video card overheating 6600gt

[sacco20]

Hello everyone

Having an issue with my video card and wondering if I could get some help. Am using a
MSI 6600GT. Problem is, my fan speeds don't seem to be running at full speed and my card is overheating. Which then leads to my pc dropping the cards performance down to protect it. Which means it is then useless.

I am using NVIDIA Monitor View to monitor it. These are what it reads.

Fans:

System: 31889 RPM
Nforce: 675 RPM
Aux2: 18 RPM

These numbers are not changing at all. Upon boot up until I shut down. They stay the same.

Are these speeds correct? With no changes in them. Is my viewer not working correctly? How can I change the fan speed if my problem is it only running at a certain % of what it can do? I have heard of issues with Nvidia and this problem.

Any info on how I can fix this would be great. Thanks much.

 

[error8]

The best thing for you to do is to take the card out and throw it to the garbage or hang it on the wall as an antique.

Seriously, download Riva Tuner and play with the fan profiles, but I'm not even sure that it works for a card that old. On Guru3d, from where you'll download Riva Tuner, you'll also have a guide about how to set up fan profiles, depending on temperature.
What your Nvidia monitor is displaying is a bunch of crap. There is no way a fan can spin at 31889 rpm.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Check if the fan is running at all. Check if there is an intensive build up of dust that is preventing your fan to run at full speed. (Clean the HSF)

If the fan is defective (i.e not spinning or even after cleaning the fan wont spin faster), then just go buy a zalman vf700 (or something similiar in price) which will probably cool the card much better than stock cooling. Its cheap so theres no need to go out and buy a new video card.

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster


then just go buy a zalman vf700 (or something similiar in price) which will probably cool the card much better than stock cooling. Its cheap so theres no need to go out and buy a new video card.

Actually a Vf700 is more expensive then the card itself, so it would be easier for him to get another card if this one is defective. But I have the feeling that he has AGP and that is a problem.