Strange problem

[clayp]

Originally Posted by leovampire

I found out that the fan stoped running on one of my video card's and was over heating big time. I ended up having to get Nvidia to send me a new video card ASAP especialy since they were brand new.

Check and see if there is a lot of dust build up on the card and vacume it off if there is. Of course with the PC off and unpluged and use a soft brush on the vacume or use one of those AIR cans to blow it off.

Leo I cant belive its anything like that the system is too new..And if it was that wouldnt it do it in all games etc?

[leovampire]

Originally Posted by clayp

Leo I cant belive its anything like that the system is too new..And if it was that wouldnt it do it in all games etc?

My video card's were a day old when the cooling fan stoped running on one of them to answer the how old question.

Second we are trying to offer you sugestions and solutions seeing you did ask the comunity for possable advice and or help.

Third did you try to take Monolith's advice and see if it made a diference?

Forth did you see about the drivers yet others mentioned?

[clayp]

Originally Posted by leovampire

My video card's were a day old when the cooling fan stoped running on one of them to answer the how old question.

Second we are trying to offer you sugestions and solutions seeing you did ask the comunity for possable advice and or help.

Third did you try to take Monolith's advice and see if it made a diference?

Forth did you see about the drivers yet others mentioned?

I have tried most of the suggestions,I dont have another game to try..I just have il2,COD2,WWIIOL and SH4..I'll look at the card Monday,its REALLY hard for me to get down on the floor and mess with it....I have the one older driver on the card,didnt like the newest one...I still cant belive there is something wrong with the card and it dosent show up in any other game...

[seaniam81]

Is the software overclocking the card. My ati card can be overclocked using software, once while trying it out I triped the safty and it throttled back the card something similar happend to me that is happening to you.

So check the software make sure your not overclocking the card or make sure your not tripping the safty and making your card throttle down

[jdkbph]

Originally Posted by clayp

I have tried most of the suggestions <snip>

Well, let me throw one more at you. Open the case, point a common house fan right at the guts - full blast - and play the game. If the problem does not recur, it's prolly a heat issue. Note that just opening the case will not suffice. Use the fan, Clay.

Now if the problem does recur with the case open and the fan blasting, my next guess would be your video card... may be defective.

That said, my third guess - your power supply - may be easier to troubleshoot. Unless you have access to a spare video card exactly like the one you're using now, swapping it out will also mean a driver change (or reconfiguration) and a host of other variables that will make it difficult to tell what's changed and what caused it. Swapping out the power supply, on the other hand, is straight forward. All you need to watch out for is that it's big enough.

Keep in mind that you do not have to completely rip yours out and install another one. Just unplug the power to your main board and the video card itself (if applicable) and plug in the new (test) unit along side the existing (you'll need them both on). If the problem goes away, then you can start ripping things apart.



JD