'v got a problem with two systems now and i believe its permanent… however, i could use any insight on any ideas on how this could have happened or even (doubtfully tho) if it can be fixed.
Here is the situation:
I’ve got two computer now that i believe have bad motherboards because of the videocard (whether this is even possible i do not know)
In system 1 i was running:
AthlonXP 2100+
Abit-KD7-RAID
512Mbs 333mhz DDR Crucial (brand) ram
ATI Radeon 9500 Pro (Previously Geforce something, without problems)
450W PSU
After I installed the Radeon, I started having heat problems ( System temp as reported by winbond of 55-60°C)
My solution to this was probably a mistake but it worked. I took a 2ft x 2ft house fan and placed it next to the open side, blowing outwards. For several months this worked, but still occasionaly crashed during a few game tests. Then i lost video in an attempt to cool the processor by "underclocking it to 1500+ using bios (can “underclocking hurt anything”). My conclusion was that either the processor or the motherboard was damaged. I Finaly put the other systems 1500+ into this system and it ran extremely hot under low system load 70°C and up as reported by bios so i turned it off immediately and haven’t turned it on since…
Then i took the processor and put it in my Abit A7V-266
this system had no problems at all even after i put the 2100+ from the previous system into it
so that convinced me that it was most likely not a processor problem (it seemed to run @ about 45°C (Core processor temp)in the new system)
a few days of running it like this go by
then i decide to put my radeon into the new system and hook up dual monitors. About 24 hours go by and i am trying to put new hard drives in the comp, but i seem to be having power issues because of a massive ammount of power splitters due to fans and one from the radeon. So I figured out that you can’t run devices with 2 spliters in one cable (which i had hypothesised but i tried anyway, aftera ll i didn’t have much choice) so then i unplugged the two fans that needed splitting and just plugged in the radeon splitter. a few reboots later bios won’t even get to the part where it auto detects the IDE channels, the DELL key will not get me into bios either.
any suggestions, critisizms?