Super-Slasher
Experienced Member
For a few weeks I've known the cooling fan on my video card has been going. It's been real noisy, so today I decided to replace it. felt it was as good as day as any to undertake such a task, so I opened my system case, pulled the card out and set out to my "local" computer shop with $30 in my pocket... 20 miles away.
Snowing heavily out, my only transportation available was city buses. The ride was long, hot, and I was falling asleep. I finally get to the shop, only to find out the fans they have as replacements won't find. Additionally, the glue compound holding on the original heatsink to my video card simply would nott let go, even when heated! So, I took the bus back home with the exact same problem.
Finally, after getting frustrated, I simply used plastic tie-straps to fasten a Socket 7 cooling fan to the heatsink. It surprisingly works well, so I jury-rigged it all together and slipped it into my computer, and applied power...
Nothing. Nothing aside from the video card BIOS displaying on the screen. My computer wouldn't boot up, even after turning it on and off dozens of times and with dozens of combinations of cables hooked up into the back. Getting increasingly frustrated, I removed the card, examined it closely... and then slammed it atop of my knee repeatedly before putting it back into the system.
It booted up! I quickly sjut off the power, put the case cover back on and attatched all the cables, and turned it back on...
Nothing. Again.
Two hours of removing cables, cards, case covers and pulling hair, with it booting up sometimes and not all the time, I just keep doodiling with the system until it finally booted up, then connected all cables and covers while it was booting into Windows.
It seems fine, now.
Anyone here have any similar near-hair-pulling experiences with their system? I can't wait until I get my new computer after Christmas... *sigh*
Snowing heavily out, my only transportation available was city buses. The ride was long, hot, and I was falling asleep. I finally get to the shop, only to find out the fans they have as replacements won't find. Additionally, the glue compound holding on the original heatsink to my video card simply would nott let go, even when heated! So, I took the bus back home with the exact same problem.
Finally, after getting frustrated, I simply used plastic tie-straps to fasten a Socket 7 cooling fan to the heatsink. It surprisingly works well, so I jury-rigged it all together and slipped it into my computer, and applied power...
Nothing. Nothing aside from the video card BIOS displaying on the screen. My computer wouldn't boot up, even after turning it on and off dozens of times and with dozens of combinations of cables hooked up into the back. Getting increasingly frustrated, I removed the card, examined it closely... and then slammed it atop of my knee repeatedly before putting it back into the system.
It booted up! I quickly sjut off the power, put the case cover back on and attatched all the cables, and turned it back on...
Nothing. Again.
Two hours of removing cables, cards, case covers and pulling hair, with it booting up sometimes and not all the time, I just keep doodiling with the system until it finally booted up, then connected all cables and covers while it was booting into Windows.
It seems fine, now.
Anyone here have any similar near-hair-pulling experiences with their system? I can't wait until I get my new computer after Christmas... *sigh*