Hot Leadtek A400 GT TDH

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This card is freezing after a random amount of time. Late at night in a
cool house with the case open, I can play for hours, but on a normal day
and with the case closed, it freezes pretty soon. I tried putting an
Arctic Cooler rev.4 Nvidia 5 cooler on it, but it still freezes with the
case closed.

For example, in this smallish room with two humans inside and the door
closed, case open, it froze after about half an hour. The other night with
just one person in here, door open, and the case open, I played alright
for hours.

I don't have any case fans. I had not heard of these cards having special
heat requirements at the stock speeds. I did overclock it a little when I
first got it just to see if it would go to Ultra speeds, but when I saw a
paltry 4 FPS difference, I turned overclocking off and set it back to the
normal speeds.

Is this normal behaviour for these cards? Do they really need to be in a
case with lots of fans? Should I put in a couple of intake fans on the
front of the case, or should I return the card because it might be a
little faulty (replacing the original fan and making sure it's in the
original condition, of course)?

Advice appreciated, cheers.

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In article <pan.2004.09.20.15.38.08.528317@privacy.net>, me@privacy.net
says...
> Is this normal behaviour for these cards? Do they really need to be in a
> case with lots of fans? Should I put in a couple of intake fans on the
> front of the case, or should I return the card because it might be a
> little faulty (replacing the original fan and making sure it's in the
> original condition, of course)?
>
No, the card does not need to be in a case with a LOT of fans. However,
it does need to be in a case with at least ONE fan. In a mid-tower case
the fan should be in the rear of the case below the power supply
(exhausting hot air). This creates airflow through the case. Air is
pulled in through the vents in the front and/or sides of the case then
moves past the components and out the rear. The inside case temperature
will drop significantly (I've tested this). An intake fan in the front
of the case is not critical, but can help some.

 

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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:28:56 -0400, wgd wrote:

> The inside case temperature will drop
> significantly (I've tested this).

Cool (pun intended), I'll get myself a couple of fans, then Thanks.

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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:38:13 +0100, Vigil wrote:

> This card is freezing after a random amount of time.

It's freezing at 75C, but the threshold according to the console panel is
120C. Is something amiss here? Is there no way that is should be locking
up at 75C?

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