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Backups finished, video card back, at first didn't solve (though I could at least see the booting process). Restarted at safe mode, restored a previous system point, now everything is back to normal (even the icons as I spread them over the desktop).If another failure happens, I know what to do.
was it a bad driver update or something?
Since you say your in a moist climate....
I don't know if the problem is humidity in fact. For some reason - maybe humidity - video cards have always been a fragile element in my PCs. In the previous one, I had to replace it every year! This now looks ok, although a small area in it showed corrosion - a kid of greenish-whitish substance on some welded contacts. It's like something had dripped on it, but there is nothing there that could have dripped. Marine corrosion is dark and more dispersed, and is seen in the casing (PC technicians always get surprised when they see my PCs!)
Quote from: madelaide on July 17, 2010, 21:19I don't know if the problem is humidity in fact. For some reason - maybe humidity - video cards have always been a fragile element in my PCs. In the previous one, I had to replace it every year! This now looks ok, although a small area in it showed corrosion - a kid of greenish-whitish substance on some welded contacts. It's like something had dripped on it, but there is nothing there that could have dripped. Marine corrosion is dark and more dispersed, and is seen in the casing (PC technicians always get surprised when they see my PCs!)More likely to be over heating Maria !! GPUs get very hot !!Maybe u need to consider better cooling !? An extra case fan perhaps ?? Try a piece of software that monitors the GPU temperature.