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miketv · Rated PG

My video card is a Raedon...i think it's an 8500...the kind w/ a breakout box for RCA/firewire/S-Video ins & outs.

I finally got up the courage to remove the 1st layer of dust from the inside of my tower, using a virgin paintbrush. Looks like it's gonna be an all-day ordeal, requiring different sizes & stiffnesses of brushes, so it'll be a few days before it's CLEAN clean. I'm hoping this helps some. Couldn't hurt, I guess.
WHile dusting, I discovered that one of my fans has a variable switch--high. low, & median. I switched it from low to high. If it's a heat problem, I figure this mght help.

The alarm went off again today, when I had 3 windows open. One was just Yahoo, the other 2 contained PDF's. Does this mean anything? (I've been known to have 7+ windows open at once, usually w/ no problems.)

The fans look like they're all staying on during alarms.

Lastly, about taking a pic of the boot screen...is that the very 1st screen (the one that leads to BIOS if I hit [delete]), or the one after that, right before the windows logo pops on?
Once I hit the [pause] key (or maybe the [print screen] key (I have one of those, too), do I just open a photo editor & paste it in, or what?

Thanks to everyone here who's trying to help. Your patience is incredible, & your advice is priceless. (I'm actually learning stuff!)