Hey guys, been a while. I have a new problem, but I want to make sure I know the solution before I go out and buy it, 330 dollar solution lol.
I ordered a new mouse, the Logitech MX518. I got it in today, and plugged it int othe computer before it was turned on, as my old one had died. Well, everything was all well and fine, put the new DVD/CD-R ROM combo in so I could install the drivers for it. I did so, and all was well. I started up Counter Strike 1.6. I died a few times, and when I got a kill, the screen froze, and the sound kept repeating, like three times per second. Finally I had to Control Alt Delete to exit CS because it froze. After about 10 seconds of the screen being ok, my video went to crap, extremely distorted. I was like ok, my video card is overheating. It is 85 degrees in that bedroom (I checked the thermostat) Everything else was ok, the CPU was at 105 F, the board was 98 F. I let it cool down while I got a shower, came back. Restarted the computer, it was fine for 10 minutes and overheated again. I shut it off. I did some wire management, removed the filters from the front two intake fans on my case (Thermal Take Xaser III Super Tower, total of nine fans) I had some of the fans flipped to be exhaust fans.
The intakes were the front two fans, and the top fan. The exhaust fans were both side fans, and both rear fans. The top side fan helped the CPU fan pull air from the processor, while the bottom side fan now removed the trapped air under the video card (This was done a while ago, I removed the front two filters today)
Now, every time I start the comp, the BIOS screen is fine ,but the windows start up and desktop screens are extremely distorted. The card was now overheating in the approx. 30 seconds it took to load windows. I noticed the boot time was longer, as it usually only took about 15 seconds, I dont understand why that is, but that isn't my problem here. While the GPU and chips were very very hot, the connectors for the card and AGP slot were ok, there are no burns.
Has the card overheated so much/too many times, so that it finally suffered damage? Would replacing the video card be a must for it to work again? I believe yes, but I need a second opinon.
I ordered a new mouse, the Logitech MX518. I got it in today, and plugged it int othe computer before it was turned on, as my old one had died. Well, everything was all well and fine, put the new DVD/CD-R ROM combo in so I could install the drivers for it. I did so, and all was well. I started up Counter Strike 1.6. I died a few times, and when I got a kill, the screen froze, and the sound kept repeating, like three times per second. Finally I had to Control Alt Delete to exit CS because it froze. After about 10 seconds of the screen being ok, my video went to crap, extremely distorted. I was like ok, my video card is overheating. It is 85 degrees in that bedroom (I checked the thermostat) Everything else was ok, the CPU was at 105 F, the board was 98 F. I let it cool down while I got a shower, came back. Restarted the computer, it was fine for 10 minutes and overheated again. I shut it off. I did some wire management, removed the filters from the front two intake fans on my case (Thermal Take Xaser III Super Tower, total of nine fans) I had some of the fans flipped to be exhaust fans.
The intakes were the front two fans, and the top fan. The exhaust fans were both side fans, and both rear fans. The top side fan helped the CPU fan pull air from the processor, while the bottom side fan now removed the trapped air under the video card (This was done a while ago, I removed the front two filters today)
Now, every time I start the comp, the BIOS screen is fine ,but the windows start up and desktop screens are extremely distorted. The card was now overheating in the approx. 30 seconds it took to load windows. I noticed the boot time was longer, as it usually only took about 15 seconds, I dont understand why that is, but that isn't my problem here. While the GPU and chips were very very hot, the connectors for the card and AGP slot were ok, there are no burns.
Has the card overheated so much/too many times, so that it finally suffered damage? Would replacing the video card be a must for it to work again? I believe yes, but I need a second opinon.