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Problem Again =(

LoL i'm actually thinking of melting metal and placing it in those melted holes on the I/O backplate
 
lemmy said:
i already tried that, stil not working, there is no power going through the card at all, no green light, so the stock fan won't even spin
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Anyone know if vga cards have the fuses that the Motherboard does? Im betting the dont. Oh well, I think he fried it! All I can tell you is try reseating the card in the slot... make sure you have the connections right and inspect and clean the thermal compound off the card!
 
lemmy said:
i used artic silver 5
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yeah thats very conductive... if you booted it up with that on the circuit board of the card i bet its as good as gone. What does everyone else think?
 
lemmy said:
LoL i'm actually thinking of melting metal and placing it in those melted holes on the I/O backplate
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I dont think thats going to go un-noticed
 
maybe =/ i'll try running the card in another computer, if it's cuz of something conductive the computer should turn off
 
lol i just tried running the video card in the other computer, the cpu fan just started spinng faster and faster , then super faster lol, it sounded like a ULTRA loud FANNNnnn, omg that was the first time i ever herad it do that, then i switched the video card and put back the old one, then everything was running normally LOL, this possibly a circuit problem? maybe if i clean off the as5 it will work?
 
lemmy said:
hehe yeah i did, but i used cofee filters and alcohol to clean it off
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Q-tips work better and use a rolling action in an upwards motion towards the top of the chip.
 
lemmy said:
LoL i'm actually thinking of melting metal and placing it in those melted holes on the I/O backplate
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Call the card company and see if you can talk them out of a new backplate.
 
lemmy said:
lol i just tried running the video card in the other computer, the cpu fan just started spinng faster and faster , then super faster lol, it sounded like a ULTRA loud FANNNnnn, omg that was the first time i ever herad it do that, then i switched the video card and put back the old one, then everything was running normally LOL, this possibly a circuit problem? maybe if i clean off the as5 it will work?
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Use Ceramique on video cards...
 
hehe dell is sending me a brand new 6800 GTO, and all i have to do is replace the I/O faceplates with the old and new, then i can send the old one back to them =)
 
lemmy said:
hehe dell is sending me a brand new 6800 GTO, and all i have to do is replace the I/O faceplates with the old and new, then i can send the old one back to them =)
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If I'm reading this correctly, you bought another 6800 GTO from dell to switch the faceplates and now will RMA the non-working one and keep the new one? And then once the RMA'ed one arrives back fixed, you'll switch the faceplate with the one you recently bought and simply refund it?

Yeah, I can see some of the ethical issues Top Nurse mentioned...

Or is Dell giving out free 6800 GTO's again?
 
it's called i have a 3 year warranty on it, and they are sending a replacement, i had a 6800 GTO already
 
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