HERCULES 9800 PRO OVERHEAT? help?

Mike2005 · 04-09-2005, 10:42 PM

My Hercules 9800 pro is overheating, the heatsink under the fan is really hot! is that normal? and there are strange blue blocks, and lines when i play my games! I don't know what to do, i took out my card and put my old one in and its fine! should i get a new fan? because when i spin the fan it doesn;t run freely, is that normal> anywayz any advice would be greatly appriciated!!!!!!!! plz help!

**jancz3rt** · 04-09-2005, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike2005

My Hercules 9800 pro is overheating, the heatsink under the fan is really hot! is that normal? and there are strange blue blocks, and lines when i play my games! I don't know what to do, i took out my card and put my old one in and its fine! should i get a new fan? because when i spin the fan it doesn;t run freely, is that normal> anywayz any advice would be greatly appriciated!!!!!!!! plz help!

I am no expert at graphic card problems but I think the blue blocks and lines you see are called artefacts and are usually a result of either overclocking too far or due to overheating which effects stability and essentially even the lifetime of a card. I would think that the fan is failing on you. It still spins but not enough to cool down your card. However, it does not need to spin freely but there should be no resistance when you turn it around.

JAN

Mike2005 · 04-10-2005, 07:07 AM

Thanks for the info, i'm probably going to get the fan checked out, and get better cooling for the card, hopefully this works!

**Praetor** · 04-10-2005, 12:52 PM

Sounds like the fan is dying out

Some good replacements,
128MB model http://www.frozencpu.com/vid-35.html
256MB model http://www.frozencpu.com/vid-37.html

Mike2005 · 04-10-2005, 07:29 PM

Also do you think the card could be permanently damaged due to the heat, cause when i turn it on it seems ok, but then it gets really hot and the artifacts start showing up!

TonyBAMF · 04-10-2005, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike2005

Also do you think the card could be permanently damaged due to the heat, cause when i turn it on it seems ok, but then it gets really hot and the artifacts start showing up!

Yes that's bad, downclock it untill you get a new heatsink on it.

Mike2005 · 04-11-2005, 01:41 AM

so i should get a new heatsink and fan? why change the heatsink

Tha Killa · 04-11-2005, 02:54 AM

if you get something in the Arctic Cooling lineup, it will include a heatsink and fan.

**Praetor** · 04-13-2005, 10:22 AM

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so I should get a new heatsink and fan? why change the heatsink

Because um its better and buying an exact match fan is stupidly hard

TonyBAMF · 04-13-2005, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Praetor

Because um its better and buying an exact match fan is stupidly hard

I was thinking imposible.

But not to mention, the new one you put on it, usually provides even more cooling then the original was intended to do.

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04-10-2005, 07:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mike2005 New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 6	Thanks for the info, i'm probably going to get the fan checked out, and get better cooling for the card, hopefully this works!

04-10-2005, 07:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mike2005 New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 6	Also do you think the card could be permanently damaged due to the heat, cause when i turn it on it seems ok, but then it gets really hot and the artifacts start showing up!

04-11-2005, 01:41 AM	#7 (permalink)
Mike2005 New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 6	so i should get a new heatsink and fan? why change the heatsink

04-11-2005, 02:54 AM	#8 (permalink)
Tha Killa Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 496	if you get something in the Arctic Cooling lineup, it will include a heatsink and fan.