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4870x2 problem? urgent help

OP..for your information i have just taken mine apart to reapply thermal paste to the gpu`s, i found no dust build up on either of the gpu heatsinks but there was quite a lot of thermal paste overkill so i have cleaned it off and reapplied a normal amount...i shall monitor the temps and post here later...hope this helps.


UPDATE...idle is 63 degrees now at 27% fan speed....it was 69 degrees last night but the ambient temp seems a bit cooler this morning.
 
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Situation worse now. Now hovers at 75 degrees with fan at 50%. Installed the latest drivers, have taken the card out to look for dust and it didnt look that bad from the outside and I really am not comfortable enough to take the back off. I think a phonecall to OCUK may be in order for some help.
 
It really is pretty simple to get the cooler off...just a few small screws...just try it and thats the first step done!..i dont think its due to dust build up though but it might help if you re-apply the thermal paste.. if i lived closer i would do it for you.
 
The OP's problem is EXACTLY what I've been experiencing recently!

The card was fine, in it's same case (armor jr) since purchase. Recently, it's idling very hot and the fan is considerably louder... I'm also convinced that performance has been hit due to the heat.

I've cleared all cables etc around it, blasted it so many times and cleaned it all up. I am not skilled enough to mess around with removing heatsinks etc.

I wonder if it's a driver problem... I hope it's not a hardware issue as I am selling the card on...
 
one solution...go water cooling...I did cos I got sick of the noise more than anything else...with the stock cooler the temps were ok when I had the fan turned up at 70%. ever since moving to watercooling I get idle temps of mid 30s and load temps of about 60-65C.
 
Right then, I can now happily report that I went to buy a can of compressed air and cleaned my graphics card fan and blew it into the back vent, a fair bit (but not a lot) of dust flew out and now its back down to 40 degrees on idle with fan speed at 40% which is fine! :D

Its all about the dust. Its amazing how only a little bit of dust can affect it by 35 degrees! Couldn't believe it when I opened up Catalyst again.
 
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Why not treat yourself to the Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme? I've just put one on mine and it's totally silent with idle temps at mid 30's and load of 60's.

A competitor site has it for £38 inc - gotta be the cheapest cooling solution for this beast.
 
physichull said:
Its an Antec 900 case and all the fans are working and it seems fairly cool air coming out. Also why is one GPU considerably hotter than the other?
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The one nearest the fan will be approx 10 degrees cooler:) One of my gpu's reads 51C, the other 37C.
 
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All advice appreciated thanks. Feel a bit stupid now as it was only a bit of dust. Playing Coh and Cod4 and it barely gets about 60 now so I'm happy.
 
I suppose the lesson learnt really is that such a small amount of dust can make such a difference.

(It also helps when you plug the cables back in after cleaning and dont forget like I did).
 
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