HELP! ati tool ran for 10minutes temp 107!

[MrP77]

I've recently reinstalled Max Payne 2 to test out my new HD tv running through
my pc as a second monitor and have been getting nasty artefacts, and it is generally unstable,

so i decided to run ati tool after reading other threads stating the artefacts could equal a temp issue.

iran a scan for artefacts at stock and after about 2mins hit 110 degrees and starts showing artefacts......

so i've turned my fan up to 100% taken the side of my case and down clocked my X800XL from 400mhz
core to 890mhz... now hitting 107 after 10minutes... help!

My card is a HIS Excalibur X800XL ICEQ... idle with the down clock is about 55 degrees...

 

[agnes]

have you looked at the fan blades? making sure they are spinning? dust clogs?

id take the card out and give it a quick inspection and a nice little dust, and possibly remove the coller and place it back on after a clean and some fresh past put on. might have come loose... its happened to me before.

ags

 

[chaosophy]

Yep, sounds like either the fans gone or it needs a good clean. Might even be worth investing in some thermal paste, stripping it right down and re doing it.

 

[getcarter]

loose contact between the fan and card processor i think. Re-apply some arctic silver 5 compound between the fan and card processor and the temps should normalise. Failing that u might have a duff card.

 

[krisbutler]

blow out heatsink its probably full of dust its quite surprising how quickly they get blocked

 

[MrP77]

thanks very much guys, going to strip the card down today hope that fixes it....

 

[MrP77]

loose contact between the fan and card processor i think. Re-apply some arctic silver 5 compound between the fan and card processor and the temps should normalise. Failing that u might have a duff card.

that was one cause, i think, the memory chips had 2mm thick thermal pads applied but the processor had just a small amount of thermal paste...

blow out heatsink its probably full of dust its quite surprising how quickly they get blocked

the heat sink also had a massive amount to dust on it so no air was going over it...

fixed all of this, put the card back in.... won't boot, think i messed up the ram chips when i was taking off the thermal pads with a flat headed screw driver.... so i've brought a Sapphire HD 2400XT 256MB for £46 to tide me over till i upgrade in july next year.... my card only had to last NINE MORE MONTHS!!!