NVIDIA 6600 problem

[insane0011]

okay, so i own a 6600 256mb agp 8x card.

it worked fine for the longest time, i used it to play call of duty 4 and never had any problems out of it


one day i was on firefox checking my email and the screen went black for 3 seconds and came back in, and it did it periodically throughout searching the web


i thought this was maybe a firefox problem so i closed firefox and opened call of duty 4


i loaded up with no problems i get in a server and i play for about 15 seconds then i lock up


so i restart reopen cod4 and same problems



so i restarted again and i hard crashed as soon as windows loaded


so i reseated the card, not a spec of dust in my cpu, i installed the newest drivers, still the same problem


so i put in my back up card ( ati radeon 9250) and i run prefectcly


any suggestions?

 

[Hefemeister]

what temps are you getting on your card?

 

[insane0011]

121 f w/out load


about 140 or so with a load

 

[Fat.Clown]

could be the card going bad

 

[Hefemeister]

That is a bit on the hot side. Looks like it is overheating a bit. Can you increase air flow to the card? Is the gpu fan running?

 

[insane0011]

thats what i figured


im getting a new cpu in feb. but i didnt know if there was some fix


the 9250 is killing me

 

[Hefemeister]

Open up the case. I have been known to use the old duct tape a fan on to the case to cool it down for a short term solution. They do have pci slot gpu fans as well. The question is how soon are you getting a new computer and how much money do you want to spend.

 

[insane0011]

well i have always had the side off of my cpu


and recently i have been opening the windows and putting a box fan blowing into the side of the cpu b/c i turned the heat on in the house


and the 6600 has a fan



i dont want to spend any money


the cpu in getting in feb is free

a freind is sending me her old one


its a 2.2 dual core

8600gt oc

320 gb sata 3.0

3 gigs dual channel ram

19' acer monitor





so im gonna hold out on spending money

 

[Hefemeister]

good call.

 

[insane0011]

so no ideas?


i have pretty much tried everything

from beta drivers

to installing my motherboards agp drivers to messing around in the bios


i think its dead, i just dont wanna believe it :'(



R.I.P lil buddy