Vortexx Neo problems

cruisinbeatz · 4 Sep 2008 at 11:32

Hi there, I recently bought a vortex neo for my 8800gt and within 5 mins of the pc turned on the graphics card let litle crackeling sounds and a smell of burning was around. i touched the graphics card and it stuck to me. Im positive the car was installed right as i followed the disgrams sent with it, all the little spungy pads on top of the memory chips and i had artic silver 3 here to i added some of that to the 8800 chip as you would to a cpu chip.

Due to this I put the standard cooler back on again and everything is running smooth, anyone know what the problem might be?

jr1104 · 4 Sep 2008 at 11:36

Are you sure the fan was spinning?

cruisinbeatz · 4 Sep 2008 at 13:09

Yes it was, not very fast though, then again im not sure how fast its ment to go, it was plugged in properly and the blue light was showing. everything "seemed" fine.

cruisinbeatz · 8 Sep 2008 at 00:55

Anyone else got any help?

Monkeynut · 8 Sep 2008 at 00:58

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Perhaps it was the cooler's electrics that went up in smoke, test it on it's own.

superfly · 10 Sep 2008 at 10:11

i had a similar cooler a few years back, it just stopped working one day, but didnt get any smalls or noise like you!! :O

hornett · 10 Sep 2008 at 11:36

This is what always worries me about replacing stocker coolers. Go back to the old one and hope it hasn't killed the card

Acid_death69 · 10 Sep 2008 at 11:56

aftermarket GPU coolers are always better, just dont use a cheap on.
Least your card is still ok fella

Pulse · 10 Sep 2008 at 12:24

I've got mine on a Zalman Fanmate and not had a single problem with it. £18 well spent I'd say.

!TIMMY! · 10 Sep 2008 at 16:13

Ill be putting a Vortexx Neo on my 8800GT tomorrow so will report back on how it goes over the weekend after I rebuild my PC.

Kelt · 10 Sep 2008 at 16:21

Sorry to hear you had problems. I installed a Vortexx on my 8800GT and have nothing but praise for it. Can run the card virtually silent now (have the fan controlled by the mobo), with the same clocks I had before.

I would try putting the original HSF on to see if it works.

Acid_death69 · 10 Sep 2008 at 16:21

ive got a zamlan VF1000 on my 8800GT canny lil peace of gear my temps dont go over 44C
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...&subcat=787&name=Zalman VF1000-LED VGA Cooler

cruisinbeatz · 23 Sep 2008 at 02:41

Yea its a real shame because its a nice enough cooler, but seems its a tad to slow for the gfx card, so im on stock cooler here again and it seems to be keeping her cool enough. But I dont know what to do with the vortex now.

Kelt · 23 Sep 2008 at 09:52

cruisinbeatz said:
Yea its a real shame because its a nice enough cooler, but seems its a tad to slow for the gfx card, so im on stock cooler here again and it seems to be keeping her cool enough. But I dont know what to do with the vortex now.

Try reinstalling it?

Take it slow and sure, don't put too much TIM on, make sure it's tightened well. Monitor the fan speed, should be around 2500RPM when on full, and 1700RPM under mobo control (what mine's set too).