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C-Dizzle Grandmaster Cheater
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:16 am Post subject: Cooling tips? |
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My graphics card is overheating a lot. Anything I can buy/do to stop this?
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Hero I'm a spammer
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:12 am Post subject: |
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Card model?
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atom0s Moderator
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:31 am Post subject: |
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Some things you can do to overall help your entire case:
- Rewire everything, use 'twisty-ties' to get wires out of the way of airflow and not just dangling everywhere.
- Use rounded cables if you can afford them, they're fairly cheap now and great for airflow issues.
- Be sure that any and all fans are working and are not blocked by hardware / cables.
- Clean your computer regularly.
If all else fails, take the side of the case off and use a box fan. ;D
(I say this cause I do it lol.)
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C-Dizzle Grandmaster Cheater
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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My graphics card is radeon x1950 pro.
And It's funny you should mention using a box fan. At the moment I have pulled my computer out and have 3 fans surrounding it. Although, last time I did this my power supply blew (Sparks and everything)
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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Dialgar wrote: | My graphics card is radeon x1950 pro.
And It's funny you should mention using a box fan. At the moment I have pulled my computer out and have 3 fans surrounding it. Although, last time I did this my power supply blew (Sparks and everything) |
Your PSU is fucked if it's shooting sparks, get a new one?
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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SF wrote: | Dialgar wrote: | My graphics card is radeon x1950 pro.
And It's funny you should mention using a box fan. At the moment I have pulled my computer out and have 3 fans surrounding it. Although, last time I did this my power supply blew (Sparks and everything) |
Your PSU is fucked if it's shooting sparks, get a new one? | He said last time, not this time.
I will assume you cleaned the dust since you opened it. I would look into a new cooler. The card age shows me it uses agp which is very old. Im not sure what you would be willing to spend because you could just buy a new gfx card for around 100usd and out put the card.
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Hero wrote: | SF wrote: | Dialgar wrote: | My graphics card is radeon x1950 pro.
And It's funny you should mention using a box fan. At the moment I have pulled my computer out and have 3 fans surrounding it. Although, last time I did this my power supply blew (Sparks and everything) |
Your PSU is fucked if it's shooting sparks, get a new one? | He said last time, not this time.
I will assume you cleaned the dust since you opened it. I would look into a new cooler. The card age shows me it uses agp which is very old. Im not sure what you would be willing to spend because you could just buy a new gfx card for around 100usd and out put the card. |
may he should just get a new computer with a pcie 2.0 socket
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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Choycolate wrote: | Hero wrote: | SF wrote: | Dialgar wrote: | My graphics card is radeon x1950 pro.
And It's funny you should mention using a box fan. At the moment I have pulled my computer out and have 3 fans surrounding it. Although, last time I did this my power supply blew (Sparks and everything) |
Your PSU is fucked if it's shooting sparks, get a new one? | He said last time, not this time.
I will assume you cleaned the dust since you opened it. I would look into a new cooler. The card age shows me it uses agp which is very old. Im not sure what you would be willing to spend because you could just buy a new gfx card for around 100usd and out put the card. |
may he should just get a new computer with a pcie 2.0 socket | There is a chance that board already has one, but the fact it has agp means its older than my N64.
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Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:47 am Post subject: |
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Ok, alot of things could contribute to it's overheating, the easiest way to prevent it is to either
1: Get a Gpu fan (cost about £20)
2: Get some GOOD case fans (£10+ ea) - i'd recommend 2 in, 2 out if your a bit low on cash.
3: Make sure your HSF isn't facing the GPU (if it's not stock)
4: Move other cards away from it if you have the space
5: Underclocking your GPU WILL be the best option but isn't too noob friendly
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Black-Death How do I cheat?
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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:35 am Post subject: re:Cooling tips? |
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if your computer's a laptop,then you buy a cooling fan..
if you computer's a desktop pc,then you should buy an avr then put the plug in 110 voltage
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