Zalman Passive cooler causes freezing?

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I just got the ZalmanM80A-HP fanless VGA cooler for my Video Card, Gainward GeForce4 Ti4800se.

I have been trying to play some games and whenever I get into them my computer freezes, causes me to have to do a cold reboot. And the heatsink is pretty hot the touch, so maybe, it isn't cooling my card enough which is causing the freezing?

 

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How good is your case airflow? Those Zalman "Passive" coolers really need a decent amount of airflow to operate passively, otherwise you should invest in a fan for them.

 

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do you have any fans blowing on it like a side panel fan or front case fan

also you could get the optional fan from zalman
http://test.zalman.co.kr/usa/product/ZM-OP1.htm

i hope one of those works b/c i was thinking of getting one of those but maybe not now

good luck, Magick_Man

 

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I don't think I can get that fan, because my model has no mounting area for it.

As for my case airflow....I have 2 rear 80mm exhaust, 120mm Fan in the front on my heatcore blowing, 80mm blowhole and my 2 fan PSU.

I took a spare 80mm fan and just put it on top of the video card, maybe it will help

 

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1) ZM-OP1 is comprised of a 80mm slim fan and a fan grill. It can be attached without using a supporting bracket.

Click to expand...

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the HS does need some airflow to function well passively

 

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see here javascript:newwin1('../../images/0311/ZM80C-HP/ZM80C-HP+OP2_b.gif')

aaah crapo it didnt work oh well n/m

Magick_Man

 

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haha it worked

 

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Personally, I have one of these coolers and I don't know that I'd recommend it unless your case has very good airflow. I've got the fan as well.

They are a pain to install and frankly, the cooling isn't great. It IS quiet though.

If you own one of the newer ATI cards, I'd get one of those arctic coolers.