The nature of the malfunction was the fan melting :shock: the heatsink is warped and broken at the point where it secures onto the card. It's a GeForce 6600 by the way
The nature of the malfunction was the fan melting :shock: the heatsink is warped and broken at the point where it secures onto the card. It's a GeForce 6600 by the way
Yup, got one ... had to replace the heatsink and fan. Without a working fan the card will overheat and shut off. Hopefully the card has not been damaged by the heat?
I doubt it's still working, the computer shuts off within seconds of pressing the on button. Surely you could get 20-30 seconds or something without a fan?
The nature of the malfunction was the fan melting :shock: the heatsink is warped and broken at the point where it secures onto the card. It's a GeForce 6600 by the way
if it was hot enough to do that, it could well of been hot enough to melt the solder points on the card in effect fusing them together, which will result in an instant shorting of the system...
My Computer
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
myself
OS
SEVEN x64
CPU
Q9450 @ 3.6GHZ 1.34v
Motherboard
ASUS P5K PREMIUM P35
Memory
8GB 1066 buffalo firestix @ 1152mhz CL5
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire HD 5970 + GTX260 (physX)
Sound Card
Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
Monitor(s) Displays
SAMSUNG 20'' & SAMSUNG 23'' (dual screens)
Screen Resolution
2048x1152 & 1680x1050
Hard Drives
1x seagate 160gb IDE & 1x seagate 160gb SATA
PSU
XCILIO 850w (78A)
Case
CM590 1x 120x38mm & 2x92x38mm / 4x 120x25mm
Cooling
AC7 PRO @ 92x38mm blower, Lamptron military bus bay controll
The nature of the malfunction was the fan melting :shock: the heatsink is warped and broken at the point where it secures onto the card. It's a GeForce 6600 by the way
Logitech Z2300 Speakers/ Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones/Avermedia PCI-e Hybrid TV Bravo/Epson NX415 all in one/ 4 Port Powered USB Hub/ LG 10x Bluray Burner /TSST Corp DVDRW External
Guys, look up the temperature at which aluminium melts...
What the OP is looking at is a manufacturing defect that's fractured, there's certainly no way the cards GPU could have attained anything like the 660 °C which is around the temperature necessary to melt aluminium...
The fan motor could have caused the plastic to overheat, you can't even be certain it was the GPU which was the cause of that...
My Computer
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom built machine
OS
W7 x64
CPU
Intel Q9300 2.5Ghz Quad LGA775 (Would like Q9650)
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3R (F6 Bios)
Memory
4Gb OCZ Gold 1,333Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
Palit HD4850 O/C Sonic 512Mb DDR3, Dual DViD's
Sound Card
Azalia to twin Samson 50w Studio Monitors
Monitor(s) Displays
Twin Dell (E-IPS) U2311H 23.6" Screens
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz
Hard Drives
Crucial M4 SSD, archives on twin Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX, 2TB, 7200rpm HDD's, Samsung Ritemaster CD/DVD Burner...
PSU
OCZ 600w
Case
Lian-Li PC8 acoustifoamed' aluminium tower
Cooling
Scythe 140mm Zipang
Keyboard
Cherry PS/2 custom model
Mouse
Lenovo USB laser "Thinkpad" Mouse
Internet Speed
ADSL2+ @14Mbps downstream & Cat6 Gigabit Ethernet
Antivirus
NOD32
Browser
Opera
Other Info
Silicon Dust HD Homerun Dual FTA (Ethernet) TV Tuners, Dray Tek Vigor 2850Vn router and 8x HP Gigabit Switch. Lian-Li CR26 Card Reader, Canon MF4430 iSensys laser printer/scanner.
Well the owner of the computer kept it in a rather dusty area and never cleaned the dust out of it I think she's decided to put computers in another location in the future. I'm now currently trying to convince her to spend the $50 for a replacement card (identical to the old one, and it's not a GT).
Here are some more pics of the graphics card. Under the fan, and the reverse of the card under the GPU.
I think she's decided to put computers in another location in the future. I'm now currently trying to convince her to spend the $50 for a replacement card (identical to the old one, and it's not a GT).
