eVGA 6800 GT acting up ... I think.

[Safeway]

When I'm on my desktop, the nVidia utility reports 77C idle temperatures?!

I installed a Zalman GPU cooler 3 months ago, but I checked it out and it seems to still be tight and centered. I used AS5 thermal compound of course.

When I start a game, like WoW, it works for about 5 seconds, then turns all artifact-y and static-y. After that, the mouse doesn't respond on screen and the monitor stops recieving a signal and goes to standby mode. The computer itself is still on, and as far as I know, still functioning correctly. There are no troublecodes displays on the error LCD on the motherboard.

So, I assume that it is simply overheating and shutting off?

Let me know what you think ...

 

[videopho]

Check to make sure the cooling fan is still operational. Otherwise, what I think is your card is on its last leg!

 

[Safeway]

Originally posted by: videopho
Check to make sure the cooling fan is still operational. Otherwise, what I think is your card is on its last leg!

The fan is operating and it is on the +12V setting. I need to find some AS5 to reset the heatsink, but alas, I forgot to bring it to Austin with me.

Anyone with spare AS5 want to mail me some? Really.

 

[Safeway]

So can no one tell me how high a 6800GT should idle?

 

[BobDaMenkey]

Mine had been idling around the 50s IIRC. It's been a while since I've had mine running though It died middle of last week, and I'm in the process of RMAing it. I'd hit up to the high 70s low 80s under full load. So I think yours is a bit unusually high. Have you dusted the HSF recently?

 

[Safeway]

Yea, I have. And it is still idling at 77C. I'm not a novice at applying AS5 or at seating heatsinks/waterblocks. It is just sad!

I am thinking about building a C2D based computer and just upgrading everything -- GPU, RAM, ...