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I built this system ~4 weeks ago
Antec Sonata2
120mm Tri-Cool exhaust set to 2
120mm Smart-cool intake
ASUS A8N-E
Athlon 64 3800+ X2
ASUS EN 6600LE/Silencer/TD/256M
I am not a gamer so did not get a crazy video card and I wanted a silent running system so I got a passively cooled card.
Up untill last week my temps were:
~28-35 C Mobo
~35- 41C CPU
And this is with just my exhaust going at 1 (slow) and intake off.
Now My mobo temps have all of a sudden increased and reach up to ~46 C while my CPU maxes out at ~41 still.
I turned on the intake and turned up my exhaust to keep it low which defeats my goal of a quiet system. Right now they are
41 C mobo/30 C CPU
I removed and reinstalled my chipset fan with fresh grease etc but this did not help. I also tried unistalling recent Nvidia drivers and going back to the originals (no help)
To the touch, the case on the chip fan is warm. and it is right by the corner of my video card.
? could the chip case fan be warm from anything else than the nearby card (doubt it)?
So I assume it is from the card. SO could the card all of a sudden be getting warmer than it did the first 3 weeks? and thus heating up my NB chipset?
It is a no brainer I suppose to directly connect the chip temp to the cards heat but why after 3 weeks??
If this is the case, how can I cool the card without turning up my exhaust and using an intake? Can I add a fan to the card? should I get a diufferent card?
Really appreciate any input.
thehucker
Antec Sonata2
120mm Tri-Cool exhaust set to 2
120mm Smart-cool intake
ASUS A8N-E
Athlon 64 3800+ X2
ASUS EN 6600LE/Silencer/TD/256M
I am not a gamer so did not get a crazy video card and I wanted a silent running system so I got a passively cooled card.
Up untill last week my temps were:
~28-35 C Mobo
~35- 41C CPU
And this is with just my exhaust going at 1 (slow) and intake off.
Now My mobo temps have all of a sudden increased and reach up to ~46 C while my CPU maxes out at ~41 still.
I turned on the intake and turned up my exhaust to keep it low which defeats my goal of a quiet system. Right now they are
41 C mobo/30 C CPU
I removed and reinstalled my chipset fan with fresh grease etc but this did not help. I also tried unistalling recent Nvidia drivers and going back to the originals (no help)
To the touch, the case on the chip fan is warm. and it is right by the corner of my video card.
? could the chip case fan be warm from anything else than the nearby card (doubt it)?
So I assume it is from the card. SO could the card all of a sudden be getting warmer than it did the first 3 weeks? and thus heating up my NB chipset?
It is a no brainer I suppose to directly connect the chip temp to the cards heat but why after 3 weeks??
If this is the case, how can I cool the card without turning up my exhaust and using an intake? Can I add a fan to the card? should I get a diufferent card?
Really appreciate any input.
thehucker