Recent content by kungfu5150

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    Video cards keep dying?

    Thanks for everyone's input on this issue. I believe ive nailed it down to a heating issue. I used another card, same model. Everything works beautifully. The problem is, the dead card's puny freaking heatsink and fan. The new card i borrowed and tried in my system has a nice beefy...
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    computer won't start need help

    Sounds like a short or something hooked up backwards (as hard as that is to do no days)... orrrr.. A bad PSU. I've had a PSU blow up in my face (literally) the first time turning it on.. wasnt a fun expirience. It'd explain the smell. Pull out the motherboard power connector and look at the...
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    Video cards keep dying?

    Good advice, thanks. Brand new cards yes, except the one RMA I did.. i imagine that was a refurb they sent me. I do know to keep in mind clean power vs dirty power. For the life of my two 6600gt's i had the system running on a APC UPS 750VA.. so should have been no issues at all, then i moved...
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    hooking up to a HDTV

    Interesting to know. May want to check native resolution though.. Wouldnt it look like crap in a resolution out of its native resolution anyways? I know the native resolution for out 50" Plasma is 1024x768 and it looks fantastic on analog.... clarity wise.
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    hooking up to a HDTV

    1024x768 is probably the highest computer resolution it will support. HD resolution is seperate then the computer resolutions. Most all HDTV`s are like this. I work for Dell and our 50`Plasma`s max computer res is 1024x768 as well. It`s a TV, not a computer monitor.
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    Video cards keep dying?

    Greetings, My siutation is as follows. A couple years ago I had a evga GeForce 6600GT, eventually the card crapped out on me from heating related issues. I RMA'd the card and got a new one. That one lasted about 6 months, then it died as well. as to why I honestly have no idea. I blamed it...