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I think I fried my GF9600 GT
OK...so, the WoW realms were going down for the umpteenth time .. so I decided to do some case dusting and applying AS-5 to my GPU and CPU (they seemed to be running abit hot, both around 65*C~67*C under load). And install a 2nd 500GB HDD.
So I got everything all dusted, and cleaning the PUs. Applied the AS-5 in a small cross on both. Got the HDD in, and everything else back in better than before (cable management).
NOTE: I used to have a 2nd HDD in before, and had sleep/wake issues. I believe the PSU didn't have enuff 12v amps upon boot, but only from a sleep/wake. From a cold boot it was fine. Since then I've gotten a USB to IDE adapter for that HDD and is removed.
Anywho, so everything is back in, dusted, cleaned, new AS-5 .. and I power it on. Initial fans all kick on in high speed, then settle down. HDD LED blinks a couple of times ...... and no signal detected on monitor. So I figure it was having low 12v issues like before, and I turn it off, disconnect the 2nd HDD and reboot, with the newer 2nd HDD connected via USB adapter.
Yadda yadda yadda, it boots and I boot into Mint Linux because it's EZ'er for me to partition a new HDD. I start to fiddle around in GParted to partition the new HDD, and everything goes fine, but my main HDD is flagged 'dirty'. I try to use GParted to check disk it..says it can't or summat. So I open a terminal, and 'sudo fsck /dev/sda' .. error message about cannot find fsck.ntfs. I spend some time Google'ing how I can apt-get it .. but didn't quite find anything. I figure I'll just boot into W7 and chkdisk it there, or it'll be checked at boot.
Reboot, and .... no signal detected. what? the 2nd HDD is out and not on the 12v rail. Force reboot .. and I let it sit for a while to see if anything happens. After 3 self reboots, it looks and sounds like its booting into W7 .. but no signal is going to the monitor. I see the LEDs all blinking, I hear the boot chime .. but no video.
I turn everything off, remove the GF 9600GT card, and try the onboard GF8200. Yep it boots fine and I get signal. I put the GF 9600GT back in, double check all cables, its seated properly ... powers on but doesn't boot.
So do you think somehow the GF 9600GT got fried? I wore the static wrist thingy all the time.