I have felt sorry for the other 10 times he has done stupid stuff with his computer. The fact of the matter is him, his dad or his dads friend never thought about not running the card with no fan. I mean seriously, its there for a reason. I have tried to help him build a good computer so he doesnt have to use his dad's but he said "he doesnt care enough at computers to build/buy one" so the only reason I laugh is because he came back to me to ask about getting a new card and since they wont get a new pc I told them to get a 7800gs since there willing to and he gave me the old card. It turns out a bunch of chips are blown and a brownish/blackish color. Sad but funny when I knew the second he said he tried to run it without fan it was going to blow.
And yes we both apologized and we are friends again.
Oh and the reason I never called back is 1) I dont know his number and I dont have caller id (Didnt talk to him for months so forgot his number) 2) when I found out he was calling when my mom was picking up I thought he wanted something back when he broke over $300 worth of my stuff (long friggin story). The one reason I also didnt want to talk was the status of us being friends since I havent seen him for a while when he just stopped talking to me.
Oh and he just told me hes not surprised my zalman isnt helping because he said he tried to start the computer everytime it would shut down so maybe the thermal sensor was working but the card articfacts alot.