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My 8800GT is running too Hot, Please help! 87C IDLE with stock 30%.

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ahtze   08-07-2009 at 04:42:17 PM

My 8800GT is running too Hot, Please help! 87C IDLE with 30%stock fan speed. 69C IDLE with 100% fan speed. What's going on? How do I fix it ? @_@

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daedalus685   08-07-2009 at 05:11:24 PM
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There are several things that might be wrong here.

First, the card may simply be dirty, take it out of the case and try to free up any dust in/on it with a good strong blow, or a compressed air can.

Second, the heatsink may have come unseated. This qould require you to take it off, perhaps place new thermal compound on it, and reseat it back onto the card.

Third, well of course it is also possible it is simply broken. The fan may be sticking causing 30% speed to not be what it used to, or the card may simply be kicking out with age.

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ahtze   08-07-2009 at 05:16:43 PM
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I have free up the dust on the fan but still doesn't work. I want to remove the cover of my BFG 8800GT so I can clean the dust inside but I don't know how to remove that.

I remember I have x1950 pro and it was running hot after a year but I managed to remove the cover and saw that the dust clog up the heatsink inside, after I clear them up, its running good.

Anyone know how to remove the cover for BFG 8800GT OC? I think the heatsink is clog by the dust :/

Thanks!

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daedalus685   08-07-2009 at 05:23:18 PM
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There should be guides around the net on how to do that.

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ahtze   08-07-2009 at 05:32:02 PM
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I am trying to find it but I just couldn't find it @_@

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daedalus685   08-07-2009 at 05:39:34 PM
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I've never had a 8800GT, but the 8800GTX I used to have simply had screws to take the sheath off.

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   08-07-2009 at 06:22:56 PM
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If it's the thin single slot cooler then there are about twelve cross head screws on the backside of the card, so long as you use a good quality screwdriver and don't wreck the heads, you could remove the entire cooler and redo the TIM on the GPU as well as cleaning out the fluff bunnies.

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ahtze   08-07-2009 at 06:57:23 PM
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I tried to remove the cover off with brutal force but doesn't work, LOL.

I bended the cover a bit and it looks a little ugly.

My last resort was to take off all the screws for the heatsink and fan, after taking them out, It is a little bit easier to take off the cover but I till have to use some brutal force to take the cover off(the reason is because the cover is glued to the heatsink.

After taking out the cover, I found that the dust clogged the heatsink, I cleared them out and apply new thermal paste.

Now, the temperature is a lot better, still high but it is a lot better than before. Now its running around 65C idle with 30% fan speed instead of 86C.

I am sooo happy although the cover is a little bit messed up. They really have stupid design on the cover. Should just put screws on it, instead of using clip and why the hell they glue the cover with the heatsink, they never think of the heatsink will getting clog up?

I think they did it because they want us to buy a new graphic card when its messed up? lol.


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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   08-07-2009 at 08:01:07 PM
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You could reduce temps further by replacing the cooler with a Zalman or similar but that would cost money and there is no guarantee that it will fit any of the next gen cards.

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Milos-stancene   08-07-2009 at 08:48:14 PM
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ahtze wrote :

My 8800GT is running too Hot, Please help! 87C IDLE with 30%stock fan speed. 69C IDLE with 100% fan speed. What's going on? How do I fix it ? @_@


30%stock fan speed .. is not enough ... push it UP to 60% with riva tuner!!!!

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daedalus685   08-07-2009 at 09:00:51 PM
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Milos-stancene wrote :

30%stock fan speed .. is not enough ... push it UP to 60% with riva tuner!!!!


He already stated that he tried running the fan as high as 100% and it didn’t help much. We also already established that his problem was dust build-up, which he corrected... Reading comprehension ftw...

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