Yesterday I received my Gigabyte GV-RX26T256H Radeon HD 2600XT video card. If you’re not familiar with this card, it is fanless. I put it in and installed the latest drivers from ATI’s website. I let it run in my room for a while, and then I put the case back together and took it to the family room. After getting everything hooked up I put in an HD DVD and let it run as kind of a “torture” test. I put it back on satellite TV and let the computer continue to play the HD DVD. At 11:00 when I went to bed I changed back over to check on the PC. I had a blank screen, so I sat there confused for the moment. I still had sound, so I started moving the mouse, punching keys, and trying Ctrl-Alt-Del. Nothing worked. So I had to hit the restart button on the front. When it came back up, the screen was still blank. After I was sure it was up, I hit the power button to shut it down. I waited about 3 minutes and turned it back on. This time when it came on, I could see everything. So I started going in to the Catalyst Control Center and all of a sudden the screen went kind of dim and then to black again. So then I cut it off and went to bed. So I’ve been laying there all night wondered if I should just return the card and get one with a fan. Do you think it’s a heat issue or perhaps drivers? Now that I’ve tried this fanless card it’d be great if it worked ’cause I now realize my video card was what was making all the noise before. But I can also live with the noise if I can keep the picture from going black.
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