Graphic Card Heating Problem

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cybermaniac

Right off the assembly line
Hi,
I have a SPARKLE Nvidia Geforce 9500 GT 1GB DDR2 graphics card. I know its quite old. But it is enough for my needs.
It was working fine till now. But now it has started to Heat a lot. The temperatures reach enough that it shuts down itself. When I monitored, the temperatures were near 60C.
Everything else seems to work fine. The fan also works fine. Also I have never overclocked this thing. In-fact I have never tweaked anything in my PC.

Please help me find a cure to this heating problem. And is there a need to change its Thermal Paste?

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icebags

icebags

Technomancer
60 degrees isn't much to trigger shutdown. anyways, check if the fan is moving, and you play remove the fan/heatsink clean them, apply new paste if you know wat you are doing and are willing to take the risk.
 
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cybermaniac

Right off the assembly line
icebags said:
60 degrees isn't much to trigger shutdown. anyways, check if the fan is moving, and you play remove the fan/heatsink clean them, apply new paste if you know wat you are doing and are willing to take the risk.
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fan is moving perfectly. 60 degrees was temp at idle and not when gaming. shut down usually occurs after long hours of use. And about applying a new paste, this is something i have never done before and no i don't know what i am doing. So yeah i am scared to do so.. [help needed]

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ashis_lakra said:
Maybe your cpu is overheating, monitor the temps and report back.
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Even i think this could be the problem. CPU temps at idle are above 50 degrees.
 
icebags

icebags

Technomancer
^ use cpuz /gpuz to check the temps. Start the logging and note the log file location.

play some games for some times, then check the log files for temperature & utilization data.
 
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