nVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT overheating

Blalack77 · 11-21-2008, 09:19 PM

I just bought a brand new nVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT card, I have an 80mm side case fan blowing in, a 120mm back case fan blowing out, a PCI fan blowing down, a massive heatsink/fan for my CPU (which works awesome), my video card has a built in heatsink/fan and my psu has a fan, but my video card still idles at like 120 degrees and when I play video games it jumps up to 140-150 and crashes my computer. I looked at my card's info in Everest and a saw this "Real Clock 351 MHz (DDR) (original: 350 MHz)". Does this mean my "brand new" card is overclocked?? at any rate how do I cool my card down?

**lazareth1** · 11-21-2008, 10:08 PM

Depends. Is that Celcius or Farenheit u quoted your temps at?

Blalack77 · 11-22-2008, 01:45 AM

farenheit

dai · 11-22-2008, 03:29 AM

then it is nowhere near overheating
what does the bios list the voltages and tempretures as

what are you running
video card
cpu
m/board
ram
power supply
brand
wattage

check the listings in the bios for voltages and tempretures and post them

Blalack77 · 11-22-2008, 11:45 AM

video card: nVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
cpu: AMD Athlon 64, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) 3200+
mobo: ECS RS482-M754
ram: 2gb of whatever lol
psu: 450w

other stuff:
Field Value
Sensor Properties
Sensor Type ITE IT8712F, Fintek F75383S/384S (ISA 228h, SMBus 4Ch)
GPU Sensor Type Driver (NV-DRV)
Motherboard Name ECS RS480-M / RS482-M Series
Chassis Intrusion Detected Yes

Temperatures
Motherboard 31 °C (88 °F)
CPU 27 °C (81 °F)
CPU Diode 36 °C (97 °F)
GPU 47 °C (117 °F)
WDC WD3200AAJB-00TYA0 27 °C (81 °F)

Cooling Fans
CPU 2637 RPM ***i have more fans than this and they are working. dont know why they're not listed***

Voltage Values
CPU Core 1.41 V
+2.5 V 2.61 V
+3.3 V 3.36 V
+5 V 5.19 V
+12 V 11.97 V
+5 V Standby 5.13 V
VBAT Battery 3.17 V
VBT 1.10 V

I'm not sure if thats everything you need or not...

**lazareth1** · 11-22-2008, 05:11 PM

I wish my Graphics were that cold!! I would be more inclined to this a software issue. Does It only crash when u play games? Does it just hang and you have to manually press reset button or do u get a BSOD? (blue screen of death?)

dai · 11-22-2008, 09:01 PM

your psu needs to be putting out an available min. of 26amps on the 12v+ line

Blalack77 · 11-22-2008, 11:37 PM

I hear that "26amps on the 12v+ line" thing quite often but in all honesty I dont know what that means. and as far as the type of crash: I was playing World of Warcraft and all the colors got like really really weird and then my comp slowed to a crawl and by the time i got WoW closed my computer was freezing up and beeping when I pressed buttons so i just flipped the psu power switch lol

dai · 11-23-2008, 03:44 AM

look at the label on the side of the power supply for the detail
http://www.techsupportforum.com/atta...-psu-label.jpg

**lazareth1** · 11-24-2008, 03:18 AM

Which driver version are u using?? You should get the newest ones from www.nvidia.com

11-21-2008, 09:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Blalack77 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Arkansas Posts: 24 OS: Windows Xp Service Pack 2	nVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT overheating I just bought a brand new nVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT card, I have an 80mm side case fan blowing in, a 120mm back case fan blowing out, a PCI fan blowing down, a massive heatsink/fan for my CPU (which works awesome), my video card has a built in heatsink/fan and my psu has a fan, but my video card still idles at like 120 degrees and when I play video games it jumps up to 140-150 and crashes my computer. I looked at my card's info in Everest and a saw this "Real Clock 351 MHz (DDR) (original: 350 MHz)". Does this mean my "brand new" card is overclocked?? at any rate how do I cool my card down?

11-21-2008, 10:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
lazareth1 Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hong Kong, previously Fife in Bonnie Scotland Posts: 1,294 OS: Vista SP1, Ultimate My System	Re: nVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT overheating Depends. Is that Celcius or Farenheit u quoted your temps at? __________________ Prime95\|Everest Ultimate Edition\|How to do a repair install of XP\|Bench Testing "Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted"

11-22-2008, 01:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
Blalack77 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Arkansas Posts: 24 OS: Windows Xp Service Pack 2	Re: nVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT overheating farenheit

11-22-2008, 03:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,200 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: nVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT overheating then it is nowhere near overheating what does the bios list the voltages and tempretures as what are you running video card cpu m/board ram power supply brand wattage check the listings in the bios for voltages and tempretures and post them __________________ Last edited by dai; 11-22-2008 at 03:31 AM.

11-22-2008, 11:45 AM	#5 (permalink)
Blalack77 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Arkansas Posts: 24 OS: Windows Xp Service Pack 2	Re: nVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT overheating video card: nVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT cpu: AMD Athlon 64, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) 3200+ mobo: ECS RS482-M754 ram: 2gb of whatever lol psu: 450w other stuff: Field Value Sensor Properties Sensor Type ITE IT8712F, Fintek F75383S/384S (ISA 228h, SMBus 4Ch) GPU Sensor Type Driver (NV-DRV) Motherboard Name ECS RS480-M / RS482-M Series Chassis Intrusion Detected Yes Temperatures Motherboard 31 °C (88 °F) CPU 27 °C (81 °F) CPU Diode 36 °C (97 °F) GPU 47 °C (117 °F) WDC WD3200AAJB-00TYA0 27 °C (81 °F) Cooling Fans CPU 2637 RPM *i have more fans than this and they are working. dont know why they're not listed* Voltage Values CPU Core 1.41 V +2.5 V 2.61 V +3.3 V 3.36 V +5 V 5.19 V +12 V 11.97 V +5 V Standby 5.13 V VBAT Battery 3.17 V VBT 1.10 V I'm not sure if thats everything you need or not...

11-22-2008, 05:11 PM	#6 (permalink)
lazareth1 Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hong Kong, previously Fife in Bonnie Scotland Posts: 1,294 OS: Vista SP1, Ultimate My System	Re: nVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT overheating I wish my Graphics were that cold!! I would be more inclined to this a software issue. Does It only crash when u play games? Does it just hang and you have to manually press reset button or do u get a BSOD? (blue screen of death?) __________________ Prime95\|Everest Ultimate Edition\|How to do a repair install of XP\|Bench Testing "Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted"

11-22-2008, 09:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,200 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: nVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT overheating your psu needs to be putting out an available min. of 26amps on the 12v+ line __________________

11-22-2008, 11:37 PM	#8 (permalink)
Blalack77 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Arkansas Posts: 24 OS: Windows Xp Service Pack 2	Re: nVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT overheating I hear that "26amps on the 12v+ line" thing quite often but in all honesty I dont know what that means. and as far as the type of crash: I was playing World of Warcraft and all the colors got like really really weird and then my comp slowed to a crawl and by the time i got WoW closed my computer was freezing up and beeping when I pressed buttons so i just flipped the psu power switch lol

11-23-2008, 03:44 AM	#9 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,200 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: nVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT overheating look at the label on the side of the power supply for the detail http://www.techsupportforum.com/atta...-psu-label.jpg __________________

11-24-2008, 03:18 AM	#10 (permalink)
lazareth1 Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hong Kong, previously Fife in Bonnie Scotland Posts: 1,294 OS: Vista SP1, Ultimate My System	Re: nVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT overheating Which driver version are u using?? You should get the newest ones from www.nvidia.com __________________ Prime95\|Everest Ultimate Edition\|How to do a repair install of XP\|Bench Testing "Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted"