display shuts off at random
Jim
azanorak at gmail.com
Mon Aug 26 13:11:30 MST 2019
One monitor is plugged in via the DVI port and the other via HDMI. I
think Austin was right that heat may be the problem. I put a small fan
in the case so it blows directly on the video card. Psensor show the
card being around 20°C cooler with the fan than without. Thanks
Austin. and everyone else who responded.
On 8/26/19 10:48 AM, Michael Butash wrote:
> Last time I had a video card lose a fan, the whole system would go
> into shutdown, so not sure if it's *only* just cooling, but sounds
> like the card itself, such as the actual output chips are dying/bad.
>
> Are you using any display adapters? My current system with a Nvidia
> 1070 card I use 3x DisplayPort to HDMI adapters, and after a week or
> two of uptime, I'll wake up the displays in the morning for work, and
> randomly a display won't get signal. I have to reset the stupid
> adapter to make it work again. Really annoying, but could be
> something similar if you are using active adapters on the outputs too.
>
> -mb
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 9:21 AM Jim <azanorak at gmail.com
> <mailto:azanorak at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> There's a fan built into the side of the case. I could take the
> side out of the case and put a small fan in there aimed at the
> video card. Right now Psensor says the video card is at 55°C, but
> I just started the machine a few minutes ago. After it warms up,
> the card stays around 80°C. Still, if something in the card is
> going bad, it may act up at lower temperatures than it should.
> Also it can't hurt to cool it down.
>
>
> On 8/26/19 7:19 AM, Austin Godber wrote:
>> Anecdotally speaking, nearly all of my electronics have been
>> freaking out due to the heat, this includes:
>>
>> * google chromecast not playing
>> * roku sound going out periodically
>> * sonos bridge needing restarting daily
>> * VR laptop only works if I put a box fan in front of it
>>
>> You problems sound like they could be heat related. If you have
>> a box fan of some sort and you can improve airflow in your
>> machine, you might be able to test it. Or maybe your case could
>> be better ventilated.
>>
>> Austin
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 10:22 PM Jim <azanorak at gmail.com
>> <mailto:azanorak at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I had thought that it might be getting old, but I only bought
>> the video card new 3 years ago. How long should one last?
>> Psensor shows the temperature of the card at 77°C, but the
>> specs show the maximum allowed temperature is 102°C. It just
>> started doing this a few days ago. I guess I could go into
>> my parts box and find another video card to put in there
>> until I get a chance to buy a new one.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> On 8/25/19 10:13 PM, Harold Hartley wrote:
>>> I might mean that the hardware on the video card may be
>>> getting a little to warm or wearing out. Something to think
>>> about if it’s a dinosaur.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2019, at 21:56, Jim wrote:
>>>> I have a dinosaur running Kubuntu 18.04 with a Gigabyte
>>>> P35-DS3L
>>>> motherboard and an Intel Core 2 duo E6850 CPU and 8GB RAM.
>>>> For a video
>>>> card, I have a GeForce GT 520. A few days ago it started
>>>> acting up.
>>>> Now, at random, it acts as if the video card shuts off.
>>>> Both monitors
>>>> give a no signal message. However, the software I had
>>>> running continues
>>>> running. I know this because the dinosaur still plays the
>>>> audio. The
>>>> keyboard doesn't respond. crtl+alt+backspace doesn't work.
>>>> I can ssh
>>>> into it, but it won't reboot. The only thing I can do to
>>>> recover is to
>>>> hold down the power switch until it shuts off, then turn it
>>>> on again.
>>>>
>>>> Any idea what this might be?
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>>
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