over heating gpu

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spaceballs Send message Joined: 27 Dec 08 Posts: 4 Credit: 0 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 4979 - Posted: 28 Dec 2008, 2:33:53 UTC Last modified: 28 Dec 2008, 2:35:44 UTC ok im running a quad q600 and nvidia 8500gt my gpu is heating up above 120c scared the my gpu will blow is their any solutions to cool it down or limit its throttle also my comp lags to hell whilst it is computing with gpugrid ID: 4979 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

K1atOdessa Send message Joined: 25 Feb 08 Posts: 249 Credit: 444,646,963 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 4983 - Posted: 28 Dec 2008, 4:23:31 UTC - in response to Message 4979. ok im running a quad q600 and nvidia 8500gt my gpu is heating up above 120c scared the my gpu will blow is their any solutions to cool it down or limit its throttle also my comp lags to hell whilst it is computing with gpugrid Geez. You wanna fry me up some food on that thing?? 120C is way out of spec. I couldn't find the temp Nvidia says is the max, but I would imagine it's no more than 100C or so -- though it's probably best to keep it under 90C if you want it to last more than a few weeks. Is the card functioning normally under these temps? Open up your case (both sides if possible) and see what the temp shows... BTW, that card is very slow in terms of GPUGRID requirements. 16 stream processors will take days to finish any WU's. The current deadline is 4 days, which I think you will have trouble finishing even 1 under that constraint. ID: 4983 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

koschi Send message Joined: 14 Aug 08 Posts: 127 Credit: 913,858,161 RAC: 18 Level Scientific publications	Message 4985 - Posted: 28 Dec 2008, 5:32:20 UTC I guess its a passive cooled one, right? You can attache some small fan to it, to blow the heat away... But better get a faster card that finishes the WUs within the deadline. Otherwise you might find that your WU gets reissued to other people (after the deadline of 4 days) and in case they return them back faster than you, you won't get credits for it... ID: 4985 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

abuze Send message Joined: 3 May 08 Posts: 5 Credit: 4,074,151 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 4991 - Posted: 28 Dec 2008, 10:36:55 UTC 120 degrees? Celsius? Dude, give your gpu a rest before your computer catches on fire. Those passive cooling video cards were a great ideea for GForce 5500 or so, but the new ones just can't handle the heat generated. You could attach a fan on it, but i don't think it would work ok even with that; i did that a long time ago with my vodoo 3 card, didn't work as advertised. Better lay off the boinc gpu for now or get a new video card. ID: 4991 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

spaceballs Send message Joined: 27 Dec 08 Posts: 4 Credit: 0 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 4999 - Posted: 28 Dec 2008, 13:46:41 UTC ok thanx for you help peeps guess i wont be particpating in gpu grid just yet thenn good job windows gave me the blue screen and saved itself ffrom dying then http://sgersge.myminicity.com/ind ID: 4999 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote