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hey, i'm new and don't know how to make a new post so i'm putting my question in here. Please help me
hi, sorry for bothering you. I"m no amateur to a computer, but defintely not a pro
I was running my computer fine one night when suddenly i smelt something burning like plastic burning.
It took me a while to notice the origin was my comp
i couldn't locate the original problem within, cause the whole inside of the comp smelt bad.
i can't tell if its cpu overheating, psu, or videocard
but from the info i got googling my problem, it sounds like a fsu prob.
However i kinda think its the video card thats doing it
i get 3 probs that may occur (mainly)
1. watching movies it occasionally has white dots over the movie
2.my computer gets no signal from the monitor suddenly so i have to force a shut down.
3. when it first happened i decided to leave the computer running over nite, the screen was a mess
is it really a video card? cause if it really is a overheating problem wouldn't the problem react the instant i install it? cause this is the first time it happened out of the blue
my card is a 'ati radeon 9800xt'
my specs are
amd athlon 64 3700 socket 754
2gb ram
etc etc.
whats your thoughts?
email me a reply to 'astro5_5000@hotmail.com' aswell.