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tucker32
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Joined: February 16, 2009
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From: deep jungle of vargo
|  Posted: 2009-10-15 09:33
well this happened 4-5 months ago but im never going to do it again i ran dark space in full graphics and everything i did it to that max and well i was kluth jumped into ugto homeworld next thing i know im under attack from over 10 vessels then blackness my pc's video or greaphic or whatever got fired but im asking is it possible that this was the cause cuz if it is im never doing it again lol
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$yTHe {C?}
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Joined: September 29, 2002
Posts: 1292
From: Arlington, VA
| Posted: 2009-10-15 10:20
Oookay there Mr. Run-on Sentences, we will need some more information from you.
- System specs: These can be obtained by going to Start>Run, typing dxdiag and hitting enter, then saving that information to a text file and posting it here.
- What do you mean by "fried"? Did it melt? Did it simply stop working? What steps did you take (and presumably fail at if you got another one) to fix it?
- Were you running any processes in the background? I know Dark Space would have been the only one in focus, but were there other programs running as well?
- Why on Earth would you wait 5 months to tell us that you think Dark Space killed your hardware?
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Mersenne Twister
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From: Sector C Test Labs and Contol Facilities
| Posted: 2009-10-15 10:33
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On 2009-10-15 10:20, $yTHe {C?} wrote:
- Why on Earth would you wait 5 months to tell us that you think Dark Space killed your hardware?
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I wouldn't screw with it if I were you. The doctor already holds you in poor favor. Messing with this might really fry his shorts.
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TheHunter
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From: 3rd Star from the Left and keep going till Morning
| Posted: 2009-10-15 11:36
In all seriousness ds could'nt even fry an egg as for the graphics, meaning its not DX9 or DX10, so im thinking 5 months ago your machine should be able to handle ds just fine.
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BackSlash
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Joined: March 23, 2003
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From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2009-10-15 17:56
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On 2009-10-15 11:36, IceMan wrote:
In all seriousness ds could'nt even fry an egg as for the graphics, meaning its not DX9 or DX10, so im thinking 5 months ago your machine should be able to handle ds just fine.
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Doesn't matter if it's DX9 or DX10. Any piece of software nowadays will ask your graphics card to pump out as many frames as it possibly can, no limit (that's what v-sync is there for). Same goes for DarkSpace.
Only thing DarkSpace would of done is overheated your graphics card. If that's the case, then you'll have to put fault with poor build quality or a poorly ventilated case.
- Jack
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Faustus
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Joined: May 29, 2001
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From: Austin, Texas
| Posted: 2009-10-16 12:52
BackSlash is correct... poor cooling is most likely the cause of your graphics card failing... it could have just as easily been Doom or any other 3D application that caused your graphics card to fail.
Your PC be kept in a room cooled by AC and you should also clean out the inside of your case with compressed air when needed. Dust building up on the graphics card fan is probably the #1 cause of a graphics card failures.
-DrVenture
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tucker32
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From: deep jungle of vargo
| Posted: 2009-10-19 12:46
k it just shows a black screen when its turned on its not the monitor im using it still with old pc so its somethiong in the machined that must have overheated and really it was from 2008 pc and cost me over $1,300 but im not really blaming darkspace just wanted to know if it could happen so i can tell the people who are fixing my thing and i already have plzyed it for a couple of months it happened right after i but the graphics at their highest so im thiking it musthave been the graohics card or something
[ This Message was edited by: tucker32 on 2009-10-19 17:21 ]
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