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Salv0   05-12-2009 at 10:49:52 PM

Hi all :)

 

I have a problem with my new gainward gtx 295..every time the gpu reach 75-76° C the system freeze ( no blue screen, no errors, only the system plants..) and the only action to take is to hard-reboot manually ( from case )..
what can be the problem?

 

Here are some of my pc's specs:

 

GPU: Gainward GTX295
MOB: Asus P6T
RAM: Corsair Dominator 3GB DDR3 1600
CASE: Antec Nine Hundred Two
CPU: INTEL CORE i7 920 + Noctua NH-U12P SE1366
PSU: ENERMAX REVOLUTION85+ 850W

  

thanks in advance for the help :)


Message edited by Salv0 on 05-12-2009 at 10:52:33 PM
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Hammeh   05-12-2009 at 10:59:07 PM
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Have you tried upping the fan speed to lower temperatures?

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jive   05-12-2009 at 10:59:41 PM
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HI,
Last time i have system freeze like that the reason is my oc is not acurate. Just try to run your system without any tweaking or oc, return to the factory default , and do a fresh install of your driver.
If you are a user of windows7 maybe the graphic driver are not good.

Sorry I really like to be more helpfull.

bye.

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Salv0   05-12-2009 at 11:01:51 PM
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2 mins ago I returned to default bios ..but I didn't reinstall the drivers..I'll give a try : )

 

@Hammeh: can u explain better? : D

 

ah I use Windows Vista :)


Message edited by Salv0 on 05-12-2009 at 11:02:58 PM
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Hammeh   05-12-2009 at 11:03:49 PM
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The default fan speeds of most graphics cards is less than 60% of the speed they can run at. Using a program such as RivaTuner allows you to manually increase the speed at which the fan turns and therefore improve airflow around the card, lowering temperatures.

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daedalus685   05-12-2009 at 11:21:04 PM
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What OS? it is abnormal for a vista or windows 7 system to fail like that (if it is due to teh gpu) and not ahve TDR fire at least once. Are there display driver restarts in teh event viewer? Is soemthing else getting hot in tune with the GPU? It stands to reason that if the gPU is under load so is teh rest of the system. Make sure any OC is rock solid, and that the memory/cpu passes memtest as well. Without an error message its hard to say if it is for sure the GPU.

Though I have had hard locsk without BSOD becasue of other components related inone way or another to an OC.

------------------------------ CPU: Q9550 at 3.6ghz (FSB 425mhz) | MB: P5E3 Premium | Ram: 4*2Gb Corsair DDR3 @1417mhz | GPU: 2 HD4890 1Gb (925core/1025mem) CF | PSU: OCZ ELiteXtreme 800W | Sound: Creative Titanium Fatal1ty Pro | 2*120gb OCZ Vertex SSD Raid0 and 2 500gb Raid0 HDDS
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Salv0   05-12-2009 at 11:25:50 PM
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No OC is applied atm :/ ( I have currently the default bios settings, no XMP )
Memtest is passed with no errors.
Cpu reach only 50° with 20 cycles of LINX

 

Dunno other components..what else have I to check?


Message edited by Salv0 on 05-12-2009 at 11:29:23 PM
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Salv0   05-12-2009 at 11:54:44 PM
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Update: I reinstalled drivers as suggested..now when gpu reaches 79° I have the freeze O_o all this is so strange lol
This makes me think that could be a problem of other component :/


Message edited by Salv0 on 05-12-2009 at 11:55:49 PM
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Salv0   05-13-2009 at 11:22:58 AM
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UPDATE:
Running furMark and GPU-Z + Asus Probe II
Sensors report this:

 

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6153/img00022200905131103.jpg

 


Full log:
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey [...] f6e8ebb871
http://rapidshare.de/files/4714033 [...] g.txt.html

 

asus PC probe II :
Vcore 1.19V
+3.3V 3.26V
+5V 5.07V
+12V 12.19V
CPU 42°
MB 37°
CPU Fan 1360rpm


Message edited by Salv0 on 05-13-2009 at 11:31:55 AM
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michaelmk86   05-13-2009 at 02:50:05 PM
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You temperatures are fine, I have a GTX295 for 5 months now with temperature 86C load with no problems. :)

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Salv0   05-13-2009 at 02:54:52 PM
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michaelmk86 wrote :

You temperatures are fine, I have a GTX295 for 5 months now with temperature 86C load with no problems. :)



Ok but I can't reach 80° XD at 75 Vista freeze and I have to reboot manually :P

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blueman13   05-14-2009 at 03:17:44 PM
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RivaTuner is your friend. I had similar issues until I set up auto fan speed profiles. Not one single freeze since.

------------------------------ Intel Core i7 920 (3.8 GHz OC) | BFG GeForce GTX 295 | Asus P6t Deluxe v2 | Antec Nine Hundred | Antec Signature 850 | Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme 1366 | 3x2GB OCZ Platinum 1600 DDR3 | 2x540 GB WD Caviar Black | Windows Vista Home Premium 64
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Salv0   05-14-2009 at 03:21:52 PM
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It's auto fan enabled by default ( not with rivatuner ) but it freezes :/

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Hammeh   05-14-2009 at 03:23:53 PM
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The auto fan speeds will not be as fast as if you manually set the range with RivaTuner. For example, on my 8500GT the auto fan speed never goes over 50%.

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Salv0   05-14-2009 at 03:30:14 PM
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I tried 2 mins ago to run furMark with fixed 80% fan speed..it freezes anyway :/ then I tried to disable the onboard sli, but again freezes..so I think this is a flawed card..i have to use the RMA ç_ç


Message edited by Salv0 on 05-14-2009 at 03:32:13 PM
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Hammeh   05-14-2009 at 03:48:08 PM
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You might as well RMA the card and get another one. If the same problem happens again we then know its your system and not the card.

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labdogz   05-18-2009 at 04:19:38 PM
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i have the same problem with freeze on games and 3DMark Vantage with vista 32

 

i dont now the gpu temp but to correct this problem i have disabled the dual gpu option in the nvidia control panel.

 

Yeah but that is not a solution! 3DMark score now is 12000!

 

i have installed the nvidia latest 185.85 drivers and update vista with a lot of KBXXXXX and now 3DMark run with a 22000 score but the first game i try (Tomb Raider Underworld) freeze after 10 minutes


Message edited by labdogz on 05-19-2009 at 11:44:02 AM
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Salv0   05-27-2009 at 10:44:30 AM
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I sent the card back to the seller..they confirmed that it was flawed..now I'm waiting for the card return ^^ ( other 1-2 weeks :/ )

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labdogz   05-27-2009 at 02:24:34 PM
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i do the same thing to have money back. i will buy a 4870X2 instead

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