[iyonix-support] Re: Graphics Card or PSU problem?
- From: Richard Ashbery <riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:39:28 +0100
In article <515ded62e9tim@xxxxxxxxx>, Tim Hill <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <515d7caea3jonesdg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David G Jones
> <jonesdg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [Snip]
> > You could try re-seating the graphics card. I get similar
> > symptoms from time to time and that always sorts it.
> I am so glad this thread has been going as I recently bought a
> second graphics card. My current card wears pyjamas when it's cold
> - a simple reset nearly always seems to cure it - needing only an
> occasional power off/on. I will give it a good reseating and have
> been known to 'help' such situations with a little emery paper and
> alcohol in the past (ducks and runs for cover).
I can see why you added that last bit - do not under any circumstance
use emery cloth, isopropal alcohol yes but not an abrasive. Many
plug-in-boards like the graphics card in the Iyonix are coated with a
ultra thin (microns) coating of gold to assist conductivity and
corrosion resistance and can easily be damaged/removed using an
abrasive. You might have more than pyjamas to cope with after
subjecting PCB edge contacts to this sort of treatment. This is a
definite no-no with the latest high speed PC graphic cards.
Just a polite warning.
Richard
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