Curse you , Jim
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Re: Curse you , Jim
You might want to check the capacitors on your motherboard while you're in there. I've seen plenty of wonky things happen on machines with swollen caps.
Re: Curse you , Jim
The capacitor problems that people were having in the early 2000's was due to a company using an incomplete formula it got from a corporate spy. The spy didn't realize he did not get the entire formula until all the capacitors that company made with that formula started bursting out the ends. There should no longer be any made with the bad formula.NeanderDude wrote:You might want to check the capacitors on your motherboard while you're in there. I've seen plenty of wonky things happen on machines with swollen caps.
Actually I'm hoping that they would no longer be using that formula, I don't know for sure if they are or not.
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Drivers let you utilize the full capacity of the card, if you are using a basic driver (like the one that comes prepackaged with windows for very generic cards) then you arent using the entire card, just a small part of it. If the broken part is in that extended area, than you can be fine in safe mode. At least until the rest of it breaks.
I believe that is what is happening here. In retrospect I suppose I can recognize some issues that were precursors to a failing video card, but I overlooked them.
I believe that is what is happening here. In retrospect I suppose I can recognize some issues that were precursors to a failing video card, but I overlooked them.
Re: Curse you , Jim
metacide wrote:Drivers let you utilize the full capacity of the card, if you are using a basic driver (like the one that comes prepackaged with windows for very generic cards) then you arent using the entire card, just a small part of it. If the broken part is in that extended area, than you can be fine in safe mode. At least until the rest of it breaks.
I believe that is what is happening here. In retrospect I suppose I can recognize some issues that were precursors to a failing video card, but I overlooked them.
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You might want to look at a 560ti or 570 instead of a 480, for obvious thermal reasons.
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Our PC support guys are still finding machines with swollen caps, but it might be due to the inexpensive systems my company has a tendency to buy. Amazing that it's still happening. I had a video card go out in my work PC and the motherboard was fine, but the video card had some swollen caps.stujitsu wrote:The capacitor problems that people were having in the early 2000's was due to a company using an incomplete formula it got from a corporate spy. The spy didn't realize he did not get the entire formula until all the capacitors that company made with that formula started bursting out the ends. There should no longer be any made with the bad formula.
Now I wonder if that corporate spy was RED or BLU... Hmmm....
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Welcome back to the land of the gaming Still in time for Portal 2.metacide wrote:So a quick (read: agonizing 3 day) delivery later I have a new video card and everything is right with the world again.
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