[mythtv-users] Do GeForce GT220s run hot? Was rebooting my system on anything above VDAPUA slim.

[Christopher Kerr]

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Tortise <tortise at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gabe Rubin" <gaberubin at gmail.com>
>> To: "Myth User" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 10:19 AM
>> Subject: [mythtv-users] Do GeForce GT220s run hot? Was rebooting my system
>> on anything above VDAPUA slim.
>>>
>>> I can't find the temperature of the
>>
>> GPU because NVClock does not support this card.
>>
>> Try under the NVIDIA settings config, "Thermal Settings"  (nvidia-settings)
>>
>> Yes they (that is my older VDPAU card) run hot, 60-65 deg typ for me.  I'd
>> increase cooling if it was getting above 70, others may prefer different...
>
> How do you determine the temperature of the card?  I am pretty sure it
> was running hot enough to cause the computer to reboot, but I kept
> running sensors to see if the MB temp was getting high and it never
> really got beyond 50C.  Do I need to do that in nvidia-settings?  Is
> there a config file I can adjust from the command line instead?  I
> have the box hooked to a tv so can't really run gui programs well with
> it (aside from myth).

A hot graphics card shouldn't, generally, cause the computer to reboot
- it might crash X, but it shouldn't bring down the whole system.
Recent nVidia graphics cards remain stable up to quite high
temperatures anyway (~105 degrees C) - not that you should run them
that way, as they'll cause damage to something sooner or later (see
also pictures of GTX480's melting the insulation off nearby power
cables).

It sounds like a problem with the Power Supply to me.

- Chris