tube showing how to put the graphics card in an oven
lil different
I have an issue like that, but Windows loads just fine.
it might load just fine but what a bucket of shit too use
5:59 checks for blood IN A ZOMBIE MOVIE i mac
i got white screen on my acer preadator xb1 27
HOW much paste
You put way too much thermal paste -) good video though.
Not a permenet solution
After 3 days continuse using again problem
Very poor volume and sound quality. Thank you
The audio is fine what do you mean
10 minutes of BS, followed by a cut to a computer part--how did you access it? How did you uninstall it? ....
I recently face the same problem with my Imac but this dude on instagram @mendozahacks got my computer fixed permanently DM him and thank me later
Windows 10 PC never does this if you can swicth
fuck
yeah, no thanks
talkin too much
BLVCKDON 😂
go straight to the solution.. u talking too much
stop drinking man
We dont need ur whole life story
He didn't need to put up this video, either. Just like you don't have to watch, it isn't the only video on this procedure around.
Boring
One of the worst 'how to' videos on youtube. Talking and drinking for 9 minutes, only to cut to a close up of WHAT -- soldering some chip -- why? -- who knows, and then putting some "paste" on it.
Windows 10 PC never does this if you can swicth
you