FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Register Register  Login Login

One GTX 280 GPU running hot.

Post Date: 2008-11-23
 Post Reply Post Reply
Author
  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
[email protected] View Drop Down
Groupie
Groupie

Email address used to purchase matched with forums account email.

Joined: 06 Oct 2008
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 88 		  Quote phil@fostini.com Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Topic: One GTX 280 GPU running hot.
    Posted: 23 Nov 2008 at 9:16am
I was running 3DMark when I noticed today that GPU1  ( or 2 depending on if your looking at the EVGA or the Nvidia Monitor) is running almost 2x hotter than the other.
 
Running Canyon flight at factory clock speeds I have 47 C on one GPU and the other is at 80 C. and the video will glitch and freeze. I am using dual loop LC and the radiator temps are always close to 31c during the test. That would suggest that the heat transfer from the GPU to the coolant is poor.
 
I don't want to fry a card. Any ideas?
 
Could the GPU with the hotter temps loose contact with the heat sink?
Fusion - clean energy

Back to Top
gamerk2 View Drop Down
Groupie
Groupie

Email address used to purchase matched with forums account email.

Joined: 28 May 2008
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 198 		  Quote gamerk2 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 24 Nov 2008 at 4:46pm
...Something sounds off here...80C isn't THAT bad for a GPU these days...
 
While it does sound like bad contact, 80C shouldn't be enough to fry a 280.  The card itself may simply be a defect.
Back to Top
[email protected] View Drop Down
Groupie
Groupie

Email address used to purchase matched with forums account email.

Joined: 06 Oct 2008
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 88 		  Quote phil@fostini.com Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 24 Nov 2008 at 7:24pm
I did some more looking into it. What had happened is the Thermal Compound although plenty of it somehow seperated from the GPU a bit. I cleaned everything off of the coldplate and board. Put it all back together and now the 2 temps on the GPU's are close.
 
The only issue I see If it even has to do anything with this is, when I run 3D mark Vantage the Jane Nash Video looks like a mass of lines and streaks in many of the frames that have to do with the water scenes?
 
 
Fusion - clean energy

Back to Top
jtspectra2 View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 07 Oct 2008
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 840 		  Quote jtspectra2 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 24 Nov 2008 at 8:41pm
that means your OC on your cards is to high . turn it down a bit , and run it again
Q9650 @ 4.2Ghz( Liquid Cooled), 4GB 1600Mhz DDR3, GTX280 SLI, VRaptor,HAF 932
Back to Top
[email protected] View Drop Down
Groupie
Groupie

Email address used to purchase matched with forums account email.

Joined: 06 Oct 2008
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 88 		  Quote phil@fostini.com Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 25 Nov 2008 at 3:55am
I have the GPU's set to factory defaults. I visited the futremark website and found that installing driver 180.42 clears up the issue and it not only cleared it up but also doubled my FPS. I found that on my system when the GPU's are overclocked the display freezes then I get the BSOD
 
Thank you all. This forum is great! 
Fusion - clean energy

Back to Top
jtspectra2 View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 07 Oct 2008
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 840 		  Quote jtspectra2 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 25 Nov 2008 at 1:45pm
Ya. i like those new drivers. i recommend to anyone who hasn't already downloaded them , to do that . 
Q9650 @ 4.2Ghz( Liquid Cooled), 4GB 1600Mhz DDR3, GTX280 SLI, VRaptor,HAF 932
Back to Top
[email protected] View Drop Down
Groupie
Groupie

Email address used to purchase matched with forums account email.

Joined: 06 Oct 2008
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 88 		  Quote phil@fostini.com Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 13 Dec 2008 at 10:17am
It's been a little while since I followed up on this post. I finally decided to call DS because the 2nd GPU was now running at 90c and the top one at 48c. I Spoke to Eric? We decided to try another card. I got the card yesterday and installed my koolance block to it. I also figured since I have to drain the sytem I would try out the diomond composite HS compound.
 
So I fired the system up and behold the lower GPU was actually running cooler than the top one by 2c. Now using  any Futermark benchmark I run the GPU's  never go above 50c and if I overclock the boards it will still stay the same.
 
Thank you DS for getting the card out to me.Ermm.
Fusion - clean energy

Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down



This page was generated in 0.0234375 seconds.