OK, so here's the scoop. Last time my video card was giving me overheating problems, I took it to Geek Squad and they said the solution was that the thermal grease was no longer touching the GPU, thus everytime I played a game, the card wasn't getting adaquate cooling. The problem was 4 screws under the fan that had become slightly unscrewed and there was a gap, so screwing them in once more fixed the problem without having to replace the thermal grease.
The problem is once again happening, and I don't want to spend the money to fix the problem again, I want to do it myself. I got the card around September of 2005, it started overheating around March of 2006, fixed, and now its happening again.
Computer Specs
256MB PCI-E NVidia Geforce 6800 GT
Pentium 4 3.2 GHz with HT technology
Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit
120 GB Hard Drive
500 Watt Power Supply (Used to be 420, but the video card complained of not getting enough power and it eventually blew)
BTW, the temperature is normally 88 degrees Celsius and 128 degrees Celsius while playing a game when the overheating problem is happening (above 128 is when I begin to see artifacts happen), and when its not, the temperature is normally 53 degrees Celsius and 78-82 degrees Celsius while playing a game.
Couple questions I want answers to as well:
When screws get hot for an extended period of time, do they tend to unscrew themselves over time?
Should I change the thermal grease in my video card?
Will I be able to do the job myself if I have experience working with upgrading and making my own PC and I'm not afraid of doing that kind of work?
The problem is once again happening, and I don't want to spend the money to fix the problem again, I want to do it myself. I got the card around September of 2005, it started overheating around March of 2006, fixed, and now its happening again.
Computer Specs
256MB PCI-E NVidia Geforce 6800 GT
Pentium 4 3.2 GHz with HT technology
Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit
120 GB Hard Drive
500 Watt Power Supply (Used to be 420, but the video card complained of not getting enough power and it eventually blew)
BTW, the temperature is normally 88 degrees Celsius and 128 degrees Celsius while playing a game when the overheating problem is happening (above 128 is when I begin to see artifacts happen), and when its not, the temperature is normally 53 degrees Celsius and 78-82 degrees Celsius while playing a game.
Couple questions I want answers to as well:
When screws get hot for an extended period of time, do they tend to unscrew themselves over time?
Should I change the thermal grease in my video card?
Will I be able to do the job myself if I have experience working with upgrading and making my own PC and I'm not afraid of doing that kind of work?