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ibmkg · 08-05-2008, 10:26 AM

Thanks...for ..sympathy.

I am using my own homebrewed Cu WB. It's Cross Drilled block. It has six 1/2inch holes drilled (3 on each side). Two 1/2inch barbs.

First card to die was ASUS EN6600TD/256MB PCI E. Second one is MSI 8600GT/512MB.

Memory chips are passively cooled i.e. it's stock. I noticed that memory chips on these cards do not get hot enough during extreme gaming so I let them as they are.

The only thing that comes to my mind is that perhaps I didn't tighten the WB enough to make proper contact with the GPU. My question: Can GPU die due to overheating? Or will it power down itself like CPU?

With both the cards, after mounting WB following happened:

System booted, displayed POST. Windows logo came up and PC rebooted. After that montior went blank. I turned off the PC by plugging out the power cord. Then again powered up the PC. Monitor displayed 'No signal'. I waited for some time as I noticed HDD light in function. I heard windows startup sound. Then for few seconds I could see desktop. After that, again it went blank displaying 'no signal.

Now there is no display, moitor reports 'no signal'.

08-05-2008, 10:26 AM	#3
ibmkg Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: USA Posts: 129	Re: Killed 2 VGA cards Thanks...for ..sympathy. I am using my own homebrewed Cu WB. It's Cross Drilled block. It has six 1/2inch holes drilled (3 on each side). Two 1/2inch barbs. First card to die was ASUS EN6600TD/256MB PCI E. Second one is MSI 8600GT/512MB. Memory chips are passively cooled i.e. it's stock. I noticed that memory chips on these cards do not get hot enough during extreme gaming so I let them as they are. The only thing that comes to my mind is that perhaps I didn't tighten the WB enough to make proper contact with the GPU. My question: Can GPU die due to overheating? Or will it power down itself like CPU? With both the cards, after mounting WB following happened: System booted, displayed POST. Windows logo came up and PC rebooted. After that montior went blank. I turned off the PC by plugging out the power cord. Then again powered up the PC. Monitor displayed 'No signal'. I waited for some time as I noticed HDD light in function. I heard windows startup sound. Then for few seconds I could see desktop. After that, again it went blank displaying 'no signal. Now there is no display, moitor reports 'no signal'. Last edited by ibmkg; 08-05-2008 at 10:36 AM.