7600GT overheating?

[AntiFreze]

So i have never had an issue with heating on this PC. I have an AMD brisbane 3600+ X2, eVGA 7600GT, 1gig of buffalo select PC2 5300 memory. I believe this is just a cheap ECS or PCCHIPS motherboard. Here is a link to the video card:

http://www.newegg.com/product/...x?Item=N82E16814130073

Now, I never monitored temps before tonight. I started getting WoW freezing for about 5-10seconds, then coming back but with weird artifacts. I thought it was a heating issue so I installed the N-tune software to monitor it.

I am idling at 62C and when playing wow it averages at 72C.

Is this the cause of the lockups? Why would this change all of a sudden. My house has been 70F for a while and nothing has changed in the room with the PCs. Should I clean out the case for dust?

There is only 1 system fan in the PC, but its a large case that looks pretty empty compared to most PCs. Any Advice?

 

[wolf2009]

the cooler is not too good on that card , others have had problems too . get an arctic accelero or zalman .

 

[AntiFreze]

so it is an overheating problem? I just reseated it and used some compressed air and its idling at 55C now

 

[AntiFreze]

just went back into wow and had the same lockups, with it hitting over 70C again. I just don't understand why it has been fine for 10 months, and now there are overheating issues.

This seems to be a card issue. I am still within my 1year replacement period from Newegg but they no longer carry this card. what will they do to replace it then?

 

[will889]

Temps of 72c load under are actually normal for the 7 series with the stock fan. I would worry if temps were more like 80c+. It's probably just the cards memory going bad (with the artifacting @ only 72c) or maybe try uninstalling drivers (different drivers maybe) and reinstall again. If you use newegg for the replacement they likely still have the 7600GT -- if you go through eVGA you will probably get an 8600GT. If lucky maybe an 8600GTS.

 

[imported_Scoop]

My 7600GT idles at 70C and goes to over 90C under serious load and it's working fine. Maybe the card just went bad?

 

[AntiFreze]

Thanks for the responses. It must be the memory then because I tried to video cards and it didn't help. I'll try running bioshock later and see if the same thing happens.

Newegg doesn't have my -exact- card anymore. The one they have has 1 vga and 1 dvi, where mine has 2 dvi ports. Would newegg just shove another 7600GT off on me, or would they match the $110 I originally spent on the card and give me a 8600GTS (which is now $110)?


Do you guys recommend me going through Newegg or eVGA? I don't have the original packaging anymore

 

[Sheninat0r]

Wow... your temps really high compared to mine. My eVGA 7600GT KO idles at <40 degrees Celsius according to nV monitor, and gets up to ~52 degrees at load.

 

[BassBomb]

That is not high..

How are your CPU temps? Have you tried any other games? And are you overclocking?

 

[AntiFreze]

well, i left my PC running and I just got back to my computer turned off. That computer will no longer boot. The power light just blinks now and here is a soft clicking/beeping noise that is in sync with the light.

I wasn't overclocking, didnt look into my CPU temp before it died. I'm looking up what that light/beep means now in my ECS manual.

The motherboard is an ECS K8M890M-M but the ECS manual doesn't have any troubleshooting section where they explain what different blinks/beeps mean.


This has been an adventure. update:

So if the light was the HDD light because i disconnected it. reconnecting it makes the HDD stay solid red -but- I still hear that beeping, it's coming from my MB.

When I hit the power button the beeping starts and my computer attempts to boot. HDD disk spins, DVD-ROM spins and lights up, then it seems like it just resets itself and tries again.

If I remove the ram, I get actually PC speaker beeps not like the current subtle beeps.

 

[AntiFreze]

wow.... so I took my video card out and tried to get a different error beep... and my PC booted into windows.

I guess ECS makes crappy enough boards that they don't even bother to check to see if a video card is plugged in. So, my video card is crap.

So I guess my question is now this:



Newegg doesn't have my -exact- card anymore. The one they have has 1 vga and 1 dvi, where mine has 2 dvi ports. Would newegg just shove another 7600GT off on me, or would they match the $110 I originally spent on the card and give me a 8600GTS (which is now $110)?

Do you guys recommend me going through Newegg or eVGA? I don't have the original packaging anymore