Tom's Hardware > Forum > Graphic & Displays > Graphics Cards > Asus EN9800GX2 overheating!!! (125C degrees)

Asus EN9800GX2 overheating!!! (125C degrees)

Forum Graphic & Displays : Graphics Cards - Asus EN9800GX2 overheating!!! (125C degrees)

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
Gapius   05-26-2009 at 02:16:45 PM

Hi!
I have Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 and Asus Rampage Formula with Asus EN9800GX2. I have a BIG problem with this card because it is overheating and I cant play games. Idle temperature of the card is 100C degrees and when i start to play a game temperature keeps rising until it reaches 125C degrees(in 5 min) . Then it stops responding and monitor goes on stand by. I have to restart my system to get it working again.
Please help!!!

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
customisbetter   05-26-2009 at 07:14:23 PM
- 0 +

Reseat the heatsinks. It will be a little tricky with a GNX2, but if you are out of warranty, its the only option.

if its under warranty, send that sucka back.

Message quoted 1 times
Reply to customisbetter
Gapius   05-26-2009 at 07:26:23 PM
- 0 +

Hi!
Thx for reply! But I am a bit new here so I dont know how to do that. Can you give me an advice please???
THX!

Reply to Gapius
Gapius   05-26-2009 at 07:35:48 PM
- 0 +

customisbetter wrote :

Reseat the heatsinks. It will be a little tricky with a GNX2, but if you are out of warranty, its the only option.

if its under warranty, send that sucka back.










Hi!
Thx for reply! But I am a bit new here so I dont know how to do that. Can you give me an advice please???
THX

Reply to Gapius
blackhawk1928   05-26-2009 at 10:29:42 PM
- 0 +

125 Celsius....definitely a problem(RMA!!!), either then that to maintain good temperature i suggest
1:turn up fan speed
2: Get a PCI slot cooling fan for it
3:Get a rear grill cooling fan for it

NOTE: Depending on your card, you must buy a certain PCI slot cooling fan so the the bottom(or top depending on if you case is inverted or not) grill of the card is right where the PCI fan is and the rear grill fan will suck air out the back, these help greatly since the case around the card mostly keeps hot air inside and you dont want that, i put those two fans and my card is usually around 20C-30C cooler when under load with those cooling mods. BUt either way your card has a problem

Message quoted 1 times
Reply to blackhawk1928
Roush2fast   05-26-2009 at 11:15:54 PM
- 0 +

Do you have the option to RMA ? I wouldn't mess with re-seating the heat sinks unless I had no other options. The card has a defect. You spent good money and you deserve a good card.

Message quoted 1 times
Message edited by Roush2fast on 05-26-2009 at 11:17:28 PM
Reply to Roush2fast
wip99gt   05-27-2009 at 12:10:55 AM
- 0 +

Have you had this videocard for a while? If so the heatsinks might be plugged with dust and it can be cleaned out with some compressed air

Message quoted 1 times
Reply to wip99gt
apache_lives   05-27-2009 at 10:37:09 AM
- 0 +

whats your CPU and case temps in your system bios mate? (boot computer and hit delete or F1 or F2 and look in the bios for Hardware Monitor etc) - post back with your temps after its been on for an hour or more (average load)

Message quoted 1 times
------------------------------ Q6600@3510/1560 + TT BigTyphoon+Mod
8gb Kingston 800mhz
Gigabyte EP35-DS3P
XFX 8800GT/512
 Reply to apache_lives
Gapius   05-27-2009 at 03:15:53 PM
- 0 +

wip99gt wrote :

Have you had this videocard for a while? If so the heatsinks might be plugged with dust and it can be cleaned out with some compressed air









THX for reply!!!
I have had this card since may 2008. Everything worked perfectly until now. I never opend the graphic card so it is possible that this is dust problem. How can I clean the dust out? Any advice?

Reply to Gapius
Gapius   05-27-2009 at 03:21:06 PM
- 0 +

Roush2fast wrote :

Do you have the option to RMA ? I wouldn't mess with re-seating the heat sinks unless I had no other options. The card has a defect. You spent good money and you deserve a good card.






Thx for reply! Well I dont know but I opend the case and destroyed a warranty sticker so I dont know if they will return it to me. I have never heard of RMA. Wat the hell is that?

Reply to Gapius
Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   05-27-2009 at 03:34:13 PM
- 0 +

Return Merchandise Authorisation, get in touch with the manufacture and tell what your problem is and if they deem the card faulty they will give a reference code (the RMA) to use when you return the card for replacement.

Message quoted 1 times
Reply to mousemonkey
Gapius   05-27-2009 at 03:37:19 PM
- 0 +

mousemonkey wrote :

Return Merchandise Authorisation, get in touch with the manufacture and tell what your problem is and if they deem the card faulty they will give a reference code (the RMA) to use when you return the card for replacement.





Thx!

Reply to Gapius
Gapius   05-27-2009 at 03:39:21 PM
- 0 +

blackhawk1928 wrote :

125 Celsius....definitely a problem(RMA!!!), either then that to maintain good temperature i suggest
1:turn up fan speed
2: Get a PCI slot cooling fan for it
3:Get a rear grill cooling fan for it

NOTE: Depending on your card, you must buy a certain PCI slot cooling fan so the the bottom(or top depending on if you case is inverted or not) grill of the card is right where the PCI fan is and the rear grill fan will suck air out the back, these help greatly since the case around the card mostly keeps hot air inside and you dont want that, i put those two fans and my card is usually around 20C-30C cooler when under load with those cooling mods. BUt either way your card has a problem





THX! As soon as I fix the problem I might buy some of this fans. :D

Reply to Gapius
Gapius   05-27-2009 at 03:50:04 PM
- 0 +

apache_lives wrote :

whats your CPU and case temps in your system bios mate? (boot computer and hit delete or F1 or F2 and look in the bios for Hardware Monitor etc) - post back with your temps after its been on for an hour or more (average load)



THX for reply! these are the temps:

Temps:
Motherboard 47 °C (117 °F)
Processor 20 °C (68 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #1 41 °C (106 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #2 37 °C (99 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #3 45 °C (113 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #4 45 °C (113 °F)
North Bridge 60 °C (140 °F)
South Bridge 56 °C (133 °F)
GPU1: (GPU) 94 °C (201 °F)
GPU1: GPU Diode 99 °C (210 °F)
GPU1: GPU Memory 94 °C (201 °F)
GPU1: GPU Ambient 93 °C (199 °F)
GPU1: GPU VRM 77 °C (171 °F)
GPU2: (GPU) 96 °C (205 °F)
GPU2: GPU Diode 100 °C (212 °F)
GPU2: GPU Memory 95 °C (203 °F)
GPU2: GPU Ambient 88 °C (190 °F)
GPU2: GPU VRM 76 °C (169 °F)
Seagate ST3750330AS 45 °C (113 °F)
WDC WD740ADFD-00NLR5 51 °C (124 °F)

Fans:
Chassis #3 1483 RPM
GPU2 3651 RPM

Yap it is hot!

Reply to Gapius
wip99gt   05-27-2009 at 10:30:31 PM
- 0 +

Try getting some canned air. Use it to blow the dust out of your case and video card. It's really easy to do. The fact that you have had it for a year and it has worked fine until now I suspect that it is a dust problem. Also looking at your temps it might be a good idea to see if you can install another fan or two into your computer.

Reply to wip99gt
blackhawk1928   05-27-2009 at 11:06:00 PM
- 0 +

yeah, I also forgot to manage about the dust problem, if you can get the card out and stick a compressed air can tube inside and blow out any dust balls that can cause airflow problems. Remember:" the faster and more airflow=cooler hardware=longer life!"

Reply to blackhawk1928
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Graphic & Displays > Graphics Cards > Asus EN9800GX2 overheating!!! (125C degrees)
Go to:

There are 685 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.467 seconds
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them