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I ended up doing exactly what you describe .... have left the side cover off
and running a fan into the cabinet.  Game runs fine ... if I put the side
cover back on it seems to overheat (even with a fan blowing into the vents).
This thing must really tax the graphics chip, huh?

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Steve Molander
"Drinkenstein" <vodka@beer.net> wrote in message
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> If you find a card that will work without out leaving the case open and a
> fan blowing let me know cause I'll sure go out and get one myself
>
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> "Steve Molander" <steve@stevemolander.com> wrote in message
> news:10090ckskkdj120@corp.supernews.com...
> > Well, last night played a skirmish and the number of screen freezes was
> > absolutely unacceptable.  Even opened another game and found the
graphics
> to
> > suck.
> >
> > Today to opened the box and found my graphics card running hotter than a
> > pistol!!!  I mentioned in an earlier post that I received a "component
> > failure" error once while running Generals.  Looks like my board
probably
> > overheated during an earlier game.  Generals probably taxes the graphics
> > such that once I start playing (very little freezing) it heats up to the
> > point it fails (constant freezing).
> >
> > I left the side cover off the box and placed a small fan to blow on the
> > boards and played a Zero Hour game with nary a pause!
> >
> > So, it looks my problem was hardware related.  Time to go shopping for a
> new
> > ATI card!
> >
> >
>
>