Graphic card fail to function

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naiveboy

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Hi everybody,

Wednesday, while playing game, CPU fan and casing fan suddenly stop spinning. Then processor temperature raised up and pc auto shut down. After restart, CPU fan and casing fan still not spinning. But after i rotate the CPU fan with finger, it continue to spin again. Then i continue play game, without problem for that day. Casing fan remain not spinning until now.

Thursday, turned on my computer, nothing is display on monitor with my nvidia graphic card, but i can heard the music when my pc enter windows. Graphic card fan is spinning. Then i switch to using motherboard built-in graphic and the monitor can display but not every time. Some time even built-in graphic also fail to display when i turned on my computer. Once the built-in graphic successfully display, it can continue to displaying without problem. Graphic card remain fail to display until now. No graphic artifacts was observed before that. What happen to my pc?

Thanks in advance
 
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Yeah a 9600 GT and a cheap generic 350W PSU is not a good combination. You should really replace that PSU. A Corsair CX 500 would be ideal.
 
spirit said:
Yeah a 9600 GT and a cheap generic 350W PSU is not a good combination. You should really replace that PSU. A Corsair CX 500 would be ideal.
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Thanks for the suggestion.

I have used several hardware monitor software to check the PSU voltage, 3V and 5V rails look good.

But 12V rail seem like deviated quite a lot.

SpeedFan: 10.72V
SensorsView: 10.70V
HWMonitor: 12.992V

Can these readings prove that i have a failing PSU? But it look like HWMonitor is giving higher voltage reading.
 
naiveboy said:
Thanks for the suggestion.

I have used several hardware monitor software to check the PSU voltage, 3V and 5V rails look good.

But 12V rail seem like deviated quite a lot.

SpeedFan: 10.72V
SensorsView: 10.70V
HWMonitor: 12.992V

Can these readings prove that i have a failing PSU? But it look like HWMonitor is giving higher voltage reading.
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The fact that the 12V rail voltage is fluctuating is a sign that you've got a bad/cheap PSU there. 350W isn't enough for a 9600 GT anyway. I'd replace that PSU with a higher quality one (Corsair CX 500 would be fine for a 9600 GT) before the PSU ultimately dies and takes your system out with it.
 
I have replaced a new PSU, and so far the graphic card and CPU fan are working well. Thank you for the advice, you guys are awesome.
 
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