Aza
Rising Star
Well....the weekend came early.... I was bored this morning.
So I pulled the GPU out and decided to kill the little white light.
Now...i've never played with a GPU before, so after looking it over I figured i'd take the fan casing off so I could actually see what it looked like, rather than touching the metal plate the board itself was fixed too (right move as it turns out). Four little screw (very short little things, so unscrewed each until loose and then lifted casing with screws still sat in their channels so they were easier to pick out rather than trying to negotiate past the fans to get at them)
Inside, the little plastic coverslip that I thought was sat over an LED, was actually the whole LED as a little sealed unit, so to get the fan casing off properly (cos I didnt know what wires I was pulling) I unscrewed the two little fixing screws holding it in place which freed the casing up
Two headers where the wire fed through to, a little gentle poking for a clear view showed me which one of the two it was
Taped up the wire to the LED unit to reinsert it, didnt want anything loose that could move around inside, just in case.
Screwed teh LED unit back into the casing, then fixed the casing back onto the GPU (popped the screws into their little holes before putting the casing in place to avoid having to negotiate with the fans again) Et Voila!
Back in the computer, all working and no more white light.
Would of been far nicer if they had just enabled the card to let Firestorm switch it off and on but still...Job done
So I pulled the GPU out and decided to kill the little white light.
Now...i've never played with a GPU before, so after looking it over I figured i'd take the fan casing off so I could actually see what it looked like, rather than touching the metal plate the board itself was fixed too (right move as it turns out). Four little screw (very short little things, so unscrewed each until loose and then lifted casing with screws still sat in their channels so they were easier to pick out rather than trying to negotiate past the fans to get at them)
Inside, the little plastic coverslip that I thought was sat over an LED, was actually the whole LED as a little sealed unit, so to get the fan casing off properly (cos I didnt know what wires I was pulling) I unscrewed the two little fixing screws holding it in place which freed the casing up
Two headers where the wire fed through to, a little gentle poking for a clear view showed me which one of the two it was
Taped up the wire to the LED unit to reinsert it, didnt want anything loose that could move around inside, just in case.
Screwed teh LED unit back into the casing, then fixed the casing back onto the GPU (popped the screws into their little holes before putting the casing in place to avoid having to negotiate with the fans again) Et Voila!
Back in the computer, all working and no more white light.
Would of been far nicer if they had just enabled the card to let Firestorm switch it off and on but still...Job done
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