On Wednesday 08 August 2007 02:21, Grant wrote: > My power supply's fan died and ended up really elevating the > temperature in the case during a qt compile. Now I'm seeing all kinds > of strange and colorful artifacts on the screen, even after the system > was powered off for several hours with an external fan blowing on it. > > Is that definitely the video card?
Sounds like it. Just in case it has not been totalled you may want to open the case, remove the video card and use a soft brush and vacuum cleaner to clean its cooling fan and heatsink. This may be underneath the card and difficult to reach without taking it out. While you're at it, repeat the exercise on the CPU. On hot days and marginal cooling systems it is not a bad idea to open the case and place an external fan to blow over it. -- Regards, Mick
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