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Okay--initially my problem was that I had no video output when I turned on my computer (I could type in my password, do the standby command, etc., and hear the computer working, so I knew it was just the lack of picture on my monitor that was the problem)--but now I've got a/some new issue/s.
After doing a few tests to see if I could fix the inital problem without opening my pc, I was unsuccessful and had to open up my pc. This was my first time opening it since I built it and had it functioning at first boot, so I was sort of dissapointed and wished I had looked more carefully on the external parts.
Regret was soon to be the least of my problems; as I removed my video card to try and just put it back in (I was to do this with the RAM as well), the small plastic piece on the end of the PCI-e slot broke off. I was already p*ssed, but assumed that wouldn't greatly affect my PC's functionality (does it?). So I continued on, but not before noticing that my heatsink popped out while I removed my video card. It's an 8800GTS mammoth, so I did have to use a bit of manuevering to get it out, so I'm not surprised that something came loose while I did so.
But the heatsink...Ooooh the heatsink...I do not like heatsinks. I'm grateful for their existance, but I just can't stand installing one. Well, now I have to do it again. Except this time, it just won't go in. Those little retarded push-pin things simply won't work.
So now I'm pretty much resorting to removing the motherboard from the case, taking every <snipped> component and cord off of it, and just installing the heatsink with no troubles.
1. Is this worth it? Is there another way?
2. What should I rest my motherboard on? Will newspaper suffice?
3. Is there anything else I should know before going through with this?
Okay--initially my problem was that I had no video output when I turned on my computer (I could type in my password, do the standby command, etc., and hear the computer working, so I knew it was just the lack of picture on my monitor that was the problem)--but now I've got a/some new issue/s.
After doing a few tests to see if I could fix the inital problem without opening my pc, I was unsuccessful and had to open up my pc. This was my first time opening it since I built it and had it functioning at first boot, so I was sort of dissapointed and wished I had looked more carefully on the external parts.
Regret was soon to be the least of my problems; as I removed my video card to try and just put it back in (I was to do this with the RAM as well), the small plastic piece on the end of the PCI-e slot broke off. I was already p*ssed, but assumed that wouldn't greatly affect my PC's functionality (does it?). So I continued on, but not before noticing that my heatsink popped out while I removed my video card. It's an 8800GTS mammoth, so I did have to use a bit of manuevering to get it out, so I'm not surprised that something came loose while I did so.
But the heatsink...Ooooh the heatsink...I do not like heatsinks. I'm grateful for their existance, but I just can't stand installing one. Well, now I have to do it again. Except this time, it just won't go in. Those little retarded push-pin things simply won't work.
So now I'm pretty much resorting to removing the motherboard from the case, taking every <snipped> component and cord off of it, and just installing the heatsink with no troubles.
1. Is this worth it? Is there another way?
2. What should I rest my motherboard on? Will newspaper suffice?
3. Is there anything else I should know before going through with this?
