9600Gt failure (probably noobish =S)

[Probs]

So to put it simply....
I bought a 9600GT and installed it. No problem so far.
When i started a game (World of Warcraft), all went well, for about a hour....though the temperature hasn't been heigher then 47 (everest number) , suddenly my monitor goes into power saving mode, and i have to reboot. (just gusseing here, but i think the gpu shut itself down).
If i try again, the results are the same.

So, i ran a stress test to the GPU. The temperature goes up to 68 ,69, no problem, no black screen, all is well.
Now i have a power supply of 460 W, 2gb DDR2 667 and a pentium D 1.8.


Some help here plz! What am i doing wrong to have this shut downs?

If you need any more info just ask.

Thanks

 

[aznstriker92]

Hmm, reinstall drivers, uninstall all the old ones too. Reinstall WOW, Try a different game.

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

What brand is the PSU? I'm suspecting the PSU might be too weak to power that card. Or either the card or PSU may be overheating. Get a case fan, and put it directly under the PSU to suck hot air underneath it, see if that helps, if not, I'd probably look at another PSU and maybe a PCI slot cooling fan to go under the card to pull some hot air off of it. But do try drivers first, just in case.

 

[randomizer]

I'm reckon it's drivers or the PSU. These cards can't get hot unless you try to make them hot.

 

[dragonsprayer]

you need more memory or turn off back ground stuff

close all browsers, leave only anti spy virus on

 

[Evilonigiri]

I'm also thinking PSU.

Sheesh, a 1.8GHz PD?

 

[lostandwandering]

I'm reckon it's drivers or the PSU.

PSU quality comes into question, I agree. What PSU are you running? (brand and model)

These cards can't get hot unless you try to make them hot.

And with your system, you know all about heat

 

[Crazy-PC]

How long did you perform stress test on your GPU? Is it 1 hour no problem? Didn't you conduct the stress test for your CPU? I really wonder your PSU maybe something wrong when temperature up or just unstable. So what is the brand and model of your PSU?

 

[randomizer]

And with your system, you know all about heat

Yep, official Core2 overheater here. Why let your CPU overheat by accident when you can do it on purpose?

 

[romulus47plus1]

Pentium D? 1.8?

 

[Probs]

Sorry for the delay.

My PSU is a eurotech FPSPA460SA. I ran the cpu stress teste for a hour. no problem Running now the 1 hour graphics stress test.

If the problem realy lies in the PSU, is there a way to buy something like an external PSU, just to feed the boar? What i am looking for i something else (cheaper) than buying a new PSU, if the problem realy lies there.

Thanks Everyone

 

[L1qu1d]

Its driver issues. I had that with the 9800 GX2 using forceware 174.74. I am running 174.93 now and it hasn't happened at all and I'm not seeing any frame rips either

 

[Probs]

What drivers do you advise me then?
Im running the omega drivers 2.169.21 (Forceware 169.21) for win xp.
Passed the 2h graphic card stress teste by the way

 

[L1qu1d]

try these, they are leaked nvidia drivers compiled by a third party group...

http://www.driverheaven.net/vista-nvidia-display-drivers/157934-nvidia-174-93-beta-drivers.html#post1140620

there are known to be issues but I haven't run into them. you can always uninstall them.

 

[Probs]

no sry m8 didnt work. Cant go past the windows log, got a blue screen. Uninstalled them.

So i still have the same problem. I removed everything so the PSU only feeds the Sata, the MB and the GPU and 3 fans. Stil crashed.

Ned help plz

 

[randomizer]

I can't even find the manufacturers website for that PSU.

 

[Evilonigiri]

I can't even find the manufacturers website for that PSU.

Not all PSU companies have websites.