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| 556501 | 2007-06-05 21:48:00 | Last week I purchased an XFX 640MB GeForce 8800GTS graphics card and Enermax 535W PSU with the intention of building my own PC to replace my current one. I had a friend show me how to intall them in the PC I'm currently using and had it running nicely for an hour or so on his CRT monitor. I get home and plug in my LCD monitor and things start to go haywire. The screen regularly pixelates in areas and in the Device Manager>Properties window for the card it says the something along the lines of 'This device cannot start (Code 10)'. When my PC does get running correctly, within 10 minutes the new graphics card is feeling really warm and my computer restarts, I presume because the card temperature is too high. I'm guessing, and hoping, that it is simply a lack of good cooling and ventilation from my case. Can anyone enlighten me?: |
av4tarnz (5829) | ||
| 556502 | 2007-06-05 21:59:00 | I'd double check that the power is plugged into the graphics card correctly and the fan is going. It does sound heat related. What size case do you have? how many fans? I have a friend who has a 8800GTX and he has 7 fans in his case to keep everything cool. :thumbs: | wratterus (105) | ||
| 556503 | 2007-06-05 22:11:00 | I have a friend who has a 8800GTX and he has 7 fans in his case to keep everything cool. :thumbs: 7 is overkill. The neighbour has 2 and its fine. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 556504 | 2007-06-05 22:23:00 | If the card was getting THAT hot you would not be able to touch it without getting burnt, the GFX cards can stand a lot higher temps than CPUs my 7800GTX for example slowsdown at 115°C :eek: not that I have reached that :p the MAX I have been able to get my GFX card is 92°C and that is with no ventilation (was a test) so unless the HSF is loose or clogged I really doubt it would be over heating... in any case the cards just slowdown and not restart the PC... Try running 3D Mark 06 and see if the PC restarts then... also get Speedfan and monitor the CPU and other temps and use the nVidia CP to monitor the GFX cards temp. Also try reinstalling the GFX drivers |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 556505 | 2007-06-05 22:36:00 | I don't know what the size of the case is off the top of my head, I'm using the HP Pavilion m7369a model which has only the one fan. I've been running my computer with the side cover off too, which I imagine is proberbly not too smart. I've checked and yes the card fan is going (it wasn't one time which had me worried) and the power supply plug clip is clipped onto the card clip. I've lost count the number of times I've uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers that are on the supplied CD, although admittedly I haven't looked for anything on the net yet. |
av4tarnz (5829) | ||
| 556506 | 2007-06-05 22:55:00 | Heh, my PC runs all the time with out the sides on and I have never had a problem... as long as no pets or large objects get in there it should be fine. Dos it still happen with the CRT monitor? There might be a bug with the CD drivers... try the latest from the net IIRC that is a mid-tower... |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 556507 | 2007-06-05 23:17:00 | 3DMark06 is big, I'm still stuck with dial-up at home and I don't want to chew up the months download allowance at work. Does anyone know if a magazine happens to 3DMark on their cover CD? Mid-Tower huh, makes sense, thanks for that Reality. |
av4tarnz (5829) | ||
| 556508 | 2007-06-05 23:27:00 | If the card was getting THAT hot you would not be able to touch it without getting burnt, the GFX cards can stand a lot higher temps than CPUs my 7800GTX for example slowsdown at 115°C :eek: not that I have reached that :p the MAX I have been able to get my GFX card is 92°C and that is with no ventilation (was a test) so unless the HSF is loose or clogged I really doubt it would be over heating... in any case the cards just slowdown and not restart the PC... Try running 3D Mark 06 and see if the PC restarts then... also get Speedfan and monitor the CPU and other temps and use the nVidia CP to monitor the GFX cards temp. Also try reinstalling the GFX drivers Whether or not the HSF is loose, over-temperature will cause the system to reboot. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 556509 | 2007-06-06 00:03:00 | Whether or not the HSF is loose, over-temperature will cause the system to reboot. But GFX cards have clock slow downs (nVidia ones do anyway) that they activate when they reach a set temperature, but do not restart the PC that I know of... A friend had a 6800GT and that was hitting 125°C which was the throttle temp IIRC and he got a popup saying that the temp had gone over and the card had slowed down... but it did not restart... I don't know about ATI cards, but nVidia don't restart that I have seen |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 556510 | 2007-06-06 02:33:00 | Well, it might not be the card itself causing the reboot, but the temp it dissipates to the rest of the system, however 9 times out of 10 if the systems doesn't lock up, it will reboot. I have to say though that normally I haven't suffered too much from card over temps!....I guess the secret is to have a well cooled/ventilated case. However artifacts is a classic case of over heating! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
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