WTF.......8800GTS idles @ 71, loads @ 107 C???

[lektrix]

why is my card running so hot?
i just ran 3DM06 and those were the recorded temps from MBM5.

 

[lektrix]

i also think the fan isnt blowing, when i boot up my computer the fan doesnt move at all.....

 

[Deinonych]

Yikes...that's way too hot. If the fan isn't moving when your system is powered up, that card is probably going to fail soon. Time to RMA. Are you still under warranty?

 

[requiem1]

MBM5 told me wrong temps on my old video card...maybe you should try a different program to be sure.

 

[lektrix]

Originally posted by: Deinonych
Yikes...that's way too hot. If the fan isn't moving when your system is powered up, that card is probably going to fail soon. Time to RMA. Are you still under warranty?

evga is lifetime i think...

do you think theyll send me back a 8800gt instead?

 

[lektrix]

Originally posted by: requiem1
MBM5 told me wrong temps on my old video card...maybe you should try a different program to be sure.

the card is burning hot, i cant touch the backside for more than 0.5 seconds....and this is when its idle..

 

[taltamir]

um... thats an EXCELLENT temperature for a card to have with a BROKEN FAN... this means that, despite running really hot, the card can function on passive cooling... heck you don't even have passive cooling, you have broken active cooling (which was never designed to work without a fan)...

I once saw a CPU melt like a pizza 10 seconds after it's fan broke...

 

[Deinonych]

Originally posted by: lektrix

Originally posted by: Deinonych
Yikes...that's way too hot. If the fan isn't moving when your system is powered up, that card is probably going to fail soon. Time to RMA. Are you still under warranty?

evga is lifetime i think...

do you think theyll send me back a 8800gt instead?

Yeah, EVGA is lifetime as long as you registered within 30 days of purchase (otherwise, it's a year). They'll most likely send you an 8800GTS (like for like exchange), but give them a call...you never know. 🙂

 

[lektrix]

Originally posted by: Deinonych

Originally posted by: lektrix

Originally posted by: Deinonych
Yikes...that's way too hot. If the fan isn't moving when your system is powered up, that card is probably going to fail soon. Time to RMA. Are you still under warranty?

evga is lifetime i think...

do you think theyll send me back a 8800gt instead?

Yeah, EVGA is lifetime as long as you registered within 30 days of purchase (otherwise, it's a year). They'll most likely send you an 8800GTS (like for like exchange), but give them a call...you never know. 🙂

they sent me a 7950 512 when i rmaed my 7900gt 256 in july....

unfortunately my 7950 512 just died this week and now my 8800gts is overheating...