Thread: Overheating of video card or thermal compound

My wife's GeForce GTS 250 beganextending actually hot a some days ago. Nothing to bad in nonGPUintensive games, as DCUO, but when she loads up Skyrim or SWTOR ithits into the 90s earlier extreme long. Considerably it applied toremain in the 70's under load, and 90c is a little hot for me,therefore I decided to clean it out. I have never opened a graphicscard earlier, but it was not so hard. I cleaned out ungodly amountsof dust and cat hair from the air intake of the GPU, therefore I amguessing that is what caused the overheating.

Considerably, Icleaned the old thermal compound of the GPU as well as heat sink,then keep on few new stuff. Everywhere I read told me not to keep somuch on, thus I put with barely enough to cover the GPU, even thoughwhen I originally opened it the compound was EVERYWHERE, like theyhad used gobs. Considerably, I instantly closed it back up, threw itinto the computer and booted up. I apply EVGA Precision to monitortemps, and when she went into SWTOR it shot into the 100's almostimmediately earlier I drew the plug.

Should I apply morethermal paste? does it require to sit for a although laterapplication earlier use? Is this card only trash?

I experience it is real simple with CPUs to acquire one of the 4 corners not completely down which creates for extreme poor heat transfer. I can not watch your work but you will require to have heat sink surface flush on top of the GPU and perfectly parallel. You did not refer whether it had a fan. If so, I would surprise if it is working perfectly.

The complete heat sink or fan contraption sits on top of the GPU area. It links on about 9 screws, everything as tight as I can create them without worrying about cracking the board. The fan works, I have as well made certain it alters speeds. I applied more thermal paste, and it assisted a small bit, but it however climbed to 101c earlier I shut it down. With the desktop it idles at about 54c, which is higher as compared to it applied to, but as soon as anything graphics heavy occurs, it shoots up rapidly.

You as well did not refer a fan and that could be important. Nine screws is rather a much more. The difference could be in how you sequence the process of seating the screws. You would require to keep the heat sink in place firmly although seating them. You would require to attempt your best to bring down the screws opposite one another only to the point of feeling resistance yet every screws felt the same. You would repeat that sequencing in small increments yet the screws were snug but not tight. Never would the torque sequence just be done by CW or CCW motion. I can nearly guarantee this will cause the heat sink to list on the GPU.

It may be potentially that few component in the temperature sensing circuit acquired damaged and you are acquiring false readings. You do require to make certain that you acquire proper air flow and this might mean moving cards around or adding a fan directed on the heat sink if it doesn't already have one.

The case and card have pretty good airflow, there are six fans on the case, two of which blow directly onto the GPU. The temperature sensor I believe is working like if I leave it with the desktop it will stay at one temperature, if I go into low GPU using games the temperature slowly climbs to around the low 80's. It's once I get into a GPU intensive game that it shoots up almost immediately to the 100's and forces me to power down to save it.

I will attempt to open it, clean it, keep more thermal paste with it and then keep the screws in extreme slowly, perhaps a turn for every screw, then another turn for every screw, etc yet they are all down.

But for now the best advice is to get more cool air around that card. I have watched people combat this and then they keep with the case cover and surprise why it can not cool.