Disaster Gigabyte burn-up

Discussion in 'Modding' started by Penrhos, 25 Oct 2001.

  1. Penrhos

    Penrhos What's a Dremel?

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    A friend, who I will not name to shame, Was running a 1.0G TB on a GA-7zx with a Geforce2 on a 250W non-approved PSU decided to try an o/c the video card (no extra cooling at all - not even any case fans) and all was fine until 6 hours into the lan-party when his rig kept crashing - so he ripped the sides off to cool it and kept going.....

    Result.. toasted PSU + Geforce2 (he took it back to PC-world and they swapped it as it was 2-weeks old) and a capacitor next to the AGP slot on the board was heated until the burst lines split and the contents leaked out. The m/b still worked - for a week or so

    The moral of the story... If it smells of smoke - Stop!
     
    Penrhos, 25 Oct 2001
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  2. Guest-16

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    No - moral of the story is if you smell smoke - your usually f***ed.

    So you need case cooling!!
     
    Guest-16, 25 Oct 2001
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  3. ZeffriN

    ZeffriN What's a Dremel?

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    ZeffriN, 27 Oct 2001
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  4. johnyhy1

    johnyhy1 What's a Dremel?

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    you know what they say if it aint broke fix it till it brakes:D :D :D
     
    johnyhy1, 27 Oct 2001
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  5. Kevin

    Kevin What's a Dremel?

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    smoked a Voodoo 3 once
     
    Kevin, 11 Nov 2001
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  6. :: kna ::

    :: kna :: POCOYO! Moderator

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    But you didn't inhale right? :rofl:
     
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  7. ZeffriN

    ZeffriN What's a Dremel?

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    ROFL

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    ZeffriN, 11 Nov 2001
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  8. Tim S

    Tim S OG

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    LMAO, PC World took it back too, lol....

    So much overclocking voiding you warranty... Ill have to pay that bit extra to get my stuff from PC world, so I get a warranty for when I smoke something! :rofl: :rofl:
     
    Tim S, 11 Nov 2001
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