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ATI x1800xl woes :(

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  • 03-03-2008 2:18am
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    marshbaboon
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    hey guys, thought i might take a bit of advantage of some of your knowledge here.

    Have a pc with this ATI card installed in a dell dimension, and recently the card started overheating, so i removed the card, opened the case and cleaned a ton of dust out of the heatsink that was causing the problem.

    But now if i install the card, and put power onto it the pc wont switch on at all, not even a bit of life in it... the power button flashes green and not even the psu fan switches on. i have to unplug the psu, and the light keeps flashing until the power drains.

    If i take the powersupply off the ati card the pc switches on, fan on the card spins and everything... but i obviously dont get any vga output.

    anyone have any ideas on this? i definitly didnt physically damage the card... just cleaned the unit out and reappplied the thermal compound on the gpu.


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