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Rig Up Inflames

gline · 2005-07-19 08:20:21

Woke up this morning @ 5am to my main rig inflames. :( I heard a bit of an explosion and woke up, room was full of smoke and i could see a glow coming out of the pc, had to drag it out of my flat shaking like crazy. Lucky i woke up, the smoke alarm didnt go off and the fuses didnt blow or trip the main switch. Weird thing…

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#92 21-07-2005 11:24am
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masterofthereal wrote:

Dude, my condolonces on your loss.... whens the funeral

hehehe, well i was actually gonna attempt a ressurection when i get my hands on a graphics card to test it.

and yeh galwaydude18 - i was ripped off twice on ebay last year - also of €1000, got 500 of it back of paypal though so wasnt too bad. And its true, its only money...no big deal.. money lasts all of 10seconds, hehee

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#93 21-07-2005 11:57am
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SyxPak wrote:

I'm surprised that there isn't someone flogging such a piece of kit already.

My beQuiet! PSU says on for a few minutes (and powers all the case fans hooked up to it) after I have switched of the computer.
Helps to dissipate any residual heat in the case.

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#94 21-07-2005 1:01pm
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Yes, but what I'm trying to describe goes a bit beyond that.
Basically a safe and [hopefully] fool-proof way of ensuring that the cooling setup won't kill your machine.

I'm actually kind of surprised that GPUs don't shut themselves down/clock back when they get too hot.
Most of them have on-die thermal diodes, surely they could take a leaf from the past 3 years of CPU safety tech?

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#95 21-07-2005 1:08pm
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SyxPak wrote:

I'm actually kind of surprised that GPUs don't shut themselves down/clock back when they get too hot.
Most of them have on-die thermal diodes, surely they could take a leaf from the past 3 years of CPU safety tech?

yeh i do agree, reminds me of the old athlons that useed to just overheat to 100's of degrees then just burnout

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#96 22-07-2005 10:24am
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just wana thank the guys that are helping me get some replacement hardware that got burnt - you know who you are. Thanks lads and for all the support of everyone too. Cheers

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#97 24-07-2005 1:37am
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Well, that's what "rigs" do:

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#98 24-07-2005 1:40am
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rsynnott wrote:

Well, that's what "rigs" do:

hahahah, i like it

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#99 24-07-2005 5:02am
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hi i have a video where some german lads wondered what would happen if u pulled the cooler off a cpu running half-life .....etc the pentiums went to near 40 deg. and shutdown etc the athlons went to 350 (C)and melted the board ..i did have a p2/slackware box in the attic for year n no probs tho,would always ask when i phoned herself "how was things" though...

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#100 24-07-2005 5:11am
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bushy... wrote:

hi i have a video where some german lads wondered what would happen if u pulled the cooler off a cpu running half-life .....etc the pentiums went to near 40 deg. and shutdown etc the athlons went to 350 (C)and melted the board ..i did have a p2/slackware box in the attic for year n no probs tho,would always ask when i phoned herself "how was things" though...

yep that vid was on toms hardware, i remeber seeing it also, crazy

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#101 27-07-2005 11:33pm
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well ati sent me the rma number, so the x800pro is off to them next week - will cost €60 to courier to them, but hey its worth it if i get a replacement, and i dont see why they wont as the last time i rma'd it it was visibly scratched.

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#102 03-08-2005 12:39am
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Hey, at least you didn't take a knife to a brand new $1100 FX-57 CPU....

http://amdzone.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=6223

The owner now has a very expensive (and small) paperweight.

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#103 03-08-2005 1:47am
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Hey, at least you didn't take a knife to a brand new $1100 FX-57 CPU....

http://amdzone.com/modules.php?op=m...iewtopic&t=6223

The owner now has a very expensive (and small) paperweight.

Ahh, thats just sh1te to read, why must people fiddle. Its like buying a ferrari enzo and then sending it to pimp my ride, just REALLY not necessary :rolleyes: . Deserves it IMO.

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#104 03-08-2005 8:47am
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Mec-a-nic wrote:

Hey, at least you didn't take a knife to a brand new $1100 FX-57 CPU....

http://amdzone.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=6223

The owner now has a very expensive (and small) paperweight.

wow, that guys just really crazy, even i'd never attempt to take the heatspreader off a cpu. That makes me feel a tiny bit better seeing that there are worse than me, lol

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#105 03-08-2005 12:34pm
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would have been feckin cheaper to buy a vapochill!

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#106 03-08-2005 12:37pm
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But not as much FUN!!!

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#107 03-08-2005 12:47pm
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WizZard wrote:

But not as much FUN!!!

hehehhe, too true

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#108 04-08-2005 9:29am
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have been away from boards for a while so only after seening this thread now, sorry for the loss but as most people have said it could have been worse.

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#109 04-08-2005 9:48am
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jessy wrote:

have been away from boards for a while so only after seening this thread now, sorry for the loss but as most people have said it could have been worse.

cheers man, thanks

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#110 01-09-2005 11:48am
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hehehe, good news . Ati replaced my x800. So I have a brand new x800pro. I am going to stick it in my machine tonight hopefully and see if my rig is dead or not .

Hmm..??? I wonder will joining the contacts on this card open up the extra 4 pipelines.. didnt work on my last one, mite work on this one... I'l have to give it a shot. heheheh

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#111 01-09-2005 11:55am
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Congrats. You lucky devil!

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#112 01-09-2005 11:57am
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WizZard wrote:

Congrats. You lucky devil!

thats 2nd rma from them, not luck really. They will rma if it doesnt work and isnt VERY visibly damaged

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#113 13-09-2005 2:01pm
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looks like mobo is knackered, switched on pc and no disaplay at all and it is a new gfx so not that thats the problem, the green light is on the mobo though, dont know if that meens anything though. ordered a new mobo from ebay, should be here next week, really hope it was the mobo as it wasnt cheap , very hard to comeby sk8vs these days

another cool thing i managed to get from england was a chrome sleeving kit, looks cool, il post pics when i get around to sleeving the psu

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