Help with new GPU
August 7th, 2016
My Motherboard: Asus p7h55d-m pro
Want to buy: Palit GT640 2GB
Can i use that gpu??
I used to have ati hd radeon 5670
Yes, It’d fit fine perfectly fine (It’s a PCI-E card and your motherboard has the needed slot, Plus they’re almost identical on power consumption) Also, You’d get much better gaming performance with the GT640. But I would like to know what makes you think your current card has died, It’s possible you got the problem misdiagnosed. For the record, There could be multiple reasons for no video output (and not just a bad GFX)
The problem with last one was overheating, when i turn on my pc in 5 seconds gpu would be really hot, and pc would shut down really fast.
And one more thing i think there was problem with cpu, i dont know idle temp is 30-40 but when i runned stress test with prime95 (10 mins) cpu temp would be about 86c
The problem your describing is a overheated CPU, I don’t see any correlation to your graphics card!
Don’t throw money away for no reason! What you should do is remove the CPU cooler, Clean up the fan with a small paint brush & clean up the thermal paste from the CPU & Bottom of the heatsink and then re-apply and re-attach it all. If your not feeling confident enough to do this yourself, Take it to a local computer shop or order a tech.
I’ll try that with thermal paste and other, but wanted to see that overheating so i opened computer and runned stress test after 10 minutes i touched cpu and it was a little hot (warm) not that much like 80c
TJMax is 105c (seen that in realtemp)
My cpu is i3 540 3.06 ghz
The problem your describing is a overheated CPU, I don't see any correlation to your graphics card!
Don't throw money away for no reason! What you should do is remove the CPU cooler, Clean up the fan with a small paint brush & clean up the thermal paste from the CPU & Bottom of the heatsink and then re-apply and re-attach it all. If your not feeling confident enough to do this yourself, Take it to a local computer shop or order a tech.
That was suggested by at least half a dozen others to him already in his other topic, yet he still hasn’t.
Ok i decided to buy it, is this one good for my cpu – ZP 360 thermal paste
Get Arctic MX4 thermal paste, it’s only about �4 for a small syringe full, which will do maybe 15-20 cpu’s.
Clean the old paste off with Isopropanol (get half a litre from any chemist, it will last ages and you can use it for other cleaning purposes around the house). If it’s a thermal pad, then use acetone to get that off (nail varnish remover). You only need a small amount of thermal paste.
If you think the old graphics card is overheating, you can do the same – give it a good clean – the fans with a paint brush, and the gpu/heatsink with isopropanol and thermal paste.
Get Arctic MX4 thermal paste
Good recommendation there. You only need a small amount of thermal paste.
Indeed. Applying a thin, sideways line would do. Kinda like in this pic:
http://www.circuitremix.com/images/124/apply_2.jpg
Clean the old paste off with Isopropanol
Couldn’t you just say “Alcohol” instead of using it’s chemical name? There’s no reason to make it sound more complicated than it really is.
Anyways, Either Alcohol or Acetone would do (As long as it’s of 90% purity or higher)
Alcohol of 70% or ordinary acetone (40%) would leave water residue, So I wouldn’t
recommend it. Also, Thermal paste that hasn’t been re-applied for a very long time
tends to be very stiff and harder to remove, So it’d be best to use q-tips first to remove
most if off and then do the finishing touch with a cotton ball.
I have done it, my cpu temp on stress testing after 5 minutes on 100% usage was max 64
Is that good now?
64C on max is acceptable.. good now you did what the half a dozen suggested you to do
Yep Thanks guys
Good on ya, see, you saved buying a gpu you didn’t need. Thermal paste and a little time was a lot cheaper. Enjoy your cooler computer and take pride that you fixed it yourself (with a little help from your friends ).