On Wednesday 08 August 2007 09:33, Florian Philipp wrote: > Am Mittwoch 08 August 2007 09:22 schrieb Mick: > > 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. > > Or maybe it's the thermal grease paste, it usually doesn't like being > roasted. Replace it, if possible. > > I'm not an expert on this kind of stuff but I had similar artifacts while > overclocking my video RAM so maybe the chips didn't make it.
http://www.arcticsilver.com/ I have used Arctic Silver 5 and have been very happy with it (on an overclocked PIII). -- Regards, Mick
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