<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Brian Wood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Friday, June 25, 2010 09:49:20 am James Orr wrote:<br>
<br>
> > Perhaps thermal?<br>
> ><br>
> > Is the video card being well-cooled? Check the fan is working (if you<br>
> > have one), and also check for any dust buildup that<br>
> > might impede airflow.<br>
> ><br>
> > The nVidia setting application lets you check the temperature of the GPU.<br>
> ><br>
> > If you're using VDPAU you won't push the CPU much, which explains the low<br>
> > load, but you are pushing the GPU, and it will<br>
> > throttle itself back if it gets too hot.<br>
><br>
> Yeah, that's it. I opened the case and graphics card fan isn't moving at<br>
> all.<br>
><br>
> There was a loud fan noise a few months back, but I thought it was the CPU<br>
> fan and changed that and it seemed to stop making the noise after that too,<br>
> but I guess that was just because it must have given up entirely!<br>
><br>
> Time for a new card then!<br>
<br>
</div>If you want to waste a lot of money, otherwise I'd just replace the fan. Most I have seen on graphics cards are easily<br>
replaceable. The hard part is finding a new one, but a diligent search should find one.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Yeah, but I want it quickly, so I've ordered a new card from amazon with next day shipping through amazon prime (I love that service!). This one has an actual HDMI with spdif pass through whereas my current card is just using DVI to HDMI cable, so there are other advantages to this card than just getting a new one.<br>
<br>It is kind of a pain though, I've just had to replace a faulty motherboard on my slave backend, seems like all these hardware faults are hitting me at once.<br></div></div><br>