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Radeon 8500 lockup
My fix worked there wasn't enough thermal grease on it kept the orb on so I might just maybe overclock a little. With the problems I had, I experienced lock ups, distorted video and what seemd to be driver problems but it was my powersupply and the card company not putting enough silicone grease...- mrclman31
- Post #39
- Forum: PC hardware - Video issues
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Radeon 8500 lockup
Well my problem with drives and corrupted video is over but on to a different problem my GPU heats up enormously when put to 32 bit color. I had it cooled off one night and tried max payne then touched the card above where the GPU socket was and I thought a mouse had gone in and was BBQ'ing on...- mrclman31
- Post #38
- Forum: PC hardware - Video issues
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Radeon 8500 lockup
Well I have had a different problem with my jetway V266B with the VIA KT266A chipset. I installed my card and man wow what a freak show it is an Apollo Devil Monster 2 8500LE 64MB card. It posts all the way through fine. When it looks like it comes to the Windows ME splash screen holy cow look...- mrclman31
- Post #37
- Forum: PC hardware - Video issues
