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Green crap?

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Tsami

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Well ever since I installed my new heatsink and fan on my video card, it's been producing a lot of random green lines and just ugly stuff when I try to watch normal videos. I jumped into Counter-strike and it all glitchy...whats going on? is it soemthing ON my card...or is it just over heating?
 
It sounds like you're getting graphic corruption because of overheating. Check to make sure the heatsink is making full contact with the core. It might be a good idea to reseat it anyway even if it is though.
 
alright. I'll do that when I get home. How much of the thermal paste am I suppose to use? it is suppose to cover the whole damn chipset or just a little bit of it? And should I clean off the OLD thermal paste from the stock heatsink?
 
Tsami said:
alright. I'll do that when I get home. How much of the thermal paste am I suppose to use? it is suppose to cover the whole damn chipset or just a little bit of it? And should I clean off the OLD thermal paste from the stock heatsink?
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- Very thin layer of thermal paste from corner to corner covered on ur gpu.
- Yes clean off the old paste with rubbing alcohol only.
- The whole chipset? I think u mean the whole silicon surface of gpu then yes. Look at the first line to do so. :)
 
By whole chipset I mean all the little micro processor things cause I got all these mini-heatsinks that came with the purchase. And in regards to the rubbing alcohol, are you sure thats going to work? It won't mess up my card to the point where it will just short circuit would it? And how would I go about cleaning it....q-tip? cotton swab?
 
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