display shuts off at random

[Jim]

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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