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rustybucket
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It's probably the PSU then. You got another you could test with (or borrow to test with)?
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brataccas
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finlay666
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Location: Newcastle
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Looks like overheated/corrupted vRAM on the graphics to me, only seen it on Nvidia cards I have owned funnily enough
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rustybucket
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Oopsies - reading fail on my part. In that case it would have to be the gfx card itself then - my money's on the VRAM. _________________Jim
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veato
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I used to get that on my 8800GT many moons ago if I overclocked it. I guessed it was getting a bit on the warm side. Try a fan upgrade or replace the gfx card? I think something like this http://www.microdirect.co.uk/home/product/45203/Arctic-Cooling-Accelero-S1-Rev-2-VGA-Cooler?source=googleps allows you to bolt on a fan for good measure too. You can get little heatsinks for the VRAM too IIRC which might help _________________Twitter Blogflickr
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brataccas
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Ithink u have jinxed my new PSU! it died on me andi got a replacement and when i put in my old psu that died too! im havingto post here on this awful to use borrowed laptop and its so ardt totype properly  if i replace the gfx card does that mean that i have to reformatt? I hv\a have a lot of data on the hard drive i really need to backup! _________________
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saspro
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Replacing a gfx card will not need a reformat.
Just a driver install.
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John_Vella
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I don't think getting a new graphics card will fix it. There are too many power supplies blowing up for my liking, and I am naming the motherboard as the prime suspect. Sounds to me like he needs a new PC  _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker  Sorry  I'll behave now. Promise 
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jonlumb
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I'll name Professor Plumb, in the Library, with the Candle Stick. Oh wait, that's not the game
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EddArmitage
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Replacing a gfx card shouldn't be the reason for doing a backup! Backups should be done regardless! (8-p)
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