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S.D.Willie
02-27-2001, 07:12 PM
hi,

got a radeon LE 32meg DDR. removed the H/S without a problem, it practically took no effort to get off. slapped on a blue orb with some thermal tape. when i install the drivers and reboot on 2 different(win 98, and ME) pc's the computer freezes and hangs with a black screen after the start up screen. i go into safe mode and notice that i have "ACPI IRQ holder for PCI IRQ steering" listed 4 times in system devices in device manager. i remove them all they come back. i tried going into bios to disable ACPI (reaching for stuff) but didnt see it in there. im basically wondering if the card is shot although i imagined if i broke it id get no video at all.... right??? hopefully someone can help. i dont wanna feel like i wasted 85 bux for nothing.
ps. i tried the drivers off the disc, as well as the one from ati's site.

SD

JayMan
02-28-2001, 03:15 AM
Perhaps the thermal tape is just crappy and not pumping enuff heat thru to the blorb. Whynot try some articsilver adheasive?

JayMan