Blue Screen of Death - Page 2

patrickp · 11-09-2005, 16:32

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

I just had to shut down as it started all over again..Again the casing was warmer than usual and the heat from the back...

. I went to the site but can't see which file I should download?

Incognitas, if you're getting a lot of heat, that suggests you may have a fan that's not working or a heatsink that's not properly mounted. Don't go on using it like this; if things get too hot, you may succeed in frying some valuable bits of silicon.

Take the side off your case, a) check all the fans are working (sounds like a new setup, so there won't have been much time for dust etc to build up, but a fan connector may well have come loose) and b) see if you can find where the heat is coming from. If it's your CPU (is the heatsink hot?) or your graphics card, immediate action is needed, as both these can kick out a fair amount of heat. Some CPUs can fry within seconds of booting if they're not cooled at all.

And, since you're going to be touching components, it's a good idea to take antistatic precautions.

11-09-2005, 16:45

worry is it does not look like coggy has posted since this thread

**Maggy** · 15-09-2005, 17:30

Hallo!

I'm back.

It was a hardware problem.At the end I registered a temperature over 70%.I turned it off and took it to my local PC shop.My Radeon Pro 9700 was stuffed.

One new GeForce 6600 later I'm back.I decided to give the opposition my money instead..Now I have to try and get some recompense back from Overclockers.

Good grief! ther's been 4132 posts since I was last here.

Nemesis · 15-09-2005, 17:32

Welcome back coggy .... we were getting worried ...

Ramrod · 15-09-2005, 17:34

Wot he said! ^^^^

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My Radeon Pro 9700 was stuffed.

What exactly was 'stuffed'?

**Maggy** · 15-09-2005, 17:43

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

Wot he said! ^^^^

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What exactly was 'stuffed'?

The graphics card just wasn't working anymore.

Gotta go now as the hungry hordes are sighing in the doorway..very loudly.

Ramrod · 15-09-2005, 17:47

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

The graphics card just wasn't working anymore.

.........but do you know exactly what wasn't working on the graphics card?

dilli-theclaw · 15-09-2005, 17:54

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

Nice to see you back

15-09-2005, 18:39

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Originally Posted by dilligaf1701

Nice to see you back

absolutely - we missed you, Incog

**Maggy** · 15-09-2005, 18:52

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

.........but do you know exactly what wasn't working on the graphics card?

I quote 'on inspection the Radeon 9700 Graphics card that is fitted is faulty(running hot,causing graphics corruption & blue screens).

Frankly I don't care what was wrong, I just need a graphics card that works for longer than 9 months.

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Originally Posted by dilligaf1701

Nice to see you back

Ta!
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Originally Posted by homealone

absolutely - we missed you, Incog

and ta again.

15-09-2005, 19:38

wb coggy

greencreeper · 15-09-2005, 21:33

Welcome back Coggy. I always said it was a hardware problem

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

And Mr Greencreeper you still owe me a steak from ages ago now

I do

I'm getting old - memory's not what it was. I keep setting fire to the pads drying on the stove

patrickp · 16-09-2005, 00:18

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

I quote 'on inspection the Radeon 9700 Graphics card that is fitted is faulty(running hot,causing graphics corruption & blue screens).

Frankly I don't care what was wrong, I just need a graphics card that works for longer than 9 months.

Radeon 9700s need a good cooler anyway as they tend to run hot. Most modern high end graphics cards have GPUs that are probably more powerful than the average CPU was a few years back, and tend to produce a fair bit of heat. If the heatsink is not properly mounted (or has been knocked out of alignment), or if the thermal compound is getting a little old, it's easy to overheat it. In fact, it's easy even if it's just in a badly ventilated case.

But your new GeForce 6600 is probably capable of producing just as much heat. ;-)

**Maggy** · 16-09-2005, 00:27

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Originally Posted by patrickp

Radeon 9700s need a good cooler anyway as they tend to run hot. Most modern high end graphics cards have GPUs that are probably more powerful than the average CPU was a few years back, and tend to produce a fair bit of heat. If the heatsink is not properly mounted (or has been knocked out of alignment), or if the thermal compound is getting a little old, it's easy to overheat it. In fact, it's easy even if it's just in a badly ventilated case.

But your new GeForce 6600 is probably capable of producing just as much heat. ;-)

Well thus far no BSD.I had to laugh as it was actually reffered to as a symptom on the error sheet I was given.Since when did Blue Screen of Death become an official term to describe hardware failure?

16-09-2005, 00:29

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

Well thus far no BSD.I had to laugh as it was actually reffered to as a symptom on the error sheet I was given.Since when did Blue Screen of Death become an official term to describe hardware failure?

certain error codes on a BSOD could well point to hardware failiure though

Glad its sorted and I hope you was not fleeced