Posts by meter_monkey

1.Which brand SSD are you considering for your next upgrade? Intel, OCZ, Crucial, Kingston, Patriot Memory, Samsung, or other? Intel 2.What do you look for when selecting an SSD? Price, Performance, Brand - or a combination of these...

omg man I owe you bigggggg time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It worked can ya tell I'm super happy lol

ok I will thanks again

190c about 350f

well I tried the baking idea and it didn't work. I put it in a pie plate with tin foil balls propping it up. Pre heated the oven to 190 and put it in for 5 mins, turned the oven off and left the card inside for another 4 minutes and let...

haha sounds good. I tried the thermal paste but it didn't work. Although the crap that was on it was horrible looking, it was this thin white slop that looked like someone ate a mentos mint and spit on the GPU. Looks like it was taken...

Thanks guys I'm going to try the thermal paste and if that doesn't work I've been reading on the bake method. Ever try it?

That's kind of what I was thinking. I took out the hd, optical drives, battery and 1 stick of ram. The clicking noise is gone but the laptop still wont post. Has anyone ever brought them back to life? Looks like a heat sink on it, maybe...

Hey all, new to the forum. I've been reading most of the evening. I'm pretty computer savvy but today I picked up a alienware aurora D900K. I'm not familiar with Alienware laptops or desktops at all. My problem is when I turn the laptop...