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Cooling Fan on Vid Card not working? - 12/13/2005 13:35:19
I'm not very good with computers but I recently had a 9800 pro. Few days ago my screen just went black and it kept happening so I was guessing the vidcard went. When I had that card install I noticed the fan was not spinning. So when I got my new vidcard in the mail. Installed it. On the comp for a day. Fan was spinning and the next day my screen went black again and I notice the fan not spinning. Anyone know the problem?
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engz
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RE: Cooling Fan on Vid Card not working? - 12/13/2005 14:08:22
Yes I've updated the drivers for the video card. The vid card I am using right now is a Radeon X800XT and came with 5.12 Catalyst driver.
The only time I have major problems with screen black outs is when I play my games.
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RE: Cooling Fan on Vid Card not working? - 12/13/2005 14:31:53
Well the computer is a gateway. I'm not sure what motherboard this uses and power supply but I see an output of 160watts on the label. 1gig of ram, Pentium 4, Seagate 40gig harddrive and a Radeon X800XT vid card.
The only thing I have changed on this computer was the video card and added two 512 ram.
I have ran the 9800pro vid card for about a year with no problems until a couple of weeks ago when I started noticing sudden black outs. Not often though til months after then it started to happen alot. Thats when I changed the vid card and next day after install and also playing my game w/o no problems it happened again. Right now I'm feeling the video card and it's pretty hot and the fan has not once came on.
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RE: Cooling Fan on Vid Card not working? - 12/13/2005 14:43:43
160 watt power supply is WAAAAY underpowered for that video card. I would guess ATI and Nvidia would both tell you for their respective high end cards you need at least a 250 watt power supply if not higher.
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RE: Cooling Fan on Vid Card not working? - 12/13/2005 14:53:49
Didn't even know PSUs went down to 160 watts lol. Make sure the video card is pressed in firmly.
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RE: Cooling Fan on Vid Card not working? - 12/13/2005 18:27:15
Cool. Thanks for helping me find the problem with this situation I have right now. Im leaning towards the power supply considering its only ****ing 160 watts. Way to go Gateway. I just order a 500 watts Power Supply from newegg.com for a very good price, $30. This should come in soon and hopefully get this up and running correctly. Thanks again for the replies.
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RE: Cooling Fan on Vid Card not working? - 12/13/2005 19:29:36
A lower watt PSU from a better manufacturer is better than a higher watt PSU from a bad manufacturer.
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RE: Cooling Fan on Vid Card not working? - 12/18/2005 12:35:36
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ORIGINAL: BobbyDouglas
A lower watt PSU from a better manufacturer is better than a higher watt PSU from a bad manufacturer.
Exactly........
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RE: Cooling Fan on Vid Card not working? - 12/18/2005 13:19:04
engz... you may want to rethink buying that $30 psu. From experience I can tell you what a bad psu can do to your system. I've had clients' systems that have completely been destroyed due to a lower grade psu and the end result is not pretty. Do yourself a favor... spend the extra $30-$50 and buy yourself a better PSU... think of it this way... a lower end psu is to your computer what a fuel mixture of 1 part gas & 1 part water is to your car. If you don't want this vid card to go the same way I would highly recommend that you grab something a little better from say Antec for around $60-$80. Just my 2 cents.
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