Added aftermarket cooler to a gtx 280 worked great then stoped suddenly

[alanwest09872]

Just as the title states. The card was working great I was getting temp at least 30c less then without the cooler. Everything was going great then all of a sudden out of no were the card itself stoped working.

It's green light is still Lighten up I assumed the red light would come up if something was wrong but it didnt

When I place it into a pcie slot and turn it on it acts like it is being used the fan turn on there are no warning beebs but the monitors refuse to show a picture. If I use one of my other gtx 280 it works fine.

Does anyone have any idea. I did just add the aftermarket cooler but it was running alot cooler then what it was before

Could missing a heatsink on one of the chips cause this. I tried but there was no exact to where I was supposed to place them. All the big chips had one and most of the small one. I didnt have enough to cover all of them.

 

[Zap]

Could missing a heatsink on one of the chips cause this. I tried but there was no exact to where I was supposed to place them. All the big chips had one and most of the small one. I didnt have enough to cover all of them.

Yes, more than just the GPU needs cooling. You can look at the original heatsink and see all the places that have some kind of TIM.

 

[alanwest09872]

Does anyone else know why it would stop showing the video even though the green light is still on

 

[Schmide]

Did you properly cool the display IO chip?

 

[alanwest09872]

Sorry to be a pain but how do I tell which one that is.

 

[alanwest09872]

is there a way to reset it so it works again

 

[Kenmitch]

I'd suggest you maybe post a picture of the card. Maybe others will be able to help you out better. Being able to see which chip is or isn't covered should help.

 

[SlowSpyder]

What kind of cooler did you put on? I know there was an issue with the Radeons (I believe the 4xxx series had some coolers that had this problem) where the cooler would keep the GPU cool but not the VRM's. Not to mention the GeForce cards have that second I/O chip on the board. I believe XFX warranties after-market cooling.

My guess is something else on the board wasn't properly cooled.

 

[CitanUzuki]

Yes, more than just the GPU needs cooling. You can look at the original heatsink and see all the places that have some kind of TIM.

Your question has been answered right here. It is not certain that an after market cooler will adequately cool each component the way the stock cooler was originally designed to (usually aftermarket coolers are guaranteed to work only on reference pcb's). You really should check this first instead of trying to power the card up. As for a reset button I have no idea.

 

[alanwest09872]

Your question has been answered right here. It is not certain that an after market cooler will adequately cool each component the way the stock cooler was originally designed to (usually aftermarket coolers are guaranteed to work only on reference pcb's). You really should check this first instead of trying to power the card up. As for a reset button I have no idea.

your right and I am going to. I just wanna see what my options are. I need to slow down a bit


The cooler was the MK13
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/10...l?tl=g40c21s66
My main card would just get so hot. i'm talking 105c so I really had no other choice. after I placed the cooler on it. It never went about 80c

I will look for a picture of the gtx 280 with the casing off to see if people can help me find the chip.

Edit here are some pics. I will look for more
http://vr-zone.com/articles/nvidia-geforce-gtx-280-preview/5872-1.html
Look carefully at the descriptions there are picture of different cards on there but most are of the gtx 280 (first 2 pages)




EDIT: if the display chip was the only one that was destroyed does that mean the card will still work in an sli situation where its not the main. Like nother hooked up to it except the sli plug.

 

[Schmide]

I don't know the intimate details of the Display I/O (i.e. NVIO chip), it's the one in the naked flip chip package

It would seem to only run the DVI/VGA/Vid output, you would have to do more research to see if SLI would work.

 

[SlowSpyder]

It's the one that looks like a small processor towards the ports you use to connect a monitor. Also the ram needs to be cooled and generally the power components in back of the card may need some sort of cooling.

Seeing as you used a universal part that looks to just cover the GPU, I'm guessing that's the problem. You'd need heatsinks on the other parts as well. But at this point it might be too late, something could have failed. Have you tried putting the stock cooler back on?

 

[alanwest09872]

Not yet that will be my next step. What are the chances of xfx covering this product. From what I was made to understand they will cover it if you need to open the product up for cleaning purpuses and reapply thermal paste.

 

[cloudzero]

Did you put the little heatsinks on the RAM on the other side of the card too? That cooler should have come with a bunch. You said you didn't have enough, so maybe all you need to do is buy a few more.

From those pictures on that vr-zone link you gave us, it looks like there are memory chips on the back of that card too.

I don't know about them accepting an RMA once you take off the shroud/heatsink. I suppose if all else fails, you could try. They will just tell you no if they don't.

 

[alanwest09872]

Its the same thing as someone taking it apart to replace the thermal paste.

 

[SRoode]

Did you have fans on it?

 

[alanwest09872]

Yes at all times.