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Computer freezing. Probably graphics card. Please help

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August 30, 2014 3:46:59 PM

I have a computer that often freezes after the loading screen of a game or while using a cg-program or a video editing program or while watching a video. The screen and the sound freezes. Sometimes only the screen freezes, but i can still hear and speak on teamspeak.
Every time i have to shut down the computer by pushing the power button for 10 seconds.
I think the problem is the graphics card, because she gets very hot, and if i clean the heat sink, the computer do not freeze for 1-2 days.
A week ago i have changed the cooling paste, but the computer began freezing again after only 2 days
I have updated the graphicscard drivers, but every update i made the problem got worse
My specs are:
Packard Bell ixtreme M5720

Graphics: 1024 MB Nvidia Geforce GT220 (Sapphire/PCPartner)
Power supply: coolermaster B700 700W (previously 250W)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 @2.66 GHz
Motherboard: Packard Bell EG43M

I have bought this pc 2009 and i've noticed this problem happening regularly since june-july 2013

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August 30, 2014 4:02:54 PM

Use Furmark program to test your graphic cards with the burn in test. When pc freezes check what the tempreture is. If its bellow 80 thats nothing to do with the over heating. But if it gets to 90C or above then its to do with over heating and you might need to get after-market cooler for GPU.
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August 30, 2014 5:34:27 PM

I have done a FurMark test of 5:00 min and it has reached 90°C (min: 63° max: 90°). The computer didn't freeze

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August 30, 2014 5:37:32 PM

Yes it looks like your graphics card need some better cooling. Is your case well ventilated? Try doing the test again with your case open (computer case)
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August 31, 2014 6:54:27 AM

"Yes it looks like your graphics card need some better cooling. Is your case well ventilated? Try doing the test again with your case open (computer case)"

No, the case is not ventilated. I'm already working with the case open. I could try to put in a fan that blows away the hot air
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August 31, 2014 1:39:17 PM

For your GPU you can get this Accelero L2 PLUS cooler that you can put on your GTX 220 it should increase the cooling quite a bit. And its only £20 or if you want to get even Cooler (see what i did there) you can get Accelero S1 PLUS which is little bit more expensive £40 but will help much more.

S1 PLUS: http://www.arctic.ac/eu_en/accelero-s1-plus.html
L2 PLUS: http://www.arctic.ac/eu_en/accelero-l2-plus.html

These are both that are compatible with your GPU
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October 13, 2014 11:03:05 AM

simonax12 said:
Use Furmark program to test your graphic cards with the burn in test. When pc freezes check what the tempreture is. If its bellow 80 thats nothing to do with the over heating. But if it gets to 90C or above then its to do with over heating and you might need to get after-market cooler for GPU.


Hi dude. I have the same problem, but my graphic card doesn't get above 80 degrees. it crashes after 3 min and it does only reach 78 degrees what to do????
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