I recently obtained a desktop computer with an nVidia video card: from lspci: 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600 GT] (rev a1 I had to open the case to connect the DVD drive and saw what appears to be a fallen radiator: http://www.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/~hennebry/computer/amd64-1.jpg http://www.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/~hennebry/computer/amd64-2.jpg That nothing is shorted out appears to be a matter of luck. Any suggestions regarding how to prevent the radiator from shorting its video card? A suggestion of who to ask would be good. -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then." -- John Woods
> I recently obtained a desktop computer with an nVidia video card: > from lspci: > 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600 GT] (rev a1 > I had to open the case to connect the DVD > drive and saw what appears to be a fallen radiator: > http://www.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/~hennebry/computer/amd64-1.jpg > http://www.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/~hennebry/computer/amd64-2.jpg > That nothing is shorted out appears to be a matter of luck. > > Any suggestions regarding how to prevent > the radiator from shorting its video card? > A suggestion of who to ask would be good.Could be nothing wrong here.. hard to tell from your pics.. see http://www.trustedreviews.com/MSI-RX2600XT_PC-Component_review_msi-rx2600xt_Page-2 Steve
On Sun, 9 Feb 2014, Michael Hennebry wrote:> I recently obtained a desktop computer with an nVidia video card: > from lspci: > 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600 GT] (rev a1 > I had to open the case to connect the DVD > drive and saw what appears to be a fallen radiator: > http://www.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/~hennebry/computer/amd64-1.jpg > http://www.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/~hennebry/computer/amd64-2.jpg > That nothing is shorted out appears to be a matter of luck. > > Any suggestions regarding how to prevent > the radiator from shorting its video card? > A suggestion of who to ask would be good.Is this it? http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/modules/FCKeditor/Upload/Image/MSI8600/MSI-8600-Heatpipes.jpg
uh, don't kick it? I think you said that nothing is wrong. So listen to yourself. Ain't broke. don't fix it. If it does ever short, shut down and put a thin, small piece of plastic between the closest point of contact, and electrical tape it in place. There may already be one there.... or... exercise the warranty? Or replace the cooler and/or video card with a less obnoxious one from newegg. On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Michael Hennebry <hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote:> I recently obtained a desktop computer with an nVidia video card: > from lspci: > 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600 GT] (rev a1 > I had to open the case to connect the DVD > drive and saw what appears to be a fallen radiator: > http://www.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/~hennebry/computer/amd64-1.jpg > http://www.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/~hennebry/computer/amd64-2.jpg > That nothing is shorted out appears to be a matter of luck. > > Any suggestions regarding how to prevent > the radiator from shorting its video card? > A suggestion of who to ask would be good. > > -- > Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu > "SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical > reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young > goat to your SCSI chain now and then." -- John Woods > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-- Billy Crook * Network and Security Administrator * RiskAnalytics, LLC