I bet it was HGL memory leak issues what broke your graphic card... wouldnt surprise me :o
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Nah it's actually the design of the Dell tower.
There is a huge open space in the back for ventilation that also lets in a TON of dust. That wouldn't be much of a problem except that their cases mount the motherboard on the opposite side of a normal computer so the video card's heatsink/fan and gpu are all facing upwards instead of downwards so all the dust just settles right into the sensitive components.
That will teach me to buy a computer that I didn't build myself.
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Nah it's actually the design of the Dell tower.
There is a huge open space in the back for ventilation that also lets in a TON of dust. That wouldn't be much of a problem except that their cases mount the motherboard on the opposite side of a normal computer so the video card's heatsink/fan and gpu are all facing upwards instead of downwards so all the dust just settles right into the sensitive components.
That will teach me to buy a computer that I didn't build myself.
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Interesting. A friend of mine had multiple Vid card conk out on him too. Geforce 7800/7900s. His case mounted stuff upside down as well. Thanks for helping me figure out that problem!
Interesting. A friend of mine had multiple Vid card conk out on him too. Geforce 7800/7900s. His case mounted stuff upside down as well. Thanks for helping me figure out that problem!
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Shit, that's something I HAVE to be constantly aware of whenever I build a pc, because there's alot of fucking dust living right off a dirt road. It's problematic, so I always keep my computer fans and design in mind.
Wish they'd just fucking pave the road, it's a bitch in winter too, because of the snow.