Evga GTX 460 SC EE temperature problem, and got worse after opening and cleaning it.
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Shayan Inzi
September 15, 2013 2:49:13 PM
Got a problem with my GPU. I have Evga gtx 460 Superclocked External Exhaust and it was performing very well except that its temperature used to be 80-99C on full load (like playing splinter cell blacklist or farcry 3). So, I decided to open it and clean it. I opened its heat sink and clean its parts and fan with a brush (I think there wasn't much of dust in heatsink, fan and gpu circuit to cause temperature, anyway...).
Then I assembled it and put it back to the PC. But after that it just got worse. Its temperature jumps suddenly to 103C and after that display turns black and I have to restart it manually by the switch. I also realized that when its temperature turn to 99-103C on full load, its heatsink doesn't get that hot. Then I opened it again and double checked the heatsink fitting with the GPU but even then the temperature and black display problem wasn't solved.
Can anybody suggest me what's the problem? Why did it get worse after I opened it?
Then I assembled it and put it back to the PC. But after that it just got worse. Its temperature jumps suddenly to 103C and after that display turns black and I have to restart it manually by the switch. I also realized that when its temperature turn to 99-103C on full load, its heatsink doesn't get that hot. Then I opened it again and double checked the heatsink fitting with the GPU but even then the temperature and black display problem wasn't solved.
Can anybody suggest me what's the problem? Why did it get worse after I opened it?
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benjii
September 15, 2013 3:06:17 PM
Shayan Inzi
September 16, 2013 4:35:39 AM
benjii said:
You need to clean the GPU and apply fresh thermal compound everytime you remove the heatsink. If you didn't do that, that's your problem.I also thought about that. That's why I ordered this compound .
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Is it good?
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benjii
September 16, 2013 4:44:46 AM
Shayan Inzi said:
benjii said:
You need to clean the GPU and apply fresh thermal compound everytime you remove the heatsink. If you didn't do that, that's your problem.I also thought about that. That's why I ordered this compound .
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Is it good?
That's overkill really, all you needed was a small tube. Also, it's not great as it appears to be either silicon or ceramic based and that's not as effective as the zinc based compounds. I recommend Arctic Cooling MX-4 or Noctua NT-H1.
Anyway, to the point, that is most definitely your problem with overheating if you've not applied thermal compound. As for your initial problem, perhaps dust combined with the old compound on the GPU was enough to increase the temperatures. I would hope a fresh application of compound should solve your problems.
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Shayan Inzi
September 16, 2013 6:30:22 AM
benjii said:
Shayan Inzi said:
benjii said:
You need to clean the GPU and apply fresh thermal compound everytime you remove the heatsink. If you didn't do that, that's your problem.I also thought about that. That's why I ordered this compound .
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Is it good?
That's overkill really, all you needed was a small tube. Also, it's not great as it appears to be either silicon or ceramic based and that's not as effective as the zinc based compounds. I recommend Arctic Cooling MX-4 or Noctua NT-H1.
Anyway, to the point, that is most definitely your problem with overheating if you've not applied thermal compound. As for your initial problem, perhaps dust combined with the old compound on the GPU was enough to increase the temperatures. I would hope a fresh application of compound should solve your problems.
So won't it do the job if I apply small amount of it on GPU after cleaning old thermal compound? I know it's 40g, but I can use the rest for the future need for CPU or other components.
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benjii
September 16, 2013 8:32:57 AM
md1032
September 16, 2013 9:24:46 AM
Shayan Inzi
September 22, 2013 2:34:01 AM
Sorry I didn't reply in a long time. I tried the Cooler Master IceFusion compound but it didn't make a little difference. So I thought may be the I applied the compound a lot, I decided to reopen it. But When I opened the graphic card, the metallic heat shield also came out with the heatsink. So this time I also cleaned the mirror kinda substance (which was covered by the heat heat shield) and applied a thin layer of compound on it. Then I cleaned the shield and heatsink and applied a very thin layer of compound ( pea sized as recommended) on it. So after that, when I turned my PC on, my GPU gets much hotter on the welcome screen and then the display goes black. Is this the fault of thermal compound which was applied on the mirror kinda thing under the heat plate? Please guide. Also this compound worked fine on the CPU of my brother's PC.
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