A tragady, with a happy ending.

~~craig588~~ · May 18, 2003, 06:21 PM

So, I just removed the shim from my r9700pro a few hours ago, thus the warrenty was void. My dad came home a little later and brought a new TV with him for my room. He hit my computer with the TV by accident, the computer falls over. Luckily nothing seemed to be damaged, untill I checked the video card, one of the capacitators had come loose on one side.

I'm thinking I just was a victem of the absoloute worst possible timing ever.

I tried to push the capacitator back into place, and luckily the card still works and I was able to run 2 loops of 3dmark 2k3 without a crash or artifact.

EDIT: some spelling errors were fixed.

Chaos · May 18, 2003, 06:24 PM

Hope it lives a long life after that

Jeff · May 18, 2003, 06:58 PM

Is it possible to solder that capacitor back on?

~~craig588~~ · May 18, 2003, 07:11 PM

Well I'm fairly decent with soldering (I install modchips and afterburner kits for people) But I don't want to solder needlessly, I'm happy with it working how it is. If it breaks, then I'll solder it, but not now.

Dom · May 18, 2003, 07:25 PM

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Originally posted by craig588
Well I'm fairly decent with soldering (I install modchips and afterburner kits for people) But I don't want to solder needlessly, I'm happy with it working how it is. If it breaks, then I'll solder it, but not now.

I knocked one of those off a few weeks ago...was able to get it fixed.

May 18, 2003, 06:21 PM	#1
~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	A tragady, with a happy ending. So, I just removed the shim from my r9700pro a few hours ago, thus the warrenty was void. My dad came home a little later and brought a new TV with him for my room. He hit my computer with the TV by accident, the computer falls over. Luckily nothing seemed to be damaged, untill I checked the video card, one of the capacitators had come loose on one side. I'm thinking I just was a victem of the absoloute worst possible timing ever. I tried to push the capacitator back into place, and luckily the card still works and I was able to run 2 loops of 3dmark 2k3 without a crash or artifact. EDIT: some spelling errors were fixed. Last edited by craig588; May 18, 2003 at 07:12 PM.

May 18, 2003, 06:24 PM	#2
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,177 Rep Power: 94 System Specs	Hope it lives a long life after that __________________

May 18, 2003, 06:58 PM	#3
Jeff Yarr... I be blind! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 3,177 Rep Power: 0	Is it possible to solder that capacitor back on? __________________ Mr. Simpson, don't you worry. I watched Matlock in a bar last night. The sound wasn't on, but I think I got the gist of it. - Lionel Hutz

May 18, 2003, 07:11 PM	#4
~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	Well I'm fairly decent with soldering (I install modchips and afterburner kits for people) But I don't want to solder needlessly, I'm happy with it working how it is. If it breaks, then I'll solder it, but not now.