I had been playing Crysis for maybe 2 hours when the Computer just turned off without warning. I decided to leave it off for half an hour, but when I got back the frying began...
I turned on my PC and heard a crackling sound. I looked over and saw SMOKE coming out of my GFX card!
I cut the power immediately and watched a white smoke cloud fade away inside the case; The smell was quite strong.
After removing, inspecting and re-inserting both my GFX card and RAM, the PC started up perfectly normal. It was a very strange 'miracle', and I'm wondering if this is some kind of freak occurrence... Because I was CERTAIN that the thing was fried to hell...
I am currently using the pc to write this post, but am still very nervous as to what might happen next...And I don't think I'll play any more games until I get a bit of advice first.
P.S There are no evident side-effects that I can tell of so far.
Any advice is appreciated.
I turned on my PC and heard a crackling sound. I looked over and saw SMOKE coming out of my GFX card!
I cut the power immediately and watched a white smoke cloud fade away inside the case; The smell was quite strong.
After removing, inspecting and re-inserting both my GFX card and RAM, the PC started up perfectly normal. It was a very strange 'miracle', and I'm wondering if this is some kind of freak occurrence... Because I was CERTAIN that the thing was fried to hell...
I am currently using the pc to write this post, but am still very nervous as to what might happen next...And I don't think I'll play any more games until I get a bit of advice first.
P.S There are no evident side-effects that I can tell of so far.
Any advice is appreciated.