I bought this card back in December of 2007 and it has worked great until recently. Over the last week or two it has become increasingly troublesome, locking up the PC randomly with a nv4_disp.dll error or BSOD. The last day or two, it has gotten to the point when the PC will slow to a crawl and video artifacts can be seen, even while at idle looking at the desktop, or even on boot-up.
The heatsink and fan are clean and Rivatuner reports it to be running at around 55C when this is occuring, so heat doesn't appear to be an issue. I also sped the fan up to 100% just to be sure.
Upon removal and inspection of the board, there is one capacitor sitting taller than the rest, and I can visibly see that the end plug is poking out of the bottom. The cap has a little wiggle to it and makes a faint clicking noise as it is moved from side to side as if the pins are loose.
All symptoms point to this cap going bad in my experience, but of course a second opinion never hurts. The capacitor in question is a full metal jacket with the following stamped on the top in blue:
7C
OCR
330
16V
There are three of these caps on the board. Unfortunately, I ignored the requirements that you register the card within 30 days, so I'm not eligible for the lifetime warranty. I wouldn't mind recapping this thing as I really have nothing to lose at this point and it's time for an upgrade anyway.
The full part number of the card is: 256-P2-N761-AR and serial is: 7067612500629 if that is any help. Thanks in advance!
The heatsink and fan are clean and Rivatuner reports it to be running at around 55C when this is occuring, so heat doesn't appear to be an issue. I also sped the fan up to 100% just to be sure.
Upon removal and inspection of the board, there is one capacitor sitting taller than the rest, and I can visibly see that the end plug is poking out of the bottom. The cap has a little wiggle to it and makes a faint clicking noise as it is moved from side to side as if the pins are loose.
All symptoms point to this cap going bad in my experience, but of course a second opinion never hurts. The capacitor in question is a full metal jacket with the following stamped on the top in blue:
7C
OCR
330
16V
There are three of these caps on the board. Unfortunately, I ignored the requirements that you register the card within 30 days, so I'm not eligible for the lifetime warranty. I wouldn't mind recapping this thing as I really have nothing to lose at this point and it's time for an upgrade anyway.
The full part number of the card is: 256-P2-N761-AR and serial is: 7067612500629 if that is any help. Thanks in advance!
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