Ill releate my experience.
I went and upgraded my video card to an XT1800 when I got Oblivion.
I was there sneaking around the dungeons, in the dark, hand on the mouse, left hand hovering over the keyboard.
Stealthfully working my way to sneak up on a moster with my bow. I got into position, raised up out of cover and Loose ! the arrow. Just as it left my bow I heard this loud POP ! the screen went blank and I smelled ozone. I nearly crapped my pants !
The fuse in the PS actually did its job and blew !
Anyhow went out and got a new 600 watt power supply and all is well now.
A curious side effect is that prior to blowing the fuse the little fan on the video card was spinning very fast and making a lot of noise. I dident know any better at the time but now with the new psu it runs very quiet only speeding up occassionally like its supposed to.
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