ghosts on display & computer fries

[Dan_Gomez]

Strange problem:
after some heavy work (lets say, 15m of Unreal Tournament 2003), or long operating time, I start to see horizonal "ghosts" on my display. they get stronger and stronger - and if I dont shut it down immediatly - the computer fries.
this happend couple of times before, also with another mobo (Gigabyte).
It doesnt happen when I install a GForce2 MX instead of my GForce4 TI.

all fans are working, and I dont think anything got too hot inside.

anyone experienced something like that?

system setup:
AMD AthlonXP 2600+
ABit NF7 mobo
400W PSU
Inno3D GeForce4 TI4200
LG DVD-ROM drive
LG CDRW drive
Maxtor 40GB 7200rpm HDD
WinXP

 

[Dan_Gomez]

sorry. wrong forum.

 

[error_911]

nonetheless dude, sounds like your graphics card is overheating... next time you'r gaming, touch the heatsink or even the back of the GPU area to see how hot it is... if its burning hot, well, there's your problem.. try mounting a side-panel fan to blow on it, or even just a better GPU heatsink/fan

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