Just venting about HIS...

[Zallek]

So, I bought my X1950Pro a little while back, and it was what seemed to be random instability... So I figure what the heck.. I'll check the hsf once Im not so lazy. I just finished putting it back together, and not only did I put new AS5 on, I pulled a piece of PLASTIC off the core.. it was like those QC stickers you find on boxes to see if they've been tempered with.. on the core, half on and half on the rest of the chip.. Needless to say my temps dropped 13C at idle, im hoping my random crashing will bugger off..

Im not sure if anyone else has encountered a similar problem, but I've seen pictures of people getting bent X1950Pros IceQ3 Turbos, which I have. Mine wasnt bent but that sticker really frustrated me when I saw it...

Anyways, I just needed to let that out on some people who knew what I was talking about..

Good morning! lol

 

[Xenozx]

Wow, that sucks.... Cant believe they would miss something like that....

 

[Zallek]

So far its stable.. Im enjoying the almost 15C temp drop on idle.. I havent checked its load yet, but that'll be soon. Just had some stuff on my truck that needed wrenching so I might load up a game or two soon.

And yeah, Im still really surprised they missed that. Its almost like its something that came shipped with the core to keep it clean that never got removed for assembly or something.