Hello y'all, this is my first post and I'm really not sure if this is the right section but here goes!
These are my computer specs:
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1
CPU: Intel i7 930 @ 2.8GHz (non-OC'd)
4 GB RAM
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Here's the background:
A few weeks ago, I was using an air-cleaner to clean out the dust around my computer, just for maintenance purposes. When it got time to my gpu, I was spraying around the fan and the nozzle sort of "poked" the fan, I thought it was fine until I started my computer and heard a thumping noise, then soon after the computer would BSOD. I opened up the case again and was feeling around till I felt/smelt the GPU firey hot (it felt like a hot grill) and so I cooled it off for 2-3 hours. I took it out to see the problem- that little "poke" actually broke one of the wings of the fan, taking away the ability for it to spin. I wasn't really sure how to re-seat the wing of the fan because the wing was plastic and bent pretty badly. After some thought I naively thought that if I just removed the wing, everything would be fine? Since there were other wings still attached I figured that the cooling powers would still be alright and there would be more air flow rather than dead weight in place of the old wing. I reseated the GPU and it worked again, the temps were a bit high but the airflow in my room is a bit on the shoddy side and it wasn't freezing anymore so I thought everything was all-right.
Here's the problem:
The next day I noticed that my computer screen would freeze (no BSOD, no changing caps lock/num lock lights to go on/off on my keyboard, no nothing) and I'd have to hard-reset the computer to get it back on. I tried to find any trend to reproduce the freeze but it would happen randomly, at different times of the day (indicating different temperatures). At one point I thought it was when I had full screen applications up (games, videos, etc) but that hypothesis was debunked after I had a freeze with only a file explorer open and sticky notes.
On the off chance it was a software problem, I updated ALL drivers (even tried rolling-back some), system restored, installed all updates, and started to monitor all the device temperatures in my rig (all stable).
Also, during one of the freezes while I was watching a movie
My question is: did I fry my GPU in that small window of time that the fan did not work? If so, could y'all help me find another one of equal-ish value to replace it with?
Regards,
Rahul
PLEASE comment if anyone needs any extra information! I put everything that I had memorized and if needed I can go in and find the model #s for anything else that's needed.
These are my computer specs:
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1
CPU: Intel i7 930 @ 2.8GHz (non-OC'd)
4 GB RAM
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Here's the background:
A few weeks ago, I was using an air-cleaner to clean out the dust around my computer, just for maintenance purposes. When it got time to my gpu, I was spraying around the fan and the nozzle sort of "poked" the fan, I thought it was fine until I started my computer and heard a thumping noise, then soon after the computer would BSOD. I opened up the case again and was feeling around till I felt/smelt the GPU firey hot (it felt like a hot grill) and so I cooled it off for 2-3 hours. I took it out to see the problem- that little "poke" actually broke one of the wings of the fan, taking away the ability for it to spin. I wasn't really sure how to re-seat the wing of the fan because the wing was plastic and bent pretty badly. After some thought I naively thought that if I just removed the wing, everything would be fine? Since there were other wings still attached I figured that the cooling powers would still be alright and there would be more air flow rather than dead weight in place of the old wing. I reseated the GPU and it worked again, the temps were a bit high but the airflow in my room is a bit on the shoddy side and it wasn't freezing anymore so I thought everything was all-right.
Here's the problem:
The next day I noticed that my computer screen would freeze (no BSOD, no changing caps lock/num lock lights to go on/off on my keyboard, no nothing) and I'd have to hard-reset the computer to get it back on. I tried to find any trend to reproduce the freeze but it would happen randomly, at different times of the day (indicating different temperatures). At one point I thought it was when I had full screen applications up (games, videos, etc) but that hypothesis was debunked after I had a freeze with only a file explorer open and sticky notes.
On the off chance it was a software problem, I updated ALL drivers (even tried rolling-back some), system restored, installed all updates, and started to monitor all the device temperatures in my rig (all stable).
Also, during one of the freezes while I was watching a movie
My question is: did I fry my GPU in that small window of time that the fan did not work? If so, could y'all help me find another one of equal-ish value to replace it with?
Regards,
Rahul
PLEASE comment if anyone needs any extra information! I put everything that I had memorized and if needed I can go in and find the model #s for anything else that's needed.
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