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Think I've Stumbled On An EVGA Glitch

Post Date: 2009-10-14
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    Posted: 14 Oct 2009 at 5:27pm
Hey, had my DS comp for about 5 months now, annnd i think I've hit something. You know how there are actually two versions of the EVGA E-GeForce 9600 GT?
 
 
 
Obviously it doesn't look like much, one's brighter and has an open-end heatsink, but the one with the closed end heatsink crashes the computer...
If I go 5 minutes to one hour with the closed heatsink model in the comp, regardless of seating arrangement, the computer WILL crash, as in the video gets cut and I gotta do a forced reset...
Hmmm....
 
EDIT : Getting the closed ended 9600 GT replaced to see what happens, new 9600 GT should arrive around now...


Edited by ablahblah - 14 Oct 2009 at 5:28pm
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Not a glitch, just a cheaper heatsink.  I don't like those small ones that blow hot air into the case.
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Nah, the temps were relatively the same, but the running the comp without the closed end model doesn't crash it. I got the replacement recently, installed it, went SLI for a few hours, and no crashing happened since. :D
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That heatsink isn't half bad compared to the older version (now that I compared the two again), some other manufacturers used really small/crap ones to cut costs a bit.
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Using the same video card models was no good, still crashed eventually.
 
However, ever since switching to Win7, the problem has mysteriously gone away...
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