could my ge force 3 over heat ?

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  1. j03

    j03 What's a Dremel?

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    When I built my pc I put my sound card in the pci slot right next to my ge-force 3 with out thinking about the heat now theres only a half inch gap between them. If I moved my sound card to another pci slot would it mess any thing up ? and would i have to reinstall divers ?
     
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  2. Tim S

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    If you already had something assigned to that PCI slot before, you will run into problems.

    I would recommend uninstalling drivers before you move it though... It might cause problems if you didn't uninstall it first :)
     
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  3. felix the cat

    felix the cat Spaceman Spiff

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    what os??
     
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  4. RTT

    RTT #parp

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    if you are using AGP you shouldnt use the top PCI slot as well, shared IRQs or something.
     
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  5. felix the cat

    felix the cat Spaceman Spiff

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    if its win2k or xp it should be fine when u unplug it and plug it back in, just make sure u have the drivers handy just in case...
     
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  6. Lazy

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    if you didn't have anything there before then there shouldn't be any problem but you can always try it and if it doesn't work move it back.
     
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