This Gainward GeForce GTX570 Phantom Graphics Card is Roasted


I got my first pre-Christmas surprise yesterday. But it was not a good surprise. I was working on my computer and from one second to the other, ugly graphic artifacts appeared on my screen. I know this is never a good sign and I hoped that there is a problem with a driver as I messed around with the drivers one day earlier. But on the other side I knew, I would have seen the error already yesterday then. In the past I have seen similar symptoms with damaged PCI Express ports of a motherboard, damaged RAM modules or even … Continue reading This Gainward GeForce GTX570 Phantom Graphics Card is Roasted

Photos of the PCI Express Port of a Gainward GeForce GTX570 Phantom


Above you can see three photos of a Gainward GeForce GTX570 Phantom PCI-Express Port. I am not sure why I like the images but I think it´s because I have not that much photos on my blog of computer components. It might be that those image can be useful for later computer related articles. But to be honest, I uploaded the photos also to say “farewell!” to this video card. But I have some more photos and I will explain it in my next blogpost… Continue reading Photos of the PCI Express Port of a Gainward GeForce GTX570 Phantom

Not every frozen dinner is bad…


Today I bought a frozen meal in one of the local groceries. And I must say it was pretty delicious for a frozen dish. I roasted it 15 minutes in the pan and when it was ready, it looked already pretty tasty. But after the first bits, I decided that it is actually very yummy. It´s called steak house pan and the ingredients were mini steaks, beans, corn and potato pieces. Here is a photo of the meal… Continue reading Not every frozen dinner is bad…

Weekly Photo Challenge: Community


I had to dig a little bit in my photo archives for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Community but I finally found a photo that fits. I did take this photo last summer. On the photo you can see a pool which is located in my neighborhood. It is a small spot of nature and there is in summer always a big community of ducks. It´s a great place to take photos and it is also possible to feed the ducks there or just having a nice time on one of the park benches. I like to take a walk there … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Community

No, This is Not Really The Emperor From Star Wars


The headline said it already. This is not really the emperor from the Star Wars movies, known as Emperor Palpatine, Chancellor Palpatine, Senator Palpatine or under his Sith name Darth Sidious. This is my cat Shyna, who pretends to be Darth Sidious sometimes. Today it happened again. She used my sweater again to take shape! Hope my cat was able to elicit a laugh 🙂 Continue reading No, This is Not Really The Emperor From Star Wars