My GPU has been Fried

[Hidamari]

wow... what a coincidence..:shok:

mine also died.. but more like fried... :nono:

I had a nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX.. its about maybe 4 years old now and its finally kicked the bucket

pc started bluescreening for no reason at random times after the screens went a funny colour and had this messed up patern all over them.

I took my GPU out, and it was so hot I couldnt even touch it at first.

I blew into the vent on the side and the most dust you have ever seen came billowing out of every crease.

and even after I exumed the dust like 10 times already, there was always more

then I put it in the fridge to cool down, took it out- put it in my pc and presto it worked again, for about 4 hours, and then the same thing happened, my games crashed 1 time, so i was like "wtf" *starts a different game* then that game crashed after maybe 2 minutes (resulting in an F1 outside manhatten >.>) then screens both went a funny colour turned off, then back on again with a super messed up glitch look on them both, then off again, then bluescreened.

and I can now not even reach the desktop without it bluescreening.

It shows the boot up screens and bios just fine and with no issues, as soon as it finishes booting the operating system and you hear that windows vista chime, it shows the cursor and egg timer and a really messed up spotted effect with just a black flickering screen. then bluescreens again.

so now, I need a new one.

I have about £90 to spend.

so im gonna go get this shiny new one.

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