I just bought a new video card about a month ago and it has been running okay but not great. I had 2 x512 sticks of ram. 2 days ago I went out and bought 2X 2Gis's sticks. It runs fine for about 20 min but then my video card heats up so much it just fails. The screen looks like the first nintendo if you kicked it or something. If i only put 1X2gig stick in it runs for like 2 hours before the same thing happens. All components are compatible with my motherboard. Andy ideas or suggestions for what I should do?????
Motherboard: Intel DG965WH
VideoCard: GeForce 9800 GT 1GB
Memory: PNY PC2-6400
Power Supply: 550W|||hi bosco
this seems like the new memory may be the cause of your geforce 9800gt,s problems and since they are all interconnected via the northbridge then you may need to do some jittery pokery in the bios and look for a way to fix this problem
the first factor i would look at in this situation is the power supply however 550watt is more than enough for a 9800gt,but whats your +12v rails...you need a combined total of 24A or more,so you should be looking at 14A or more on dual +12v rails or 30A or more on a single +12v rail...anything less than these may be your problem..insufficent power/amps to the 9800gt will severely hamper the card and while some will overheat,some others may throttle back the core and memory clock speeds to allow for the insufficent power
and with 1gb memory modules obviously requiring more power than512mb modules this may have tipped the power usage over the top...try this...( only temporary )...replace the 1gb modules with the previous 512mb modules..and run some games,and lets see if the geforce 9800gt fails...if not then theres your answer
solution...upgrade your power supply..however disabling some motherboard functions in the bios such as parralell port ,serial port and floppy drive will free up some important system resources,and this can help,i allways do this since why have these enabled when they are never used
next check your current memory( 1gb modules ) with intels website ( http://www.intel.com/support/motherboard… ) and see if theres any issues
overheating is a common problem however what makes this unlikely is you were not having any problems previous to fitting the 1gb modules,but since you state the cards not been running well since you bought it then you should be looking at either
1) replacing the stock vga cooler for a better vga cooler
or
2) adding additional case cooling to specificly assist the graphic cards cooling
obviously we would want to go with option 2 since this wont affect your cards warranty,and this would involve adding something like the Akasa System air extractor( http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Produc… )...this fits into a spare pci slot under your graphic card and will draw air ( in or out ) of the case..however drawing air out is the better option
replacing the vga stock cooler is a better option however this will void your warranty so you wont be able to claim on the warranty if anything serious happens to the card...which leads me on to :
why not contact the manufactuer and explain the situation,and in most case they will look at your card ( under warranty ) and if theres a problem with the actual gpu ( graphics processing unit ) they will simply replace the card under warranty....
give these a go..and let me know if you need further assistance
good luck bosco !|||who made your geforce 9800gt has alot of them have the stock rubbish fan, you might have to replace this or try and improve the cooling in your computer, what kind of temps does it get up to before it crashs?
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