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8800 vibrating against RAM cover?

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stylishgeek

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Original poster
Feb 26, 2008
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Atlanta, GA
Hello all,

I just got my 8800 upgrade today and installed it right away of course, and I noticed when I installed it that it touches the RAM cover right below it (if you install in slot 1). I believe there's a performance reason to install in slot 1, more throughput or some such?

Anyhow, I can hear it vibrate against the RAM cover intermittently and it's driving me nuts. Anyone have a solution for this?

Thanks!
 
Does anyone else have the card touching the RAM cover? I took it apart once after I noticed the buzz and all 4 screws for the RAM cover were in place, indicating that the RAM cover was in the correct spot. I don't see how there can be room between the card and the RAM cover unless I just have a "bad" system.
 
stylishgeek said:
Does anyone else have the card touching the RAM cover? I took it apart once after I noticed the buzz and all 4 screws for the RAM cover were in place, indicating that the RAM cover was in the correct spot. I don't see how there can be room between the card and the RAM cover unless I just have a "bad" system.
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No, there is a small gap between the card and the ram housing area, in my mp at least.
 
Same here. Thin gap, but a gap nonetheless.

Make sure you've got the PCIe card bracket retention plate and screws well seated. The bottom-most screw should lock down the graphics card in the bottom slot.
 
There's definitely a space there:
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