Hi all,
A few days ago my comp decided it was going to start rebooting at random and inconvenient times (fuckin annoying
. I figured it was an overheating problem, had a quick look inside but there was nothing obvious wrong. Given I've not done any overclocking lately and the system has been stable for so long I didn't think there should be a problem.
Earlier tonight it happened again so I had another look and the fan from my gfx card (ATI Radeon 9800 Pro) had melted onto the top of my wireless card which is sat underneath it. :/ The heatsink had got so hot that the fan had gone black around the screw holes where it's strapped onto the heatsink and the rest had melted and warped, so it's fucked basically.
First question... I've made a makeshift fan out of an old case fan which is sitting underneath the card now - will that be enough to prevent damaging the card? I've also underclocked the card quite a bit (to 150mhz from 338mhz).
Second question... What cooling solution for the card would people recommend? I don't really fancy watercooling it for expense and hassle reasons, but at the same time I don't want to air cool it only to have the same thing happen again. I don't understand why it would happen at all given that I've changed nothing inside it for about 6 months, so surely it should be stable.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Cheers
d.
A few days ago my comp decided it was going to start rebooting at random and inconvenient times (fuckin annoying
. I figured it was an overheating problem, had a quick look inside but there was nothing obvious wrong. Given I've not done any overclocking lately and the system has been stable for so long I didn't think there should be a problem. Earlier tonight it happened again so I had another look and the fan from my gfx card (ATI Radeon 9800 Pro) had melted onto the top of my wireless card which is sat underneath it. :/ The heatsink had got so hot that the fan had gone black around the screw holes where it's strapped onto the heatsink and the rest had melted and warped, so it's fucked basically.
First question... I've made a makeshift fan out of an old case fan which is sitting underneath the card now - will that be enough to prevent damaging the card? I've also underclocked the card quite a bit (to 150mhz from 338mhz).
Second question... What cooling solution for the card would people recommend? I don't really fancy watercooling it for expense and hassle reasons, but at the same time I don't want to air cool it only to have the same thing happen again. I don't understand why it would happen at all given that I've changed nothing inside it for about 6 months, so surely it should be stable.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Cheers
d.
