pov6800 problem

[pugster]

i have just purchased a pov6800 from another member and am experiencing problems with the card,no matter what game i play within 2 mins the monitor goes into standby and the comp locks up,nvidia panel shows bios version 50.40.02.12.01 , i have turned off fast writes in the bios and have checked the power on the rails (its fine) ,rest of system is>

amd64 3500
1gb geil value
abit ul8 mobo

any ideas anyone?

cheers

 

[pugster]

the psu is a new enermax 480w ,it provides 20A to each rail,the only thing i
can think of is that the manual states that the card needs 2 -12v power
connections (theres is only 1 connecter on the card) ,there is a splitter
plug with the card that has 1 female (goes into card), one male (hooks upto
psu) ,and it has another female connector ,however because all the 12v
outlets on the psu are female i cant connect it ,i would need a male to male
adapter to connect it to a different rail (dont think ive seen one of these)

 

[pugster]

yes checked the caps/connecters, fan is working fine ,idle gpu temp is 64 >box just says pov 6800 128mb ,and just shows up as geforce 6800 in device manager, manual says point of view geforce fx &geforce 6 series on the front.

 

[pugster]

well ive just manged a test with http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/rthdribl/ ,in 3d and watched the temps ,within 3 mins the temp went upto 110'c and the system locked ,looks like the gpu is buggered

 

[pugster]

naw it aint that ,ive checked and reseated the heatsink with artic silver and it still goes over 100'c