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The_Fat_Man

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My video card exploded!
Jun 6^th, 2006 at 10:13pm

So I was playing WoW one night and right before my raid started I hear a loud pop from inside my computer. Computer shuts off...wtf.

So i restart and its ok, go to load wow, crashes....does this 2 times.

I pop the side of my case and look inside....video card fan isn't spinning....and then I see this.

As Pat pointed out, the picture is a little out of focus. But if you look you can see what looks to be an unrolled piece of cardboard....yeah thats a capacitor on the video card...it exploded lol.

My theory is the fan clogged and stopp spinning, causing the card to overheat and blow it.

Anyways, I thought it was funny.

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MediaMaster GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline Holy Xenu! Posts: 1884 Detroit Gender:	Re: My video card exploded! Reply #1 - Jun 7^th, 2006 at 12:24am See what WoW does? It destroys lives... and graphics cards!
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: My video card exploded! Reply #2 - Jun 7^th, 2006 at 12:35pm Dude, yank the capacitor and solder a piece of wire across it. -b0b (...shrugs.)
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The_Fat_Man Wootzor von Leetenhaxor FTP Server Offline Grand High Overlard Posts: 910 Colorado Springs, Colorado Gender:	Re: My video card exploded! Reply #3 - Jun 7^th, 2006 at 1:42pm b0b I already tried that, and it worked to an extent. However when the capacitor blew it left a brown ring of burnt shit all around it. So after soddering over the capacitor contact point, when I'd play games it'd look like there was a blizzard of black pixels all over my screen. Im pretty sure the card is toast.
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: My video card exploded! Reply #4 - Jun 7^th, 2006 at 2:29pm http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8904023216324058356&q=yeah+toast -b0b (...YEAH TOAST!)
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The_Fat_Man Wootzor von Leetenhaxor FTP Server Offline Grand High Overlard Posts: 910 Colorado Springs, Colorado Gender:	Re: My video card exploded! Reply #5 - Jun 7^th, 2006 at 4:20pm That was fucking stupid. I didn't even smile.
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: My video card exploded! Reply #6 - Jun 7^th, 2006 at 4:54pm Yeah, but it was entirely appropriate considering the circumstances. -b0b (...YEAH TOAST!)
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