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| Thread ID: 77323 | 2007-03-05 20:27:00 | Overheating MSI 6600GT | nzkiwiman (11960) | Press F1 |
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| 530452 | 2007-03-05 20:27:00 | Had this computer system since August 2005 Athlon 3500+ (Socket 939) 450W PSU MSI KN8-Diamond SLi 2x MSI 6600Gt 128MB (SLi) Nforce Drivers 91.31 (PCi-E slot) 120GB HDD (IDE), 200GB HDD, 160GB HDD (SATA) 1GB DDR-400 RAM (2x 512) MSI DVD Writer Pioneer DVD Reader iCute Case with side fan and front fan Cleaned out my system on Friday with a can off compressed air, removing a lot of dust. Had a bit of trouble getting the SLi card back in, but the system is now reporting its ok and connected in SLi mode. Normal temperature readings of my graphics card with the computer running 24/7 was 40 degrees. On Sunday I installed Test Drive Unlimted to try it out. One of my graphics cards raced from 40 degrees to 120, crashing the game and giving me a warning that the system was overheating and the power to my card had been cut back. An hour after stopping the game, my system was back to 100. However, while one card was at 120, the other card was sitting at 39 degrees. After leaving the computer off 7am-10pm monday, I checked the temp of both cards 45 and 42. Checking again this morning after leaving it on all night downloading, one card was 80 and the other 39. I have had a couple of warnings in the past about my system not giving my cards enough power, so performance had been reduced. Been looking into a new power supply for the system, as im looking at upgrading to either a 7950GT or one of the new 8800's, and my current PSU does not have any of the new PCI-E power cables and my current cards don't use molex plugs for power. Anyone have any advice? Anyone know how to calculate current power consumption by the computer Anyone know of any programs to check my graphics cards to see if I managed to stuff them up? |
nzkiwiman (11960) | ||
| 530453 | 2007-03-05 20:42:00 | whats the case/motherboard temp? half the problem by the sounds of it is lack case cooling . |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 530454 | 2007-03-05 20:57:00 | If it is one card, it would be that cards problem, which card is it? (top or bottom) is the fan spinning? That must be some game :D max I have hit my 7800GTX is 93°C and that was max clocked during the middle of summer playing FEAR with max settings EDIT: The system would crash if there wasn't enough power, 450 should be OK to run that. What do you mean by stuff them up and software? software can not check a GFX cards condition, as I said above, it sounds like a fan issue, check all fans and try again |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 530455 | 2007-03-05 23:50:00 | Its the #1 card according to the Nvidia Control Panel. I assume it means the top. I have played FEAR and Farcry ok, without too much trouble - lags a bit at doors on FEAR which I think is a loading problem, but have yet to try a NODVD patch to check (I own the game ..) I thought I might have stufffed them up by either charging them with static when I was taking them out, or by blowing the compressed air around the fan. WIll check tonight when I get home that the fan is connected, and may also switch the cards back around as the top card which I assume is the one causing the trouble used to be the bottom card. -- though the check my have to wait till the weekend, I work late, and get up early. Haven't been able to get the mobo temperature - looked in the BIOS and couldn't see, but I may just have been overlooking it. |
nzkiwiman (11960) | ||
| 530456 | 2007-03-05 23:55:00 | I suspect you have knocked the HSF and it is now not sitted properly on the chip. Get some AS5, remove the fan casing etc and re-attached the HSF with AS5 after cleaning the chip with alcohol or other non greasy cleaner. | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 530457 | 2007-03-06 02:53:00 | Its the #1 card according to the Nvidia Control Panel. I assume it means the top. I have played FEAR and Farcry ok, without too much trouble - lags a bit at doors on FEAR which I think is a loading problem, but have yet to try a NODVD patch to check (I own the game ..) I thought I might have stufffed them up by either charging them with static when I was taking them out, or by blowing the compressed air around the fan. WIll check tonight when I get home that the fan is connected, and may also switch the cards back around as the top card which I assume is the one causing the trouble used to be the bottom card. -- though the check my have to wait till the weekend, I work late, and get up early. Haven't been able to get the mobo temperature - looked in the BIOS and couldn't see, but I may just have been overlooking it. Yes, I assume that too... The lag is most likely due to only 1GB of RAM, I have 2GB and I have had it to 93% used in FEAR at one stage... (FEAR its self was using 1.2GB...) If it was static, the card would be dead or not functioning properly and you will know abaout that, (people say they never use anti static wrist straps and have never had a problem, but if working inside a PC I just like to use an anti static wrist strap for added peice of mind...) what sort of compressed air was it? CRC can type, electric compressor etc, the CRC stuff is made to be used for PCs so is staticly neutral. so I think that the card is fine, just the HSF is not quite right in some way. You can use programs like speed fan, motherboard moniter to tell you the temps. I suspect you have knocked the HSF and it is now not sitted properly on the chip. Get some AS5, remove the fan casing etc and re-attached the HSF with AS5 after cleaning the chip with alcohol or other non greasy cleaner. agreed, or the fan is not running for some reason... |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 530458 | 2007-03-06 10:02:00 | Well, I just got inside the computer again, and found the issue . The small fan inside the heat sink on the top card wasn't sitting flush compared to the other one . I touched it and could wiggle it around a bit . Made it the second card again, booted up and checked the temp again . 39 for the undamged card and 55 and rising on the damaged (70 just before finishing this post) Now, can anyone advise how to reset the fan? Im not 100% skilled in the art of doing any customising, not do I want to spend a great deal of cash, since I do plan on upgrading very soon . |
nzkiwiman (11960) | ||
| 530459 | 2007-03-06 10:12:00 | Check the heatsink on the troubled card as it sounds like its come loose. Also get a minimum 500w psu. They dont cost that much more (if any) than a 400w/450w and are definitely worth the investment :) |
systm (9904) | ||
| 530460 | 2007-03-06 17:41:00 | Well it is hard for us to say, cause noone knows how the fan is sitting or anything, could you post a pic or two here (http://www.imagef1.net.nz) and then post the link | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 530461 | 2007-03-12 02:40:00 | Here are some pictures: i15.photobucket.com i15.photobucket.com i15.photobucket.com i15.photobucket.com |
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