Freelancer - The Void

So heres my videocard bug:
The little white thing was supposed to cover the black thing, it didnt, it was glues like 3 cms away from it!

What kind of card was it?

I currently have 2 ATI's my secondary has an ATI 9550 AGP
Primary has an ATI x1600Pro AGP (I love this card )

~S~
Maty

Uhh...dude that thing looks like heat melted it.

Ethier that or the soughter from the fan and heat sink broke off.

Have you been moving?

If not, and that's what the Vid card looked like when you got it, you need to call the dealer of that vid card NOW and tell them to get you a new card man.

That's definately jacked up lookin'. i've never seen anything like that. how old is that card btw?

Wow... I've never seen one like that before. WHat happened to it?

Way is right. That's your heat sink. The gray stuff in the middle is the thermal compound. The while thing is an insulator. The compound needs to be pressed firmly & precisely placed between the sink and the processor to keep it from overheating and burning out. The insulator sits over the board surrounding the processor to protect it.

It if came like that return it.

If not, you will have to reseat it or get a new one. Does it work right? At least last time you used it?

If you are going to reseat it, get some compound... Arctic Silver is the best. It's not expensive. Then carefully clean off all the goop from all the parts, spread a thin even layer on the heat sink, place it where it belongs and secure it by whatever screws or clamps come with it.

I put it back to its place and it works well...

What kind of vid card is it?

Remix... I know your card being all jacked up is not funny...

But your picture tour of the problem ROCKS!!!!

Very

Frac

Its so sucks when this stuff isnt put together the way it should be....I swear they have trained monkies working at DELL and Microsoft....

Zebulon wrote:I swear they have trained monkies working at DELL and Microsoft....

If they were actually trained maybe the quality would be a little better...

I've got a powercolour x800 GTO and it's the first ATI card I've ever owned...but it's got no problems whatsoever...

I think it has a lot to do with manufacturer tbh rather than the chipsets in use..for example XFX make absolutely cracking Nvidia based cards and Saphire usually make good ATI based cards.

ATI Radeon 9600 XT someone asked..
And i want a new one!!
Thanks Frac!
And its 1 year old~
Ima post a customer support thing on ATI website.
Oh nevermind i need to call them to do this. If i get games crahshes like i had 1 year ago im gonna go to ATI and change my card to a new one.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
I still get those annoying crashes!!!! Im gettin a new video card cos im tired!

x700 mobility radeon is enough for me... what I really need is a keyboard.. this laptop is killing me!