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460 gtx 100C during games.

markiejt

markiejt

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Hi had a inno3d 460 since July (ocuk value)
It gas been fine but recently it has been going to temps of about 100C in games and then crashing my pc.

I have good cable management and a silverstone fortess 2 case with fans set to max. In normal windows mode my temps are 29C but if say I play a game they go through the roof.

I tried the heaven benchmark and within 30 seconds it was 98C.

I contacted inno3d and they didn't want to know.

Only response from ocuk was about cable management?
What can I do? I have no overclock on anything and I am running an i7 @2.66
 
Would have to be very poor cable management to cause that much overheating, my gtx 460 get`s to a max of 55c-60c, albeit that is a msi talon attack 460, even my hd4890 dont get anywhere near that on full load! I would get that card returned to ocuk!

I had a hd4850 for my nephew`s pc overheat just like that out of the box and rma`ed it straight away, most gfx card companies will point you in the direction of the retailer with-in the 1st 6 months to a year of use AFAIK, so get it back to OCUK! ;)

I take it you have not changed the thermal paste on it have you? if you have this would void your warranty and also if you have make sure it has been re-seated prop.
 
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Heat sink must have come loose to let the GPU hit that temperature. My Palit card only hits 70 and that's an overclocked card. RMA time I think.
 
Jheeze, thats pretty hot.

Have you made any changes to your hardware recently?
Or moved the case anywhere?

Because as Blue said, its probably the heatsink that has come loose.
 
+1 for RMA, my old gtx 460 would only hit 80 with a worse version of the stock cooler, I thought that was warm.
If the heatsink isn't seated properly, i wouldn't try reseating it for fear of warranty issues.
I had an 8800gt that for no reason suddenly started burning up. That had come to the end of it's useable life.
 
Nope made no changes to card or to anything in pc since adding the card. Strange as it has worked fine for 6months then just randomly has issues.
 
Have you checked for dust built up between the heatsink fins ??

As that is normally the problem for overheating GPU cards..
 
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I know when my 4870 card got 'clogged' up with a bit of dust it made the temps rise by a few celcius but I doubt it's the cause here, it sounds more like the heatsink is loose.

My Inno3D GTX460 maxes out at about 58 - 60 Ceclius.
 
I think the hottest my 460 has ever got to was about 65'C but my room can get quite warm at times and that's with a relatively mild overclock. I suspect the heatsink isn't contacting the chip properly. As has been said, RMA time.
 
Going to try rma. Anyone know warranty on inno3d cards?

no one smokes in house also I checked for dust an none in my case. Fortress 2 case has dust guards which are all clean
 
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Going to try rma. Anyone know warranty on inno3d cards?
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If I'm not mistaken, for OcUK value cards (no matter what brand it is) you should RMA your card directly to OcUK and they will sort it for you.

Before RMA though, I'd try using different monitoring software to double-check if they all report the same high temp to make sure it's not error on the software side.
 
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Checked with the nvidia and speedfan and get the same. Sent rma to ocuk last night hope to hear back soon. Can't call them as bt bodged my phone line exchange and won't be fixed till 5pm Thursday. And don't want to call 0871 number from mobile...

O checked fan no dust at all on it.
 
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