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Old 04-01-2007, 07:46 AM   #1 (permalink)
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i had this blue screen flash up which people refererd to has the blue screen of death (BSOD) well i read somewhere its to do with graphics cards overheating

so i taped a 80mm fan to the heatsink of my card and it hasnt happened since,

my card is 25 degrees now compared to it being 50-60.

heres what it looks like:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...04-07_0954.jpg
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Old 04-01-2007, 11:41 AM   #2 (permalink)
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taped it, huh?
LMFAO....dude that is just classic. but, hey...it obviously worked for you, so kudos to you for solving your problem!
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i did that kinda also i just took a old pic card apart and took the lil silver bracket off and driled a hole in it and in my case and mounted it blowin on the videocards works great i must say
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