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Aug 4, 2012, 02:34 PM	#4
mauriek Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Mataram-Indonesia Posts: 132 (0.06/day) Thanks: 42 Thanked 48 Times in 28 Posts System Specs	The only time i saw a graphic card did some damage to a motherboard was when my old Asus ATI 9250 AGP suddenly getting much hotter than usual and 5 minutes later the AGP pin burn out and also burn and melt the AGP GPU slot with it..