Re: Re Problem with Graphics card overheating comp crashing in zzz mod
- From: "Patrick Keenan" <test@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 22:34:12 -0400
"Lella" <Lella@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi I wonder if any of you nice fold can help me.
Approx a year ago I boght a computer, up to the eighth months it was
working
fine ( except for a very noisy motherboard) my computer crashed in a zzz
mode
, I have spoken to a technitian whom told me it was a graphics card
problem
A techitian came out to put a new graphics card in my computer, approx two
weeks later the same problem happened and the technitian came to install
another graphics card, again approx a month later the same thing happened
and
the technitian came out to install another card, I asked him wether my
computer was overheating because of the noise and wether this was
affecting
the graphics card but was told this was not the problem.
I do feel that it cannot be a graphics card problem asthey all 3 could not
be faulty, and feel it might have to do with the computer overheating and
damaging the graphics card.
Has anyone had a similiar problem or can help me.
Thanks
What is "zzz mode"?
The only time motherboards make any sound is when components explode. It's
ususally a pop, or a small bang. They then make no further sounds.
*Fans*, on the other hand, can be noisy, but are essential and critical.
So are the largish, finned metal blocks mounted between the fan and the CPU.
There will also be a fan or two in the power supply. More expensive
power supplies can be significantly quieter, and that can be a very good
purchase. These normally come with better-quality cases. Cheaper fans
are noisier.
There must be adequate airflow and dust must periodically be removed, but
*never* with a vacuum. Use compressed air cans instead.
It would help if you could post more precise and descriptive details of the
problem and exact error messages. For example, if you get a blue screen
with white text, there's a STOP message with a number right after it, a
somewhat cryptic term like "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR EQUAL" and then the name of
some file, usually a DLL. Those are details needed.
You're probably right that it isn't the video card failing; if it's heat,
the CPU itself or other componets will have cooked by now. However without
having a better idea of what you've actually seen, it's very difficult to
say.
mobo = motherboard.
Capacitors are electrical components that store charge, in essence a type of
battery. Not to sound disparaging in any way, but if you don't know what
one is, you aren't likely to recognise if they are bulging (an indication of
failure). There have been problems with some motherboards that used
capacitors that bulged on their way to failure and vented or burst. At
that point, the system becomes seriously unstable or fails to start at all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
HTH
-pk
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