killed maby?

[jon gilreath]

i removed the cooler to put on heat sink compound.
when i put the card back in i get littel squars on screen i can make out sone things.did i kill it

 

[KenDawg]

huh?

 

[jon gilreath]

not sure what happend. i get diff color squairs on mon.

 

[diredesire]

uh... you might have poor contact due ot the shim, but checking your sig i realize you have a 9800 series card which shoudln't give you those problems. All i can say, is clean off the GPU very well with isopropyl alcohol and/or acetone (nail polish remove w/o fragrances etc) and try again. Dont use too much TIM, especially if there is silver in it.

 

[Mad_Pyro]

That is called artifacting, and yeah, you probably broke it. The card is also not replaceable. Just try to clean it and replace the HSF and pray.