I must have done something to upset the computing gods as I have been punished with a broken nVidia GeForce 6800 GT. I was sitting there, browsing the net as you do when the computer crashes and leaves me with a blank screen. This is nothing unusual, I was running Widows after all as I had planned to have a quick blast of Half Life 2 later on. I hit the reset button and was greeted by a most unfriendly looking BIOS, it was very much similar to my normal BIOS boot up sequence except for the new dots and dashes it had been donned with.

Instantly I knew my card was buggered, corruption like this has no fix. Still I tried hopelessly to do what I could but had to retire the 6800 GT which I buried this morning in my back garden. I couldn't help thinking it's life had been taking away at too younger age, leaving me with a nasty feeling in my pocket.

I would love to know why this card died. I have a few ideas. After doing an autopsy I found a HUGE build up of dust. This all be nearly prevented any cooling, however I thought graphics cards had safety mechanisms for this type of thing. My other theory and perhaps the most believable is that Bill Gates got wind of my legal but unactivated copy of Windows which I had to crack even though it's legal because computer users shouldn't have to right not to register their OS according to Microsoft. I can imagine Steve Ballmer was sitting there laughing as he pressed the big red "destroy a random amount of graphics cards of cracked Windows users" button. Some people might tell you the chances of this being the cause are slim but can they prove it, nay! Not without seeing the source

Graphics cards destroyed whilst using Windows 1
Graphics cards destroyed whilst using Linux 0



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