Where I work, there is a lot of people touching the LCD monitors that we use. Some are smart and use their fingers, while others, are not so smart and insist on using things like pens or markers to touch the screen. I know, it's tough to watch. Most of the time the screen will not mark up, but...

This week I was running into an issue where my video card would get so hot it wasn't able to work correctly.  I have a BFG nVidia 8800GT OC card that has a fan built into it.  The card is about 1 year old and I haven't had much more than a hiccup with it's performance since installation. After...