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robman50
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Re: video card failing?

After a bunch of tests and changing the settings I have figured out that once the GPU reaches 90C I get tons of errors and if the GPU reaches 91.3C the system completely freezes up.

If the card is failing I would think it would be due to overheating damage.

GPU Fan is running at 100%.

What are some signs of overheating damage?

aurgathor
join:2002-12-01
Lynnwood, WA

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said by robman50:

What are some signs of overheating damage?

Bunch of errors....

Now that you know the root cause, you can either reinstall the heatsink and the fan (and perhaps get a higher CFM fan and a bigger heatsink) or just install a different video card.

Not sure if you can do these, but slightly *lowering* the voltage and the clock speed of the GPU should make it run cooler.
robman50
join:2010-12-14

robman50

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I have removed the cooler, cleaned the dust out, wiped the old paste off the GPU, put fresh thermal paste (artic silver) on the GPU and put the cooler back on. I have also notice the HDD IDE cable was blocking the cool air from getting to the GPU cooler. I have also cleared away the dust from the CPU, PSU, HDD, AGP slot, motherboard. I tried to round the floppy cable for better air flow. Lastly I removed the one back plate so the GPU cooler can blow the hot air out of the back of the case.

Running the system idle and GPU-Z reports PCB is 42C and GPU is 45.6C.