Help!

My radeon 9600 pro's gpu fan died recently so i went to frys and picked up a
Vantec Iceberq, got home, CAREFULLY removed stock fan, few tiny flakes of
old cooling pad was on the gpu, i didnt want to risk scratching it so i left
it alone, put a dab of thermal goo on and attached the vantec, my problem is
that when i turn on my rig now i have terrible artifacts, playing games the
graphics are ripped and jagged, insane garbled picture, did i kill my card
by swapping in the new cooler?also ever since this happened my onboard LAN
has stopped working, and showing up in the network connects, mobo is a Abit
NF7-S, i also installed a volcano 7, but im an ace at putting h/s on...ive
checked and reseated it about 20000 times....

Exille

make that a volcano 11 heh


"Exille" <> wrote in message
news:gUqKb.70217$I07.348828@attbi_s53...
> My radeon 9600 pro's gpu fan died recently so i went to frys and picked up
a
> Vantec Iceberq, got home, CAREFULLY removed stock fan, few tiny flakes of
> old cooling pad was on the gpu, i didnt want to risk scratching it so i
left
> it alone, put a dab of thermal goo on and attached the vantec, my problem
is
> that when i turn on my rig now i have terrible artifacts, playing games
the
> graphics are ripped and jagged, insane garbled picture, did i kill my card
> by swapping in the new cooler?also ever since this happened my onboard LAN
> has stopped working, and showing up in the network connects, mobo is a
Abit
> NF7-S, i also installed a volcano 7, but im an ace at putting h/s on...ive
> checked and reseated it about 20000 times....
>
>
>

ESD damage (from your handling) is a possibility...more likely is heat
damage from when the old fan died until you NOTICED the old fan had died.
Another possibility, is breaking the bonding wires (internal) on the IC.
And a final possibility is that the new fan you got and installed isn't
providing adequate cooling due to its specs or improper installation (all
the old heat sink compound should have been removed). Since the device
still essentially works, I'd say #2 & #4 possibilities are the most likely
and would try either re-installing the fan you got (properly) or getting a
replacement from ATI.

"Exille" <> wrote in message
news:gUqKb.70217$I07.348828@attbi_s53...
> My radeon 9600 pro's gpu fan died recently so i went to frys and picked up
a
> Vantec Iceberq, got home, CAREFULLY removed stock fan, few tiny flakes of
> old cooling pad was on the gpu, i didnt want to risk scratching it so i
left
> it alone, put a dab of thermal goo on and attached the vantec, my problem
is
> that when i turn on my rig now i have terrible artifacts, playing games
the
> graphics are ripped and jagged, insane garbled picture, did i kill my card
> by swapping in the new cooler?also ever since this happened my onboard LAN
> has stopped working, and showing up in the network connects, mobo is a
Abit
> NF7-S, i also installed a volcano 7, but im an ace at putting h/s on...ive
> checked and reseated it about 20000 times....
>
>
>

Well, ive removed the vantec and gently cleaned everything from the gpu, and
reseated the vantec, i have a temp sensor on the fan and its reading 24c so
it is getting proper cooling, but the picture is still extremely messed up,
ill probably end up buying a new card since my warrenty ended a month ago.


"George" <> wrote in message
news:...
> ESD damage (from your handling) is a possibility...more likely is heat
> damage from when the old fan died until you NOTICED the old fan had died.
> Another possibility, is breaking the bonding wires (internal) on the IC.
> And a final possibility is that the new fan you got and installed isn't
> providing adequate cooling due to its specs or improper installation (all
> the old heat sink compound should have been removed). Since the device
> still essentially works, I'd say #2 & #4 possibilities are the most likely
> and would try either re-installing the fan you got (properly) or getting a
> replacement from ATI.
>
> "Exille" <> wrote in message
> news:gUqKb.70217$I07.348828@attbi_s53...
> > My radeon 9600 pro's gpu fan died recently so i went to frys and picked
up
> a
> > Vantec Iceberq, got home, CAREFULLY removed stock fan, few tiny flakes
of
> > old cooling pad was on the gpu, i didnt want to risk scratching it so i
> left
> > it alone, put a dab of thermal goo on and attached the vantec, my
problem
> is
> > that when i turn on my rig now i have terrible artifacts, playing games
> the
> > graphics are ripped and jagged, insane garbled picture, did i kill my
card
> > by swapping in the new cooler?also ever since this happened my onboard
LAN
> > has stopped working, and showing up in the network connects, mobo is a
> Abit
> > NF7-S, i also installed a volcano 7, but im an ace at putting h/s
on...ive
> > checked and reseated it about 20000 times....
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Exille wrote:
> Well, ive removed the vantec and gently cleaned everything from the
> gpu, and reseated the vantec, i have a temp sensor on the fan and its
> reading 24c so it is getting proper cooling, but the picture is still
> extremely messed up, ill probably end up buying a new card since my
> warrenty ended a month ago.
>
>
> "George" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> ESD damage (from your handling) is a possibility...more likely is
>> heat damage from when the old fan died until you NOTICED the old fan
>> had died. Another possibility, is breaking the bonding wires
>> (internal) on the IC. And a final possibility is that the new fan
>> you got and installed isn't providing adequate cooling due to its
>> specs or improper installation (all the old heat sink compound
>> should have been removed). Since the device still essentially
>> works, I'd say #2 & #4 possibilities are the most likely and would
>> try either re-installing the fan you got (properly) or getting a
>> replacement from ATI.
>>
>> "Exille" <> wrote in message
>> news:gUqKb.70217$I07.348828@attbi_s53...
>>> My radeon 9600 pro's gpu fan died recently so i went to frys and
>>> picked up a Vantec Iceberq, got home, CAREFULLY removed stock fan,
>>> few tiny flakes of old cooling pad was on the gpu, i didnt want to
>>> risk scratching it so i left it alone, put a dab of thermal goo on
>>> and attached the vantec, my problem is that when i turn on my rig
>>> now i have terrible artifacts, playing games the graphics are
>>> ripped and jagged, insane garbled picture, did i kill my card by
>>> swapping in the new cooler?also ever since this happened my onboard
>>> LAN has stopped working, and showing up in the network connects,
>>> mobo is a Abit NF7-S, i also installed a volcano 7, but im an ace
>>> at putting h/s on...ive checked and reseated it about 20000
>>> times....

You might have just nicked the VPU, or something, that silicone is
delicate and you need ever square millimeter of it.

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Night_Seer