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MaxxxRacer · 09-06-2004, 12:00 AM

I cleaned the card with alcohol and got it clean of all as5 and then put on some of hte cheap non conductive tim and it still gave the horrible artifacts. The damn thing is getting an RMA to ATI.

About to test the motherboard....

EDIT: I tested the motherboard and it is offically dead. I tested it with my old slk800 while on my desk and with a different power supply. And it gives me the wierd agp slot error

Here is my theory on what happened. The ciriticool pci relay somehow sent voltage into the pci bus and thus into the agp bus. Doing so caused the gpu to get overvolted and get fried and at the same time it fried the mobo. What is surprising to me though is that nothing sparked smoked or even smelled. Usually when computer components die in a violent way there is some sign of it.

RIP 9800 pro
RIP A7N8X Deluxe

09-06-2004, 12:00 AM	#17
MaxxxRacer Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Los Angeles, Ca Posts: 310	I cleaned the card with alcohol and got it clean of all as5 and then put on some of hte cheap non conductive tim and it still gave the horrible artifacts. The damn thing is getting an RMA to ATI. About to test the motherboard.... EDIT: I tested the motherboard and it is offically dead. I tested it with my old slk800 while on my desk and with a different power supply. And it gives me the wierd agp slot error Here is my theory on what happened. The ciriticool pci relay somehow sent voltage into the pci bus and thus into the agp bus. Doing so caused the gpu to get overvolted and get fried and at the same time it fried the mobo. What is surprising to me though is that nothing sparked smoked or even smelled. Usually when computer components die in a violent way there is some sign of it. RIP 9800 pro RIP A7N8X Deluxe __________________ Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler. Last edited by MaxxxRacer; 09-06-2004 at 02:15 AM.