Help! over heating TI4200

rainmx · Feb 15, 2003, 07:04 AM

Everytime i play a game after awhile the game will stop and return me to windows.So i thought the cpu might be over heating but i put it under a load with sandra burn in wizard for about 5 hours and cpu temp results was 118 F. Then i opened the case and discovered that my video card was very hot to the touch. I checked the fan to make sure it is working properly and it was. Is there a way to cool the Card i have fans but i dont thing that will do.

Celeron 2ghz@2.8ghz
256 800mhz rdram
40gig Maxtor hd 5400rpm
Asus p4t533-c mobo
Ti4200 no o/c
Dets 4251
dx9
Win XP pro

Any help would be appriciated

digitalwanderer · Feb 15, 2003, 04:26 PM

On your viddy card? Just the stock fan? Do and do you have heatsinks on your ram?

Madgoat1979 · Feb 15, 2003, 04:56 PM

my card heated up all the tme too,

turned out to be a bad resistor... and it caused my whole card to burn out.... But in the mean time, It got really hot. I would suggest RMA it if you are able too. Im looking into seeing if this is a problem with a lot of the 4200 cards... (so far there are a lot of people that are having (or had) problems like this resulting in a fried card.

best of luck,

MadGoat

~~mchaber~~ · May 1, 2003, 11:47 AM

Ive got a Leadtek GeForce 4200 ti and its not overheating

You didnt Overclocket it, Right?

majin_bu · May 1, 2003, 12:22 PM

maybe a bad card!?

BLâzéR Evo · May 1, 2003, 02:22 PM

Had one of this prob before.....don't oc your card.

BLâzéR Evo · May 1, 2003, 02:26 PM

Overheating can damage the card

D.D. · May 1, 2003, 10:31 PM

Hm...you could try buying a new thremaltake gf4 cooler for it and see if that helps. Otherwise, just go with the advice from the other guys. It would really suck if it was a resister problem...

gpuica · Dec 7, 2003, 08:32 PM

you ppl are scaring me...i run my inno3d ti4200 128ddr at 270/570...anything over that will make it unstable...mightve burned a piece off

...i get these random magenta/green dots on the typing cursor (that big think that looks like an I)...and i get a lot of random dots in photoshop (using a lot of vid card and overheating it?)...i need some memory heatsinks so i dont cause problems

Feb 15, 2003, 07:04 AM	#1
rainmx DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 51 Rep Power: 0	Help! over heating TI4200 Everytime i play a game after awhile the game will stop and return me to windows.So i thought the cpu might be over heating but i put it under a load with sandra burn in wizard for about 5 hours and cpu temp results was 118 F. Then i opened the case and discovered that my video card was very hot to the touch. I checked the fan to make sure it is working properly and it was. Is there a way to cool the Card i have fans but i dont thing that will do. Celeron 2ghz@2.8ghz 256 800mhz rdram 40gig Maxtor hd 5400rpm Asus p4t533-c mobo Ti4200 no o/c Dets 4251 dx9 Win XP pro Any help would be appriciated Last edited by rainmx; Feb 15, 2003 at 08:51 AM.

Feb 15, 2003, 04:26 PM	#2
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,620 Rep Power: 0	What kind of cooling? On your viddy card? Just the stock fan? Do and do you have heatsinks on your ram? __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Feb 15, 2003, 04:56 PM	#3
Madgoat1979 VTX NuTz!!! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 763 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	might be a faulty card. my card heated up all the tme too, turned out to be a bad resistor... and it caused my whole card to burn out.... But in the mean time, It got really hot. I would suggest RMA it if you are able too. Im looking into seeing if this is a problem with a lot of the 4200 cards... (so far there are a lot of people that are having (or had) problems like this resulting in a fried card. best of luck, MadGoat __________________

May 1, 2003, 12:22 PM	#5
majin_bu DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	mine neither maybe a bad card!?

May 1, 2003, 02:22 PM	#6
BLâzéR Evo DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	Had one of this prob before.....don't oc your card. __________________ What are you lookin' at?

May 1, 2003, 11:47 AM	#4
~~mchaber~~ Banned Join Date: May 2003 Location: Earth Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Ive got a Leadtek GeForce 4200 ti and its not overheating You didnt Overclocket it, Right?

May 1, 2003, 02:26 PM	#7
BLâzéR Evo DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	Overheating can damage the card __________________ What are you lookin' at?

May 1, 2003, 10:31 PM	#8
D.D. DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 32 Rep Power: 0	Hm...you could try buying a new thremaltake gf4 cooler for it and see if that helps. Otherwise, just go with the advice from the other guys. It would really suck if it was a resister problem... __________________ I'm here... Now

Dec 7, 2003, 08:32 PM	#9
gpuica DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: West Windsor, NJ Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	you ppl are scaring me...i run my inno3d ti4200 128ddr at 270/570...anything over that will make it unstable...mightve burned a piece off ...i get these random magenta/green dots on the typing cursor (that big think that looks like an I)...and i get a lot of random dots in photoshop (using a lot of vid card and overheating it?)...i need some memory heatsinks so i dont cause problems