From Overheat?

Marcuz

Marcuz

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I think it is about 3 times on different days. I was playing game about 2 or 3 hours, then my game started frozen with weird graphic looks like mess up my monitor, but it is not. I turned off my PC and everything is ok. Why is that happened to me? Do you think it is from overheat? But, I bought a PCI fan, it should be cool with my video card. Does anyone have any of suggestion for me?
 
Overheating components can cause the the symptoms you describe, sure. Make sure the case is well ventilated, air pathways are not overly cluttered, case fans and HS/f's are free of dust and junk, as well as properly installed/working. If problems persist extra cooling might be considered, aftermarket fans/heatsinks, reapplication of thermal paste to processing units including the GPU, being the best economical options.


You can point a house fan toward an open case as a quick easy fix.. it's annoying though.
 
This happens to me when I overclock. It is not a heat issue for me... my card always stays below 75. It seems to be pretty random too. Some games are fine, some crash pretty consistently when I overclock.

To test if your problem is overheating, get something like rivaTuner and use the monitor feature in it.
 
This use to happen to me, before I got my 8800GT. My northbirdge was overheating. I'm not sure if this will apply to you, because you have a card, but sometimes the northbridge has to work hard with the card.
 
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This use to happen to me, before I got my 8800GT. My northbirdge was overheating. I'm not sure if this will apply to you, because you have a card, but sometimes the northbridge has to work hard with the card.
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Are you saying my video card get hot close to northbridge? That why northbridge overheat?
 
Not necessarily, the NB has to work along with the gpu. I'm not as experienced as these guys around here, so it's hard for me to explain (I forgot how:P), but what you are describing use to happen to me all the time, until I bought a NB cooler with a fan.

Oh yeah, I just refreshed my memory with google! The NB handles the data transfer from the ram, cpu, and gpu. The more powerful cpu and gpu you have, along with the more ram you have, the NB has to run harder. 8gb ram, an E4500, and a 3870X2............ the NB could very well be overheating. What motherboard does that have? What's the NB chipset?

http://images.tigerdirect.com/skuimages/large/P450-9102-main2.jpg

Is your board like that? Are those chipset coolers still functioning?
 
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Give ntune a try:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/ntune_5.05.54.00.html

That's Nvidia's monitoring system. I'm not sure if it'll monitor your 3870X2, but it should still at least monitor your NB. Just instal it, open the app., let it start, and click the little arrow at the bottom right-hand corner. You will see a graph, and two readings above it, one for your chipsed and GPU.
 
Ok, first I have 2.2Ghz E4500, 8600 GT 256MB, and 1GB ram. So, I played game "Sword of the New World." I have been playing that game all day mostly and it got no frozen on my computer. Second, I upgraded my computer 2.2Ghz E4500, ATI All In Wonder 800XT 256MB, and 8GB ram. I played that same game all day mostly and it got no frozen on my computer. Third, I bought a new GPU HD3870 2X 1GB, 2.2Ghz E4500, and 8GB ram. I played that same game in about 4-5 hours and it got frozen on my computer, but it cool off my GPU 60% 40-50C. I guess it was northbridge which is overheat, but I can't find temperatures of northbridge. Does anyone please help me?
 
I have this
PowerSupply.jpg
 
What is the max output on the 12V rail, becuase i am sure you are aware, you cannot simply add the 12V rails together. Can you look at the sticker on it and tell me what the 12V rail combined output wattage is?
 
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Download speed fan from my sig, and record the 12V rail voltages during load for me. This will give me a better idea of how the psu is handling the 3870X2. I've seen many other cases (on another forum) where the X2 requires a very powerful psu due to the 12V rail being overloaded. As much as your psu looks like it should be sufficient with multiple rails, you sometimes get power 'trapped' in the rails, rather than it being delivered. Can you try another psu, preferably with a single rail?

Post speed fan results and look into borrowing a better psu, such as the corsair 620w etc
 
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If your using a tower I usually (actually always have) a external usb laptop fan at the bottom then leave one screw out of the case so I can take the cable out and I stick it into a usb slot;) got me 28c down:D
 
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