Nvidia 7300 LE 63c at idle

[naimcohen]

hi,

i have a Nvidia 7300 LE and at idle its temp is about 63 degrees. the MB is 37 degrees and the CPU is 34 degrees.

is the graphics card too hot?

thanks

 

[Bill Kunert]

I have a highly overclocked 7300GT with DDR3 ram that idles at 44 degrees. Yours is way too hot. Is the GPU fan running(if it has one)? If not I'd replace the compund between the GPU and heatsink.

 

[naimcohen]

it doesn't have a fan. i took it out of my new dell system. it just has a normal heatsink.

what can i do about it?

thanks

 

[Bill Kunert]

It's possible no thermal compound was put on it or the heatsink isn't seated on the GPU properly. Dell used to advertise their great phone support. I'd give them a call since it's a new system. Is the heatsink actually hot to the touch, or the back of the board where the GPU is mounted? It could be an erroneous reading.

 

[naimcohen]

yeah the heatsink is quite hot to touch for more than a second or two.

what shall i do about it?

thanks

btw i added another screen to it ( dual monitor setup ) and the temp is at 68c

 

[DaveSimmons]

fanless cards run much hotter but nv chips are perfectly safe below 100C so it's probably working as designed.