John McNeil
December 8th 03, 10:15 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>Need another suggestion for my 9700 pro. Last week I put
>on ram sinks, tweak monster brand with the arctic
>adhesive, to help cool the memory on the card. I still
>think the card is having heat problems. I have 2 fans in
>the back blowing air out, 4 up front blowing in and one
>on the side blowing in which use to blow out, but changed
>it to blow in on the card. I have nothing around the
>card so that I could have good circulation. Ram sinks
>are on fine, but when I played UnrealII, those flashing
>bars and little black lines that are in a pattern
>appeared again and I had to shut down and reboot. I have
>all the latest drivers and patches and played with
>settings and I know that it's not that, but heat because
>a tech who has done work for me before said it was
>definitely heat. I do not know what else to do. A
>better fan on the gpu? Cannot do the heat pipe like
>Zalman's because I don't see any mounting holes for it.
>Should I try a card that has that on there or a different
>Radeon or maybe the FX? Please help. I have had all of
>these frustrations for months.
>.
>Is it possible for you to measure the temp of one of your
video rams? Rent or borrow a thermal meter with thermistor
or thermocouple sensor. Lead the sensor wire out of the
chassis and take temp after 30 to 60 minutes of operation.
Then call ATI with the results.
>Need another suggestion for my 9700 pro. Last week I put
>on ram sinks, tweak monster brand with the arctic
>adhesive, to help cool the memory on the card. I still
>think the card is having heat problems. I have 2 fans in
>the back blowing air out, 4 up front blowing in and one
>on the side blowing in which use to blow out, but changed
>it to blow in on the card. I have nothing around the
>card so that I could have good circulation. Ram sinks
>are on fine, but when I played UnrealII, those flashing
>bars and little black lines that are in a pattern
>appeared again and I had to shut down and reboot. I have
>all the latest drivers and patches and played with
>settings and I know that it's not that, but heat because
>a tech who has done work for me before said it was
>definitely heat. I do not know what else to do. A
>better fan on the gpu? Cannot do the heat pipe like
>Zalman's because I don't see any mounting holes for it.
>Should I try a card that has that on there or a different
>Radeon or maybe the FX? Please help. I have had all of
>these frustrations for months.
>.
>Is it possible for you to measure the temp of one of your
video rams? Rent or borrow a thermal meter with thermistor
or thermocouple sensor. Lead the sensor wire out of the
chassis and take temp after 30 to 60 minutes of operation.
Then call ATI with the results.