Simple Ways to Fix a Damaged VGA Chipset

VGA stands for Video Graphics Accelerator which was first released by IBM in 1987. VGA includes hardware (hardware) for a computer or laptop where its main function is to translate a computer to a monitor. The image displayed on the monitor screen is the result of VGA processing. It is just a knowledge that VGA also has a processor or what is often called a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit). There are many VGA graphic card manufacturers that we often use in computers or laptops, but the most famous are ATI and nVidia.

Seeing its very important function, VGA is the main hardware device that we must take care of our health. We also need to know how to fix VGA if one day our computer or laptop is damaged. Weak VGA computer / laptop will cause the image on the monitor to be problematic. Especially if we often use computers for graphic design and games. Of course, playing games and doing designs on the computer will be hampered if the VGA is damaged.

 

Although damage to computer and laptop VGA chipsets is very rare, especially the computers and laptops we buy are new products. But it doesn't hurt for us to know how to fix a VGA chipset. It will save our expenses a little if the computer or laptop that is damaged by VGA is managed to repair it ourselves without having to bring it to a service place.

If the VGA chipset is damaged or weak, first draw conclusions to replace the VGA chipset. First do a simple trick which I will discuss here may be successful.

Here's how to fix a weak, damaged, or even totally dead VGA chipset

Before we discuss how to fix a damaged computer / laptop VGA chipset, let's first study the symptoms. Maybe your prediction is wrong if everyone thinks the VGA chipset is damaged or totally dead. The following are the characteristics of the problematic computer / laptop VGA chipset:

When the computer or laptop is turned on by pressing the power button the indicator light turns on but the fan (fun) is spinning very slowly but suddenly the fan spins fast and after a while it slows down again;

When the computer or laptop is turned on, the fan (fun) does not turn at all and only the indicator light is on;

The next symptom of VGA chipset failure is that we cannot enter the BIOS at all. Initially we can enter the BIOS by pressing the Delete or F2 key when the computer / laptop is turned on, but currently we cannot;

A strange image appears on a different monitor than usual, including: the image on the monitor screen will be broken and dots appear (artifacts) and also the image on the monitor screen sometimes turns on and sometimes dies;

When the computer or laptop runs heavy programs, especially playing games, suddenly the computer / laptop turns itself off;

If the VGA chipset is severely damaged, then at all when the computer / laptop is turned on, nothing appears on the monitor screen (blank screen);

The colors on the monitor screen will change from what they should. This case is often fooled, especially when we are editing an image (graphic design);

The temperature on the VGA chipset will heat up quickly because the VGA chipset is not functioning normally;

Those are the characteristics of the VGA chipset being problematic. Actually there are still a lot, but only 8 of these characteristics most often occur when a computer / laptop VGA chipset is weak or damaged and can even be categorized as totally dead.

Ok now let's discuss how to fix a weak VGA chipset. Beforehand, prepare your mental first because this VGA chipset is located in the case or in the laptop attached to the motherboard.

 

Also prepare a Hot Air Gun and Thermal Pasta before doing this activity. This hot air gun serves to heat the damaged VGA Chipset. Another solution if you don't have a hot air gun, please use a hair drayer or wax. While thermal paste is used to replace the paste located on the VGA chipset. Because maybe the paste is dry so it needs to be replaced with a new one.

 

After all the above preparations are in place, let's just start practicing fixing the VGA chipset. And remember this step does not guarantee 100% that your VGA chipset will return to normal. This step is only an experiment and indeed many are resolved by practicing the following steps.

Disassemble the computer case or remove the motherboard from the case or your laptop. Be careful when disassembling the motherboard not to damage the device;

For laptops, remove the headsink and the cooling fan (fun) that protects the VGA chipset;

Don't get it wrong, because this VGA chipset is similar to a processor. Look again at the example of the VGA chipset image above;

Heat the VGA chipset using the tools that have been prepared earlier, namely a hot air gun, hair drayer, or candle. For the duration of heating about 5 minutes. Then plug it back in and try whether there have been changes to the monitor screen now or not? If you haven't done another warm-up activity for up to 10 minutes in duration. Failed too? Do it again until this warm-up step works;

To warm up using a hair drayer set the distance about 5 cm, while if using a candle it is about 10 cm. Be careful heating with wax not to burn the device on the motherboard.

If you have practiced all the steps above but they don't produce maximum results, then it means that the VGA chipset is weak or damaged and you have to replace it with a new one.