I broke my video card!!!!!!

atigamerguy · Jun 16, 2004

I really need some help I dont know if I need a new video card so I need advice. Heres the story I was messin around trying to attach a 60mm fan to the stock hsf on my 9800pro, all was fine until I kinda banged the card on the case while putting it back in. I looked at the card and all seemed fine until I looked on my floor and there it was a little thingy fell off the card. The card works fine until I play a game, it plays the game fine for a while and then just quits so I have to reset. Do I need to get a new card or shold I wait until it dies. It seems to be working fine when I am not gaming.

Here is what the thingy I broke off looks like.

funnyperson1 · Jun 16, 2004

Looks like a capacitor. See if you have any friends/family that are handy with a soldering gun...can't be that hard to get it back on.

atigamerguy · Jun 16, 2004

I have a soldering gun I would attach it but I dont know where it came from there is lots of them on the card hard to tell where it came from

Lejend · Jun 16, 2004

Look for a nice hi-res pic of your card. Then compare the two, to see where it broke off from. Good Luck!!

atigamerguy · Jun 16, 2004

ok thanks ill give that a try

termin@tor · Jun 16, 2004

God, why do people worry so much about small stuff like that. I broke one of those things trying to attach a 60mm fan to the P4 heatsink that is on my video card. The fan kind of slipped and I hit the card with the bolt. I broke it off. I then just superglued it back in place and it works fine now. I don't have a soldering gun... :-/

atigamerguy · Jun 16, 2004

I think i lost the thing what now.sohould i run the card as is or.could i call ati and see what they say.

EvilCow123 · Jun 16, 2004

No,

, eat the loss, first you break it off, then you lose the thing. Just accept it.

atigamerguy · Jun 16, 2004

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
i think its time for a new system i hate the kt400 chipset time for a64 x800pro.

theELVISCERATOR · Jun 16, 2004

termin@tor said:
God, why do people worry so much about small stuff like that. I broke one of those things trying to attach a 60mm fan to the P4 heatsink that is on my video card. The fan kind of slipped and I hit the card with the bolt. I broke it off. I then just superglued it back in place and it works fine now. I don't have a soldering gun...

You must be a Best buy computer tech!

Gautam · Jun 16, 2004

If I had a nickel for every capacitor I broke off a video card, I'd be a rich man.

theELVISCERATOR · Jun 16, 2004

I think the lesson here is SLOW DOWN when installing or removing hw from your cpu...

deliberate movements, and my favorite is always shine plenty of light on subject

SimGuy · Jun 16, 2004

theELVISCERATOR said:
You must be a Best buy computer tech!

Best line ever! HAHAHHAHHA

termin@tor · Jun 16, 2004

theELVISCERATOR said:
You must be a Best buy computer tech!

lol, hahahahaha... that's funny :santa2:

I'm not tho. I'm just experimenting on this old machine. I'm getting a new one by the end of this year, so I'm trying to find a way to break my parts so I have a reason to buy a new one

Avg · Jun 16, 2004

termin@tor said:
lol, hahahahaha... that's funny

I'm not tho. I'm just experimenting on this old machine. I'm getting a new one by the end of this year, so I'm trying to find a way to break my parts so I have a reason to buy a new one

Send it to me and tell yourself that someone stole it.

back to topic, are these capacitors all the same or are each of them different?

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