PNY 9800GTX+ very hot

Dropkickmurphys · 05-11-2009, 03:36 PM

ty again lol... Im always a tad scared to use a vacuum cleaner near my pc, im scared that its gonna damage something lol...

Ill have a look and see if I can get the plastic cover off... (I thought it was in some way attached to the heatsink so it would void the warranty to remove it)

thanks xD

**Archangel** · 05-11-2009, 03:52 PM

if you have one of those nozzles for the vacuum cleaner that makes the tip smaller, use that. it increases the speed of the air beeing sucked in quite a bit, gets the dust out more easy.

Dropkickmurphys · 05-11-2009, 05:59 PM

Ok, I have hoovered out my whole PC and taken the side off... and either I have screwed my temperature gauges or it has done something really good

my CPU is now 21 - 27c Idle (appose to 3Xc idle) and my grpahics card is idling at 35c as apposed to about 40 50c :s lol

now just gonna test ingame.

*EDIT* been playing for a few mins and hasnt gone above 50c! :O

Kornowski · 05-13-2009, 02:07 AM

I'd stay away from using a Hoover on your PC, it'll build up a static charge. If that hits anything, you can kiss it good bye. You're better off using a can of compressed air, they're only cheap and they work really well.

The 9800 is the same as my 8800, hold the fan still on it and blow all the dust off. Then, try and blow all the dust out back, there may be some bigger bits you'll need to remove yourself. Not too much trouble though.

Glad you got it fixed!

Dropkickmurphys · 05-13-2009, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kornowski

I'd stay away from using a Hoover on your PC, it'll build up a static charge. If that hits anything, you can kiss it good bye. You're better off using a can of compressed air, they're only cheap and they work really well.

The 9800 is the same as my 8800, hold the fan still on it and blow all the dust off. Then, try and blow all the dust out back, there may be some bigger bits you'll need to remove yourself. Not too much trouble though.

Glad you got it fixed!

Yeah I was a bit sceptical about it, I did have a can of air, but it ran out

lol. and where I bought it from its like £7 and I cant afford that atm (broke lol).

Though I did manage to scare the Crap outta myself....I forgot to plug the power cable back into the graphics card, booted my pc and nothing came on the screen, I panicked like hell until i realised what I had done lol

Kornowski · 05-13-2009, 01:00 PM

Haha, it's always stupid little things like that, that scare you the most!

05-11-2009, 03:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dropkickmurphys Diamond Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Worthing, UK (Uni at Kent) Age: 20 Posts: 2,471	ty again lol... Im always a tad scared to use a vacuum cleaner near my pc, im scared that its gonna damage something lol... Ill have a look and see if I can get the plastic cover off... (I thought it was in some way attached to the heatsink so it would void the warranty to remove it) thanks xD __________________ *Main PC:* Intel Q6600 2.4Ghz (OC @ 3.375GHz), Gigabyte P35C-DS3R motherboard, 4GB 8500 1066mhz RAM , 512MB Geforce 9800GTX+, 500GB Seagate 7,500RPM HDD, Lite-on 20x DVD+RW, OCZ GameXStream 850W PSU, CoolerMaster Black Centurian 534 Case, Samsung 19" SyncMaster 940BW monitor / Samsung 19" TV, Windows 7 Pro / XP Pro (Dual Boot) *Laptop (Acer Aspire 5720):* Intel T7500 2.2GHz, Intel Graphics X3100, 2GB DDR2 Ram, 160GB HDD, 15.4" Acer CrystalBrite Monitor. *Xfire:* poultrygeist *Steam ID:* unpdave

05-11-2009, 03:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 22 Posts: 9,886	if you have one of those nozzles for the vacuum cleaner that makes the tip smaller, use that. it increases the speed of the air beeing sucked in quite a bit, gets the dust out more easy. __________________ Don't hit me with them negative waves so early in the morning.

05-11-2009, 05:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dropkickmurphys Diamond Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Worthing, UK (Uni at Kent) Age: 20 Posts: 2,471	Ok, I have hoovered out my whole PC and taken the side off... and either I have screwed my temperature gauges or it has done something really good my CPU is now 21 - 27c Idle (appose to 3Xc idle) and my grpahics card is idling at 35c as apposed to about 40 50c :s lol now just gonna test ingame. EDIT been playing for a few mins and hasnt gone above 50c! :O __________________ *Main PC:* Intel Q6600 2.4Ghz (OC @ 3.375GHz), Gigabyte P35C-DS3R motherboard, 4GB 8500 1066mhz RAM , 512MB Geforce 9800GTX+, 500GB Seagate 7,500RPM HDD, Lite-on 20x DVD+RW, OCZ GameXStream 850W PSU, CoolerMaster Black Centurian 534 Case, Samsung 19" SyncMaster 940BW monitor / Samsung 19" TV, Windows 7 Pro / XP Pro (Dual Boot) *Laptop (Acer Aspire 5720):* Intel T7500 2.2GHz, Intel Graphics X3100, 2GB DDR2 Ram, 160GB HDD, 15.4" Acer CrystalBrite Monitor. *Xfire:* poultrygeist *Steam ID:* unpdave Last edited by Dropkickmurphys; 05-11-2009 at 06:14 PM.

05-13-2009, 02:07 AM	#4 (permalink)
Kornowski VIP - Graphics Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool, UK Age: 19 Posts: 16,155	I'd stay away from using a Hoover on your PC, it'll build up a static charge. If that hits anything, you can kiss it good bye. You're better off using a can of compressed air, they're only cheap and they work really well. The 9800 is the same as my 8800, hold the fan still on it and blow all the dust off. Then, try and blow all the dust out back, there may be some bigger bits you'll need to remove yourself. Not too much trouble though. Glad you got it fixed! __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.4Ghz EVGA 750i SLI FTW 4GB Crucial Ballistix 2 X 8800GTS G92 in SLI @ 734/1890/972 Corsair HX520W Windows 7 Profesional 64bit Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200.11 & WD 120GB Tuniq Tower LED Antec 900 (Modded) Acer 24" and Samsung 19" Monitors DH Biking - Because Golf and Football only require one ball. www.kornowski.tk

05-13-2009, 01:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
Kornowski VIP - Graphics Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool, UK Age: 19 Posts: 16,155	Haha, it's always stupid little things like that, that scare you the most! __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.4Ghz EVGA 750i SLI FTW 4GB Crucial Ballistix 2 X 8800GTS G92 in SLI @ 734/1890/972 Corsair HX520W Windows 7 Profesional 64bit Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200.11 & WD 120GB Tuniq Tower LED Antec 900 (Modded) Acer 24" and Samsung 19" Monitors DH Biking - Because Golf and Football only require one ball. www.kornowski.tk

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