Damn Nvidia

[Sharma]

Blah well here goes:

For a while ive been experiencing freeze ups in games for about a month or so for about 30 seconds ro so causing link deads from DAoC and PS, when i logged back in the graphics were screwed up to hell, pixels missing everywhere which was the single most annoying thing EVER.

So after putting up with this for about a month or so, 7am this morning i smell what i think is TCP, run around the house wondering where its coming from then i realised it was coming from my PC.
I sniff behind and what i smell is BURNING, quickly shut down my computer and everything to have a look and found my lovely new shiny Geforce glowing a nice shade of orange, so i let it cool down and i try to find out what the hell is wrong with and and it turns out every 3/4 revoulutions of the fan, it sticks....ffs.

Right so ive been looking for an excuse to go out and buy a rdeon for about a month or so and this was a perfect opportunity for me, so off to the computer shop and i bought myself a radeon 9600, 128MB DDR etc, seems ok, well i needed a replacement now so i grabbed it and an optical mouse since my mouse was getting old too.

Currently getting the new catalyst drivers now.

I can say for one ive completely lost faith in Nvidia.

 

[.Wilier.]

Was the card actually manufactured by Nvidia?

I seriously doubt it, they more-than-likley just provide the GPU. I should check that the fan on your Radeon isnt made by the same manufacturer as the one that was on your FX.

 

[Sharma]

Nah, this radeon just has a heat sink, hopefully this card will tide me over till about christmas this year.

 

[Mr.Monkey3]

Warrenty still applicable?

 

[Sharma]

Nope warranty ran out a while ago and the cards kinda melted a bit so.

 

[Clown]

Who was your card made by? What nVidia card was it?

 

[GDW]

*cough* Hardware Forum *cough*

Its just bad luck when these things happen, nothing more. Pity the lockups etc didnt make you think that the card was overheating.

 

[Tom]

These things happen when substandard motors are used. The temperatures dry out any lubrication in the fan motor, and you get increased friction.

Might be an idea to buy a nice quality fan for your new gfx card so it doesn't happen again.

 

[.Wilier.]

These things happen when substandard motors are used. The temperatures dry out any lubrication in the fan motor, and you get increased friction.

Might be an idea to buy a nice quality fan for your new gfx card so it doesn't happen again.

But its fanless?

 

[SawTooTH]

Have I mentioned water cooling before? Okay maybe once or twice.

Even if the fan on the radiator fails I still get enough passive cooling to keep my graphics cpu and Northbridge cooled. Only if the pump fails am I up shit creek , but they supplied a nice led to say when its working so thats okay too.

 

[Sharma]

*cough* Hardware Forum *cough*

Its just bad luck when these things happen, nothing more. Pity the lockups etc didnt make you think that the card was overheating.

I did think it was overheating but it never occured to me than the fan had acctually ceased to rotate until today when it burnt..