270X advice

[breadturbo]

A friend of mine bought an MSI HAWK 270X from OCUK around 4-5months ago.
Yesterday we noticed it hit 100c after gaming a while, it's dust free and the fans are at 100%

It has stickers over the screws so I can't re-TIM it, any suggestions to try?
It's this card.....
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-227-MS

 

[Litmoose]

RMA it if its still under warrenty

 

[kefan77]

where do you see said temps and fan speed?

 

[breadturbo]

where do you see said temps and fan speed?

afterburner, and the fans making lots of racket

just tried a quick furmark, and it goes from idle (30c) to 100c in 5-6seconds, so sounds liek rma time :/

 

[Confused Stu]

As the MSI was bought from OcUK, you're allowed to remove the cooler while keeping the warranty (provided nothing is damaged & the cooler can be replaced) even though there are stickers in place. However, if dust and airflow aren't causing the problem then get the card RMAed rather than mess about as the card should last longer than it has without issues unless mistreated.