I have a Dell Inspiron 530 system. With the following:
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 (Upgraded myself from a 440 last Sept.)
RAM - 2 GB
OS - Vista 32-bit
VGA - GT 620 (Added the same time as CPU upgrade)
I play Ghost Recon Phantoms (F2P, TPS) from time to time.
I used to play the game for a couple hours, but now, over night, my VGA card gets so hot the system restarts. I first thought it was my CPU. I remove the side from my case and placed a 12", 110v house fan there to blow in on everything. I first started running it on low, thinking that should keep everything very cool. Still, my system restarts upon playing this game. I shut the computer down, and then turn the fan onto med. to cool everything down. Reboot, stick my hand inside the case to feel the heat, and where it might be coming from. Everything seems fine. I start that game, next thing I know, system restarts. I shut system down, and removed all power cables. I reach inside the system to feel how much heat is coming off the CPU. To my surprise, it is cool, I can touch it. It doesn't feel like the system has been on. I touch the heat sink on my VGA card and it is very uncomfortable. I can play the game, with the fan running on high, but still the VGA card gets very warm. I have stuck my hand under the fan on this card, and I do not feel any air flowing. I know the fan is running. I have touched the fan, to put just a little resistance against it, and it doesn't suddenly stop.
Summary: I have a house fan, running on high, blowing in on my system and still my GT 620 card gets hot. (A fan that moves air across a room) If this fan is not running on high setting, sitting maybe 1' from my system, the VGA card will get to the point of shutting down my system. Any solutions?
*I can not afford a new system, and saving to buy one, is not possible at this point in time.*
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 (Upgraded myself from a 440 last Sept.)
RAM - 2 GB
OS - Vista 32-bit
VGA - GT 620 (Added the same time as CPU upgrade)
I play Ghost Recon Phantoms (F2P, TPS) from time to time.
I used to play the game for a couple hours, but now, over night, my VGA card gets so hot the system restarts. I first thought it was my CPU. I remove the side from my case and placed a 12", 110v house fan there to blow in on everything. I first started running it on low, thinking that should keep everything very cool. Still, my system restarts upon playing this game. I shut the computer down, and then turn the fan onto med. to cool everything down. Reboot, stick my hand inside the case to feel the heat, and where it might be coming from. Everything seems fine. I start that game, next thing I know, system restarts. I shut system down, and removed all power cables. I reach inside the system to feel how much heat is coming off the CPU. To my surprise, it is cool, I can touch it. It doesn't feel like the system has been on. I touch the heat sink on my VGA card and it is very uncomfortable. I can play the game, with the fan running on high, but still the VGA card gets very warm. I have stuck my hand under the fan on this card, and I do not feel any air flowing. I know the fan is running. I have touched the fan, to put just a little resistance against it, and it doesn't suddenly stop.
Summary: I have a house fan, running on high, blowing in on my system and still my GT 620 card gets hot. (A fan that moves air across a room) If this fan is not running on high setting, sitting maybe 1' from my system, the VGA card will get to the point of shutting down my system. Any solutions?
*I can not afford a new system, and saving to buy one, is not possible at this point in time.*
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram