Nvidia Geforce GTX 650 Issues

FMG1993

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Hello. I asked almost everywhere about my problem and no one seem to know the answer to it. I even searched the google and this community for an answer and with no luck.

As the title says I have a problem with my Geforce GTX 650 non Ti fan. So whenever the temps hit 100 degrees and the fan's hitting 100% RPM it would stop completely. The only solution is a full restart.

This happens when I play video games of course. I've had this problem for a while now and it's pretty irritating. At first I thought that it might be something to do with the OS. I was using windows 10 back then and then I switched back to Windows 7 and now my PC seems to work a lot better.

My graphics card is 4 years old. Could that be as well? It was very used especially when I played games like Mass Effect, Dragon Ball Xenoverse etc. Now I can't play anything at all. Whenever I start a game, the temps boosts from 40 degrees caps to 50 in an instant. After that I can play for like 30 minutes and then the temps are at 90-100 degrees and the fan can't keep up.

This issue also makes my whole PC crash, not only the video game. I get a black screen and a buzzing noise. Also my keyboard doesn't work neither my monitor, it loses signal.

I forgot to mention that when this happens I start lose FPS in game, but the PC works completely fine if I alt tab.

I get a message after I restart my PC: Your computer has recovered from an unexpected error.

And at the description of the issue it says BSOD.

Any solutions? I really don't want to replace my video card because I don't have the money to do so, nor my parents would listen to me.

Edit later: I'm sorry if I posted this in the wrong category, I am new to this forum.
 
Solution
Suggest then that you pull out that card, give the fan a good clean (if it's dirty) and even go so far as to (carefully) pry the heat sink from the GPU (search YouTube for how-to videos for your particular brand).
Once done, clean off the old thermal compound, apply fresh compound and re-assemble and test.
It seems that you are having a cooling issue.
Have you checked your cooling setup? Is there sufficient air flowing through your chassis to get rid of the heat that the GPU is producing? Is your CPU well cooled, because a hot running CPU will influence the GPU right below it.
 

FMG1993

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Jul 11, 2016
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I mean I checked it like 10 times already because I have my PC case opened on one side and I can see the fans and everything pretty darn well and I think it is sufficient air flowing. The other two fans in my PC case work flawlessly, except the gpu fan.
 
Suggest then that you pull out that card, give the fan a good clean (if it's dirty) and even go so far as to (carefully) pry the heat sink from the GPU (search YouTube for how-to videos for your particular brand).
Once done, clean off the old thermal compound, apply fresh compound and re-assemble and test.
 
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FMG1993

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Jul 11, 2016
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By thermal compound do you refer to the thermal paste thingy? I don't even know if my PC had one from the day it was built. How do I know if my PC has thermal paste or thermal compound?