so i was just sitting at my rig, minding my own business (not doing anything intensive, machine nearly idle) and then i think i heard a bang (which sounds like it could have been a chip or a cap exploding) and then the screen filled with pink and green fuzzly lines, (but the picture was still visible, just made up of these lines) so i shut down the pc, unplugged everything, shoved on my antistat band and took a look. The motherboard all seems perfectly fine, as does everything on it.
I assumed that it would be the graphics card (as it was a refurbished unit from nvidia + the picture issue), so i booted the system using the onboard HD3000 graphics and all was fine.
I then put the GTX480 back in just to try my luck i guess, and to my surprise, it all started up fine, it runs stable (no overclock), benches the same as before, and gets straight 7.9's in the exp index, just like before.
Anyone have any ideas as to what may have happened?
I assumed that it would be the graphics card (as it was a refurbished unit from nvidia + the picture issue), so i booted the system using the onboard HD3000 graphics and all was fine.
I then put the GTX480 back in just to try my luck i guess, and to my surprise, it all started up fine, it runs stable (no overclock), benches the same as before, and gets straight 7.9's in the exp index, just like before.
Anyone have any ideas as to what may have happened?