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pfunkman

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I removed the Heatsink from my 7800GS the other day to slap some arctic silver on it and i noticed something real wierd.

If you look at the things circled they looked pretty burned out like thier melting. There is a third one not on the picture that looks exactly the same as these 2.

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Anyone have any idea if this is normal for this card or is my card about to go up in flames?? If anyone has the same card if you could look at it and see if its just me or a common thing i would appreciate it alot (Dont need to remove HS to see them).
 
Does it smell burned? It don't look bad to me. They look similar which makes me think they aren't burning. Be weird if they burn at the same rate and at the same place.
 
WarriorX said:
Does it smell burned? It don't look bad to me. They look similar which makes me think they aren't burning. Be weird if they burn at the same rate and at the same place.
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Nothing smells burned im beginning to think your right and its ok its just a hell of a shock to pull out my card and see stuff looking melted.

EDIT: would still like to hear from one of the gurus what those things even are and why they would look like that.
 
I take it the card is the BFG you have in your sig?

Never seen that on a card before but I find it very strange if all of them burned in the same way and in only in the corners and in all four corners.

Think you are better of asking BFG directly to get a definite answer.:)
 
Those are SMD inductors and the corners are usually glued in order to dampen high frequency vibration when the card is under load and the power regulation circuitry is working harder.

The spots you are talking about is the glue.
 
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