I have an HP Pavilion desktop, Model m9340f running Vista 64 bit.  About six weeks ago this terrible grinding noise began in the tower.  After some research I concluded it was the graphics card fan.  There's a HISTORY of this with this exact machine.  While I was TRYING to FIGURE out some alternative to opening the mysterious tower the noise stopped, and it's still quiet except for a brief period at start-up when it whirs like its old self.  Still, I've come to believe there's a demon in the tower.  More recently I've noticed some of the printed material in my IE browser looks as though it was typed with an old RAYON typewriter ribbon running out of ink.  Does anyone know if this has anything to do with the performance of the video card?

I hope I'm not about to kick a sleeping dog but I'm going to order an EVGA nVidia GeForce GT220 to replace whatever is lurking in there.  Does this sound like I'm on the RIGHT track?  Many thanks. Quote from: Robertgoody on February 03, 2011, 08:15:16 AM

More recently I've noticed some of the printed material in my IE browser looks as though it was typed with an old rayon typewriter ribbon running out of ink.