On Sun, 9 Feb 2014, Michael Hennebry wrote: > 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. Is this it? http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/modules/FCKeditor/Upload/Image/MSI8600/MSI-8600-Heatpipes.jpg