X1950 Pro AGP - Temps acting weird.

[Denic]

Hello guys.

My X1950 Pro has always been a hot card. I've put new thermal paste on it a number of times and I never saw a temp change.

Today I decided to have another go of putting new thermal paste on again. So I unscrew the heatsync etc, put new thermal on, screw the thing back on and boot up. The temperatures are still the same (55c idle, 70-100c+ fully loaded)

I was playing a game and suddenly my PC crashed, my monitor went off and my GPU fan stopped. I rebooted my PC and the GPU fan still wasn't spinning so I put my finger in it and gave it a manual kick start so to speak and it began spinning again.

After that, my idle temps and loaded temps have been fantastic. 39C Idle 60ish fully loaded.

Maybe when I was putting the heatsync on I did something different. :S

Does anyone know what could have possibly caused this?

Thanks in advanced.

 

[Dwarfer]

as you say, the fan is dodgy so maybe it wasnt working before, if thats the case i'd keep an eye on it.
its also a possibility that there was a metal connection (or maybe an overflow of paste) between the copper heatsink and the circuitry, when the pc reset i presume this 'metal' peice removed itself and had a drastic effect with your pc (as it would do if you mess about with a paperclip on circuits).. maybe it was effecting the card chips to think it was working hotter, almost hard to believe but it is poss :)

ps, with thermal paste you only need less than a grain of rice amount on a spread the size of your thumb nail, i recommend artic silver 5