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Thread ID: 114639	2010-12-11 08:59:00	PC possibly overheating?	Richardd150 (13927)	Press F1

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1160716	2010-12-16 02:54:00	Dugimodo's suggestion is a good one. Running without the case side in place will reveal a lot more fan noise, but you can also check that the GPU fan is indeed turning quickly. My old system was used without the case side for over 12 months when I had concerns about heat. Removing the side easily dropped temps by 15 degrees... if memory serves. If you can game without breakdown with the side off, then you've probably narrowed it down to GPU heat at this stage of things. Might be worth looking for signs of bad capacitors on the mobo and graphics card as well. You know, I really cant recommend taking the sides off a PC as a solution....PC cases are design for airflow from front to back and some with positive\negative pressure so air passes over the components rather than just the components being exposed to fresh air.	SolMiester (139)
1160717	2010-12-16 03:05:00	I never really intended it as a solution, just a diagnostic tool. Yes I agree about airflow but only in decent cases, many older machines and cheap generic cases have no airflow to speak of with maybe a single 80mm fan at rear if that. By taking the side off and directing a desktop fan into the case you can generate much more cool air into the components than most cases manage. I wouldn't recommend running like that long term but it could possibly be useful to prove wether or not temperature was the problem	dugimodo (138)
1160718	2010-12-16 03:23:00	Its not overheating...he has killed the PSU by overloading it, and probably stuffed the GPU into the bargin!	SolMiester (139)
1160719	2010-12-16 04:12:00	Its not overheating...he has killed the PSU by overloading it, and probably stuffed the GPU into the bargin! It's not dead, just resting. The card, on the other hand may well be on it's way out. That's what I'm trying to figure out.	Richardd150 (13927)
1160720	2010-12-16 04:21:00	Well, it is hard to diagnose hardware issues from a web site, however my experience is screaming the PSU has been fried due to excessive overloading from the GPU, and this usually has a detrimental effect of the card also as it cant get the power to run at the required amperage... If you attempt to use the PSU again, I'd say your a fool!...as for the card, with another PSU, it maybe fine for 2d, but not 3D	SolMiester (139)
1160721	2010-12-16 04:47:00	Well, it is hard to diagnose hardware issues from a web site, however my experience is screaming the PSU has been fried due to excessive overloading from the GPU, and this usually has a detrimental effect of the card also as it cant get the power to run at the required amperage... If you attempt to use the PSU again, I'd say your a fool!...as for the card, with another PSU, it maybe fine for 2d, but not 3D Thanks SolMiester, it's refreshing to know somebody is prepared to call me names if I do a foolish thing:) The old PSU is dead, deceased, departed, gone, an ex PSU, as it were. I will not attempt to nail it to the perch.	Richardd150 (13927)
1160722	2010-12-17 07:17:00	Well... The award for culprit in my PC woes goes to... Capacitors!!! (on the graphics card). Plus possibly my abuse of an underpowered PSU. Three of them are bulging and split and I don't know how I managed not to see them before - I noticed them when I was removing the card to replace it with the X1300 (which is running the games fine with nary a sign of crash or a driver failure) Now to persuade the wife that I need that HD5850 or HD6870 as a replacement ($400 odd compared to the $1000 to 1,200 I wanted to spend on a new case, ram, motherboard and CPU and graphics card!) Thanks all for your advice.	Richardd150 (13927)
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