[CentOS] [OT] Video card radiator

Mon Feb 10 11:41:31 UTC 2014
Steve Brooks <steveb at mcs.st-and.ac.uk>

> I recently obtained a desktop computer with an nVidia video card:
> from lspci:
> 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600 GT] (rev a1
> I had to open the case to connect the DVD
> drive and saw what appears to be a fallen radiator:
> http://www.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/~hennebry/computer/amd64-1.jpg
> http://www.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/~hennebry/computer/amd64-2.jpg
> That nothing is shorted out appears to be a matter of luck.
>
> Any suggestions regarding how to prevent
> the radiator from shorting its video card?
> A suggestion of who to ask would be good.


Could be nothing wrong here.. hard to tell from your pics.. see

http://www.trustedreviews.com/MSI-RX2600XT_PC-Component_review_msi-rx2600xt_Page-2

Steve