Ati x1950pro problem help...

[RizL4]

CAn some one help me every time i play a game the cards beeps temps go high 110'c but the fan is on 100 percent is the card out the window?

 

[ojrules]

sounds like the paste or somthign may have dried up, or fan mounting may have come undone..

 

[RizL4]

i can play games like football manager no problems but when i play games like cod4 that will stress the card it goes crazy the game dont crash just beeping sound i just come out of it...

 

[RizL4]

i got the card from overclockers whats do i have any Warranty? i got this in 2006 i think

 

[dagwoood]

i got the card from overclockers whats do i have any Warranty? i got this in 2006 i think

Warranty can depend on the brand of the card; some come with a year, some with 2 and some with 3 years. The brand of the card also decides who is now responsible for the warranty; ie who it should be returned to if it's still under warranty.

 

[ojrules]

i think sapphire has 2 years, so u may still be in, if not then check under the bonnet, it isnt broken, but temps are up which points the finger at cooling..

 

[ojrules]

btw do you experience any problems when at this temp?.. am i right in thinking that cards shoudl shut down at this temp, so it could be a faulty temp reader thingy? (just a thought)

 

[RizL4]

well i idel on 60 percent fan speed go to play game 100percent fan speed i play the game and it just beeps beeps i come out of it any longer playing card would blow up
btw its a Sapphire card

 

[RizL4]

btw the temps at idel are 53c

 

[BloodyL]

Sounds like a stupid question but it isn't, have you checked to make sure there is no dust blocking the cooling system on the card?

 

[ojrules]

ok so we know that the temp recording equipment is good and accurate, so dont play high end games till this is fixed, have a look for any dust, the performacne of the fan, or if the fan is loose... i bet that going by this its the fan (also check your case) but i recon on idle the heatsinks could hold at 60C so it may be the fan not performing..

 

[thefishdude]

if you have the one with the low flat cooler on it. give it a good clean i was having this prob. there are 6 tiney screws holding down the plastic cover take that out and clean dust out of end of *** ducts and also of the fan blades. i done this and my temps dropped 15c and now no crashed yay

 

[RizL4]

OMG WHAT A NOOB IAM

open the case was full of dust where did that came from lol anyways cleaned the whole pc out heat sink had loads of dust also took the ati card out gave that a really good clean i blew aload of dust out of it and now its working fine playing the games without any problems

before clean my pc was running at 58'c clocked at 3.2ghz now its had a good service of that dust running at 43'c @ 3.2ghz

think i will get a new fan my pc only has one big fan at the back how do you put fans on the side of the case

ty thefishdude