nVidia 8800 GTS 512 Crashing

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d0nk3y

d0nk3y

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Hi there,

I've used this rig for about 6 years without problem until now. About a week ago, I opened my case to switch the SATA port of a hard drive. When I turned the computer back on and attempted to play a game, it crashed (nvlddmkm.sys/dxgkrnl.sys error: This indicates that an attempt to reset the display driver and recover from a timeout failed.). Since then, within 1 minute of loading any game (various levels of stress), the computer crashes. I tried updating the nVidia drivers but it had no effect. I have reseated and cleaned the card several times.

Specs
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
GPU: GeForce 8800 GTS 512 (driver 331.82)
CPU: Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Memory: 6.00 GB RAM

It may be time to upgrade, but are there things I can try first? What additional information would help in debugging this?
 
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Ironsounds
Hello... I had my fan go bad on mine a couple years ago... Finding a part was not effective or economical...You could go to your local radio Shack/computer store, and put some fresh wet Thermal grease, You could try re-flashing the BIO's on it... or you could replace it with a Used GTX 460 1gb from ebay for less than $80... that's what I did and was Glad I did, the Eye Candy is better.
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d0nk3y

d0nk3y

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Thanks for checking in- things were very dusty but they're cleaned now. I don't see any signs of age... I monitored the temperature with GPU-Z during a crash, and evidently it went from 65.0C (idle) up to 70.0C (crash?), and then back down to 66.0C before rebooting.

The strange thing to me is that I could play games (Skyrim, for example) for hours until the first event, but now I can't play any game for more than a minute.

Cheers!

Edit: The computer won't be used much longer for gaming, so I'd like to know if the graphics card will fail completely anytime soon.
 
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Hello... I had my fan go bad on mine a couple years ago... Finding a part was not effective or economical...You could go to your local radio Shack/computer store, and put some fresh wet Thermal grease, You could try re-flashing the BIO's on it... or you could replace it with a Used GTX 460 1gb from ebay for less than $80... that's what I did and was Glad I did, the Eye Candy is better.
 
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d0nk3y

d0nk3y

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I will probably end up replacing the card, but don't want to give up quite yet.

After better cleaning, the card idles at 58.0°C. At what temperature would a GPU shut off? I've been seeing references to higher temperatures so I don't feel like it's overheating...
 
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