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imported_myst

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I think my graphics card is overheating.. i see it at 65 degrees (normally its around 50 degrees celsius)

How can I underclock it?
Its a nvidia geforce 6600 GT

the comp freezes in games, movies, 3dmark 2001, etc. mouse, keyboard, everything stops responding
 
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How about the rest of your system temperatures? CPU mainly. I had similar problems, though never with movies and usually it would reboot, not lock. I don't know anything about underclocking
 
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imported_myst

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Sensor Properties
Sensor Type Winbond W83627THF (ISA 290h)
GPU Sensor Type Driver (NV-DRV)
Motherboard Name MSI MS-7046 / 7100 / 7125

Temperatures
Motherboard 35 °C (95 °F)
CPU 37 °C (99 °F)
Aux 20 °C (68 °F)
GPU 50 °C (122 °F)
Seagate ST380011A 38 °C (100 °F)
WDC WD2500JB-00GVA0 39 °C (102 °F)
WDC WD740GD-00FLA2 32 °C (90 °F)

Cooling Fans
CPU 3309 RPM
North Bridge 7670 RPM

Voltage Values
CPU Core 1.38 V
+3.3 V 3.31 V
+5 V 4.95 V
+12 V 11.80 V
+5 V Standby 5.00 V
VBAT Battery 2.99 V
Debug Info F FF 33 58
Debug Info T 35 37 20
Debug Info V 8D CF C2 B8 26 F0 7E (01)
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What's in your system? HW and drivers, OS, etc. Doesn't sound like a heat issue, maybe power.

Edit. I meant to say power supply, not drivers. Been a loooong day.
 
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Need some more info. Can you reproduce the problem fairly easily? Have you tried opening the case and using a house type fan to blow more air. I have used a hair dryer, on low heat, to intentionally add heat to find problems which were intermittant. Caution though don't over-heat too much. Graphics cards but a big load on your power supply, if its getting a little flakey, could cause similar problems.
 
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imported_myst

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i dont know
when i run the benchmark, 15% of the time it will finish without a screwup
but most of the time it will just crash at a random test..
 
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mismajor99

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Someone else here is having the same problem with their Nvidia card. I am under the impression that it's a driver problem going around. You are around the 20th person I have heard of having this problem. Go into safe mode, unistall nvidia drivers, boot back into normal mode, run regcleaner: download it here: http://www.worldstart.com/weekly-download/programs/regcleaner.exe, reboot again, install new nvidia drivers. Let me know if it works. I understand that it has helpted some people.
 
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monster64

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Its definately not your video card overheating. 65 is actually a very good temperature for a 6600 GT.
 
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ElTorrente

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vid cards nowadays can get up to 80C! You would start seeing tearing and artifacting in graphics before any major crash if it was your vid card overheating.

It is one of two things: Your system (cpu/mobo/HDs) overheating, or your PSU is either on it's way out, or overheating also.

Add a couple fans or something. How about getting a compressed air canister and spraying the whole inside of the case and mobo - you'd be really surprised what that can do sometimes.
 
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LxMxFxD3

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Those voltages do NOT look good.

Every reading on your voltages is below spec. What PSU are you using? If its some "generic 450W" throw it out and go buy an enermax or similar. I can vouche for enermax - a 350W ran my rig without issue for 4 days at full cpu load until I had time to switch out the 431W in my other computer.

Get something with at least 40A / 40A / 25A. (3.3V, 5V, +12V).
 
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ElTorrente

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Originally posted by: LxMxFxD3
Those voltages do NOT look good.

Every reading on your voltages is below spec. What PSU are you using? If its some "generic 450W" throw it out and go buy an enermax or similar. I can vouche for enermax - a 350W ran my rig without issue for 4 days at full cpu load until I had time to switch out the 431W in my other computer.

Get something with at least 40A / 40A / 25A. (3.3V, 5V, +12V).
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Yeah.. I didn't look at that. Here's probably the problem right here:
+12 V 11.80 V

Get a good PSU.
 
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imported_myst

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just now i crashed for like 40 seconds..
screen froze, i could hear audio for another 20 seconds

then everything started responding again

any ideas?
 
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Hough NutZ

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Originally posted by: ElTorrente
Originally posted by: LxMxFxD3
Those voltages do NOT look good.

Every reading on your voltages is below spec. What PSU are you using? If its some "generic 450W" throw it out and go buy an enermax or similar. I can vouche for enermax - a 350W ran my rig without issue for 4 days at full cpu load until I had time to switch out the 431W in my other computer.

Get something with at least 40A / 40A / 25A. (3.3V, 5V, +12V).
Click to expand...


Yeah.. I didn't look at that. Here's probably the problem right here:
+12 V 11.80 V

Get a good PSU.
Click to expand...


Umm...I'm pretty sure that's within the +-5% voltage window that is allowed. And besides...Software based voltage readings tend to be some what off.

Am I right people?
 
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mismajor99

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Well, i take back my earler reccommendation. I would bet, as the previous guys have said, it's your PSU (power supply unit)
 
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imported_myst

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Field Value
Sensor Properties
Sensor Type Winbond W83627THF (ISA 290h)
GPU Sensor Type Driver (NV-DRV)
Motherboard Name MSI MS-7046 / 7100 / 7125

Temperatures
Motherboard 35 C (95 F)
CPU 37 C (99 F)
Aux 29 C (84 F)
GPU 48 C (118 F)
Seagate ST380011A 46 C (115 F)
WDC WD2500JB-00GVA0 42 C (108 F)
WDC WD740GD-00FLA2 42 C (108 F)

Cooling Fans
CPU 3184 RPM
North Bridge 7584 RPM

Voltage Values
CPU Core 1.39 V
+3.3 V 3.28 V
+5 V 4.97 V
+12 V 11.80 V
+5 V Standby 5.00 V
VBAT Battery 2.99 V
Debug Info F FF 35 59
Debug Info T 35 37 29
Debug Info V 90 CD C1 B9 25 F0 7F (01)
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theres the voltages
is there no way to turn them up in bios or something?


also
i tried to boot in safe mode, and i saw something very weird
my screen started to flicker and weird things appeared on the screen in the boot menu.. (before any drivers are loaded)

suggestions?
 
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imported_myst

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now its starting to flicker in windows..
there are horizontal lines everywhere on the screen.. if it keeps up the comp will crash

its also starting to flicker when i just start up my computer at the bios screen (weird horizontal lines everwhere)
 
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woodchuck69

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Did you ever see that movie White Noise? This could be something like that.

Or else just a video card gone wrong.
 
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Originally posted by: ElTorrente
Originally posted by: LxMxFxD3
Those voltages do NOT look good.

Every reading on your voltages is below spec. What PSU are you using? If its some "generic 450W" throw it out and go buy an enermax or similar. I can vouche for enermax - a 350W ran my rig without issue for 4 days at full cpu load until I had time to switch out the 431W in my other computer.

Get something with at least 40A / 40A / 25A. (3.3V, 5V, +12V).
Click to expand...


Yeah.. I didn't look at that. Here's probably the problem right here:
+12 V 11.80 V

Get a good PSU.
Click to expand...


11.8V for the +12V rail is perfectly normal, as with all the OP's voltages posted.
 
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