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@gmail.com
> <mailto:azanorak@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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