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mmaturen · 08-May-07, 08:45 AM

Well I seen to have found a solution, to most of the issues...I have read a lot about faulty voltage regulator on early models, but it was hard to find info on were on the card this regulators were. I decided to just feel the back of the card, and found a particular hot spot (on the back on the opposite side of the output connectors on the upper side... I attached a coper heatsink using some thermal tape I had around, and presto! no more blue screen of death, Had atitools scanning for artifacts all night and nothing, and now I barely have graphics corruption on games... either way Im waiting to same some money and buy another card (8800gts, its the only 8 series available here). but I hope this holds till that..

Cheers.

Miguel

08-May-07, 08:45 AM	#5 (permalink)
mmaturen Apex Master Tech Apprentice Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Caracas, Venezuela Posts: 331	Re: 7900gt Dying on me... Well I seen to have found a solution, to most of the issues...I have read a lot about faulty voltage regulator on early models, but it was hard to find info on were on the card this regulators were. I decided to just feel the back of the card, and found a particular hot spot (on the back on the opposite side of the output connectors on the upper side... I attached a coper heatsink using some thermal tape I had around, and presto! no more blue screen of death, Had atitools scanning for artifacts all night and nothing, and now I barely have graphics corruption on games... either way Im waiting to same some money and buy another card (8800gts, its the only 8 series available here). but I hope this holds till that.. Cheers. Miguel __________________