- Joined
- Jul 27, 2003
- Location
- Warrington
Hi
I've got a bit of a major problem with my ATI Radeon 9000 from Sapphire. Most games I run after about 5 minutes start having colour flashes on screen folllowed by a total lockout of the system.
I'm not overclocking the card but someone has mentioned to me that it could be that the card is overheating. The colour flashes get worse when the card is used for doing more graphic intense work like GTA3 and RTCW, I can play less graphic intensive games for sometime before the problem arising (GTA2, Tomb Raider 3) but it still arises.
A few times I've touched the heatsink on the GPU to see how hot it's got when it's crashed and burnt my fingers. I'm quite sure the heatsink shouldn't be getting this hot!
So has anyone got any idea what type of fan should I attach to it, and where can I get it from. Are there special fans for this available?
OR is it possible to Underclock the system so at least I can play games whilst I get the fan figured out.
I've got a bit of a major problem with my ATI Radeon 9000 from Sapphire. Most games I run after about 5 minutes start having colour flashes on screen folllowed by a total lockout of the system.
I'm not overclocking the card but someone has mentioned to me that it could be that the card is overheating. The colour flashes get worse when the card is used for doing more graphic intense work like GTA3 and RTCW, I can play less graphic intensive games for sometime before the problem arising (GTA2, Tomb Raider 3) but it still arises.
A few times I've touched the heatsink on the GPU to see how hot it's got when it's crashed and burnt my fingers. I'm quite sure the heatsink shouldn't be getting this hot!
So has anyone got any idea what type of fan should I attach to it, and where can I get it from. Are there special fans for this available?
OR is it possible to Underclock the system so at least I can play games whilst I get the fan figured out.