I'm havin some overheatin problems....

[imported_Tick]

It's weird... All of the sudden, CS:S will stop itself, and cpu usage will drop to 1%...

Is this normal?

 

[theMan]

no! its not normal. are you overclocking? what are your specs?

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Nope, not normal. Check your temps and try to get some air flow

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: theman
no! its not normal. are you overclocking? what are your specs?

I'm not saying the overheating is normal. A fan just died. I'm asking if the CS:S shuting off at temp is normal.

FX-55
4x512 corsair ram 2-2-2-5
A8N-SLI
XFX 6800 GT
74 gb raptor
Cooler Master Cavalier 4
Antec Neo-power 480
Plextor dvd+/-R combo drive
Haumpauge TV card
Audigy 2 zs gamer edition

BTW, systems been up for 6 months, new problem, only associated with recent heat increase. I'm soon getting a vapochill and Lian Li PC-65.

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer
Nope, not normal. Check your temps and try to get some air flow

Will the problem likely dissipate with increased air flow?

 

[imported_Tick]

Wow.... 2 responses in first 30 seconds, then 0 in next 5 minutes.

 

[imported_Tick]

Wow... Yeah... A response would be nice.... special...

 

[UsandThem]

Originally posted by: Tick
Wow... Yeah... A response would be nice.... special...

Twenty minutes?:Q

I, along with others, probably don't understand what you are asking.

You say, several posts down, that a fan died and that your game is crashing during gaming. What fan is that? What are your temps getting to?

And yes, if you have poor airflow because a fan died, it will cause Counter Strike to crash.

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: UsandThem

Originally posted by: Tick
Wow... Yeah... A response would be nice.... special...

Twenty minutes?:Q

I, along with others, probably don't understand what you are asking.

You say, several posts down, that a fan died and that your game is crashing during gaming. What fan is that? What are your temps getting to?

And yes, if you have poor airflow because a fan died, it will cause Counter Strike to crash.

My question was basically whether or not I should look into other possibel problems. My temps are getting up to, suposedly, 80c, however, I don't believe that, I think I might be getting a missreport. It was an exhaust fan that died.

 

[UsandThem]

Originally posted by: Tick

Originally posted by: UsandThem

Originally posted by: Tick
Wow... Yeah... A response would be nice.... special...

Twenty minutes?:Q

I, along with others, probably don't understand what you are asking.

You say, several posts down, that a fan died and that your game is crashing during gaming. What fan is that? What are your temps getting to?

And yes, if you have poor airflow because a fan died, it will cause Counter Strike to crash.

My question was basically whether or not I should look into other possibel problems. My temps are getting up to, suposedly, 80c, however, I don't believe that, I think I might be getting a missreport. It was an exhaust fan that died.

You say that their were no problems with CS until your fan died, right? An exhaust fan is a very important fan to lose. 80c is pretty high.

I would get that fan replaced ASAP, and then try CS again. I bet your problems will go away.

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: UsandThem

Originally posted by: Tick

Originally posted by: UsandThem

Originally posted by: Tick
Wow... Yeah... A response would be nice.... special...

Twenty minutes?:Q

I, along with others, probably don't understand what you are asking.

You say, several posts down, that a fan died and that your game is crashing during gaming. What fan is that? What are your temps getting to?

And yes, if you have poor airflow because a fan died, it will cause Counter Strike to crash.

My question was basically whether or not I should look into other possibel problems. My temps are getting up to, suposedly, 80c, however, I don't believe that, I think I might be getting a missreport. It was an exhaust fan that died.

You say that their were no problems with CS until your fan died, right? An exhaust fan is a very important fan to lose. 80c is pretty high.

I would get that fan replaced ASAP, and then try CS again. I bet your problems will go away.

Thank you. Getting vapochill within the weak, so no worries.

 

[FlyingPenguin]

That was a damn long series of posts to answer a question you basically answered yourself: You already knew a fan died. You knew the system was running hot because of this. So why were you puzzled when a very CPU/GPU intensive game like CS: S was causing something that you yourself implied you understood was an overheating problem?

 

[wisdomtooth]

Originally posted by: Tick
Cooler Master Cavalier 4
Antec Neo-power 480

Isn't Cavalier 4 one of those horizontal cases with a nonstandard PSU...?

How did you cram an Antec Neopower 480 in there?

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: FlyingPenguin
That was a damn long series of posts to answer a question you basically answered yourself: You already knew a fan died. You knew the system was running hot because of this. So why were you puzzled when a very CPU/GPU intensive game like CS: S was causing something that you yourself implied you understood was an overheating problem?

I just wanted to make sure I shouldn't look into other possible causes.

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: wisdomtooth

Originally posted by: Tick
Cooler Master Cavalier 4
Antec Neo-power 480

Isn't Cavalier 4 one of those horizontal cases with a nonstandard PSU...?

How did you cram an Antec Neopower 480 in there?

It hangs out the back.

 

[wisdomtooth]

No wonder your system was overheating.

Horizontal HTPC cases need to have a PSU help it vent.. And since you got that Neopower hanging out the back (as it can't fit inside the case), it can't help vent it.

I've been running a Silverstone LC13 with a pretty hot-running P4 3.0C and also a hot 9800Pro vid card. Thanks to my Seasonic PSU's 120mm fan, case temps never rise above 31C when ambient is 25C.

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: wisdomtooth
No wonder your system was overheating.

Horizontal HTPC cases need to have a PSU help it vent.. And since you got that Neopower hanging out the back (as it can't fit inside the case), it can't help vent it.

I've been running a Silverstone LC13 with a pretty hot-running P4 3.0C and also a hot 9800Pro vid card. Thanks to my Seasonic PSU's 120mm fan, case temps never rise above 31C when ambient is 25C.

It was fine temp. wise until the fan failed. I'm not replacing it as yet, as my vapochill and pre-modded lian li from frozen CPU should be here soon.

 

[wisdomtooth]

Yeah, the PSU fan serves as a failsafe redundancy to continue venting your case if those dinky case fans fail.

The Vapochill and the Lian Li case should solve your temp problems yes, though I think it's probably overkill. But you already bought it, so might as well use it. :laugh:

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: wisdomtooth
Yeah, the PSU fan serves as a failsafe redundancy to continue venting your case if those dinky case fans fail.

The Vapochill and the Lian Li case should solve your temp problems yes, though I think it's probably overkill. But you already bought it, so might as well use it. :laugh:

Lol... spending $1100 to replace a fan... No. Actually, I was going to get a vapochill anyway, the fan dieing just happened to coincide.