His 6870 iceQx running too hot.

[maralejo]

Hi.

I recently purchased a His 6870 iceQx and I noticed mine is running hotter that the others.

Mine runs at 52 C while idle and others has posted on websites that normal should be 32 C.

Mine under stress runs normally, 65 C which is OK. Room tempearture is 25C.

Is there something I should do?

I contacted hisdigital.com, I guess a non technical person took my case and suggested to RMA and get replacement, but that is not an option since I am currently in another country from where I bought it.

Cheers.

 

[Sumukh_Bhagat]

Check whether the wires inside your Cabinet are placed properly or not.
Those wires can block Air Flow.

Check this out: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/computer-cool-electricity.htm#page=0

 

[maralejo]

mmm no I don't think that is the problem, I have tried two different cases and also leaving the case open for a while, still the same temp.

Do you think they might fogot to apply termal paste or did it incorrectly?

 

[Sumukh_Bhagat]

One day when I cleaned my Old Computer. Which wasn't clean from a year.
I found that the Gap between the CPU Fan and Processor was filled by Alot of dust and Webs of spider.
I cleaned it and then found this big margin:

Before

Idle Temp: 54
Full load Temp: 65

After

Idle Temp: 39
Full load Temp: 57

So I'd say that you should clean your GPU with a Blower.
If you cleaned properly and then also nothing decreased then send it to RMA.

 

[azed3000]

Check the fan speed in CCC it should be spinning at 28% with no load. (depends on the type of cooler obviously). My 6950 is also an iceqx and spins at 28% idle

 

[maralejo]

Yes, it is spining at 30%, when I have time I will open the card and reapply termal paste.

Most probably this came defective as its brand new(no dust).

thanks for tips guys

 

[disaster101]

just a quick question, are you running 1 or 2 monitors?

 

[maralejo]

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