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 > 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 >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> -- >> Harold Hartley >> 17632 N. 5th place >> Phoenix, AZ 85022 >> wheelie207@ownmail.net >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list -PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss