Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Xocyll Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: I knew all that flashy bling was a bad idea... Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2024 07:34:16 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2024 11:36:12 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6bf0fbda1d046e6f04135c67bed600c5"; logging-data="219248"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+0qo6Ywi9DGefZuVqYCeIl" Cancel-Lock: sha1:kx2w+jcK8Ix3JpLjOBuPk/Cw1GY= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.640 Bytes: 1759 Spalls Hurgenson looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say: > >You know how all the 'high-end' gaming hardware (RAM, motherboards, >GPUs, fans, etc.) now includes LEDs? Maybe it wasn't such a good >idea... and not just because it's ugly and distracting. > >It turns out, some gamers are reporting that their GPUs are getting >melted/burnt because of the LEDs in their RAM sticks. Cheap LEDs emit >UV light, and this can leave scorch marks on some plastics... >including the backplates of GPUs. Yeah, guy to RMA person, it was the LEDS in the RAM that burned/melted my GPU not my *EXTREME* overclocking and/or 24/7 crypto mining. Yeah, Yeah, that's the ticket. Xocyll