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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	The chipset fan died on my computer and after awhile it shut itself down. I replaced the fan (bought one that was recommended, but ended up not having the holes on either side to pin it to the board... It just had a thin layer of double-sided tape that didn't hold worth crap, wtf were they thinking... I have another one on order with the pin holes, meanwhile running with the tower on its side so at least gravity is working with me), however when it boots now everything seems fine until it gets to where it display the desktop background. Slowly continues loading, however the graphics are... wonky... No totally screwed up like I've seen with a bad video card before, but not right. Two thin lines, about 1-2 px is all (both horizontal, one near the center of the monitor, the other maybe 1/4" from the top), where it looks lie it just didn't render those spots right. Both lines are pink/purple and black, alternating across the screen. Also, the screen will go black for a split second, then come back. Mouse and keyboard responsiveness is slow or non-existent. Graphics get slightly worse as it runs. Windows don't redraw correctly (or at all). Now, I can boot into safe mode and all is well. I've tried reinstalling the chipset drivers and the video drivers, no changes. The MB is an A8N-SLI (the more I look stuff up, the more I see the chipset fan failing is a common occurrence on them). The video card is a GeForce 7600GS. Unfortunately, I don't have a spare PCI video card lying around to swap and try to cross one suspect off the list. One's on order though (btw, when did stores stop selling those cheap little PCI video cards in-store...?) Any thoughts? Did I fry the chipset and essentially kill the MB? (not sure if that would allow it to work fine in safemode). Could the chipset overheating somehow kill the video card? (but then why the keyboard/mouse issues). LF -- Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature. Loading...
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