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Need a case fan!

SquashuaSquashua __BANNED USERS regular
edited January 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
The following keeps happening: at the dead center of my screen, it blurs outward in a spiral pattern when I play Battlefield 2 (v1.41). It happens randomly and I can't figure out when how or why. This is why I'm loathe to buy any other PC games. Need to figure this out.

Recommendations?

MONITOR: 1600x1200 60mhz LCD (Dell)

GRAPHICS CARD: ATI Radeon 9600

DRIVER Version: 8.321.0.0

SCREEN CAPTURE:
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  • stigweardstigweard Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    It looks like the card is overheating. Have you cleaneed your pc recently?

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  • 3lwap03lwap0 Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    I had this exact problem with my ATI 9800, and the card you have is overheating. You can try a 3rd party cooler to keep it cool, but damage may have already been done to the card. It's likely time for an upgrade either way.

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  • SquashuaSquashua __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2006
    overheating? Damn Can it be salvaged?

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  • SquashuaSquashua __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2006
    ping

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  • urchinurchin Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Yeah, you just need to clean out your computer case of dust and maybe install another case fan/get a faster one. Make sure you clean your computer case out outside or in a different room otherwise all the dust will get back in the case within days.

    Also, are you really able to run BF2 at 1600x1200 with a 9600? That sounds amazing, if not abusive.

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  • SquashuaSquashua __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2006
    urchin wrote:
    Yeah, you just need to clean out your computer case of dust and maybe install another case fan/get a faster one. Make sure you clean your computer case out outside or in a different room otherwise all the dust will get back in the case within days.

    Also, are you really able to run BF2 at 1600x1200 with a 9600? That sounds amazing, if not abusive.

    Maybe I should tone it down? I'm not overclocking anything.

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  • Gotcha ForceGotcha Force Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    get an arctic silencer, it is incredibly easy to install.. the hardest part is usually removing the plastic tabs from the stock fan (the "expansion pins" that go through the card, no real good advice to get them out..)

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  • urchinurchin Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    I'd try turning it down to 1280x1024 or 1024x768 and see if it helps. I'm not sure if this is the problem or if the damage is not permanent - when the fan on my 9800pro broke my computer would reboot 5 minutes into any game (for obvious reasons). It took me a while before I got frustrated enough to open the case and saw that the fan had died. How many fans do you have in your case (excluding the CPU fan)?

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  • SquashuaSquashua __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2006
    FANS

    1) Silencer Ultra TC 64 over the CPU
    2) Large Case Fan on back of case
    3) Power supply's internal fan
    4) Intake tube (no fan) on the side of the case over the silencer 64.

    Suggestions?

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  • urchinurchin Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    I'm not an expert on cases, but I think most of them now-a-days have spots for fans in the front, behind the faceplate with the power button and stuff.

    Once you get that fan installed, try flipping them around so the fan in front is sucking air in and the one in back is expelling it, or vice versa.

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  • SquashuaSquashua __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2006
    urchin wrote:
    I'm not an expert on cases, but I think most of them now-a-days have spots for fans in the front, behind the faceplate with the power button and stuff.

    Once you get that fan installed, try flipping them around so the fan in front is sucking air in and the one in back is expelling it, or vice versa.

    Ooh, I do have an empty spot for a fan in the front. Good call!

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  • SquashuaSquashua __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2006
    It's a 3.5" square fan-holder. Anyone want to recommend a good one?

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  • MentholMenthol Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    I don't know about fans for the front panel, but if you have any free expansion slots i highly recommend this fan.

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/pcmods/6937/

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  • SquashuaSquashua __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2007
    Menthol wrote:
    I don't know about fans for the front panel, but if you have any free expansion slots i highly recommend this fan.

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/pcmods/6937/

    Ordered.

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  • robaalrobaal Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    AFAIK blowers don't move much air, so I would suspect that one to be really loud if it's rated for 32CFM.

    The front holder is probably for an 80mm fan. If you decide to get one then good brands are Panaflo, Papst, Sanyo Denki - but they are also rather expensive. Good but inexpensive brands would be Yate Loon and I use Sunon fans as they are easiest to get where I live.
    I think you should get one with <2500rpms if you want to keep the noise down, I think <2000rpms would be very hard to notice


    I think the best solution would be to either get an after-market cooler for the video card.
    I would recommend this thing made by Evercool, it's cheap, fit's many cards and is supposedly as efficient as a Zalman VF900 and rather quiet. It's cheap though so you're likely to need to change the fan on it in a year or two - it shouldn't be too hard to zip-tie a 70mm one to the heatsink...


    You could also cut out a hole in the side panel for an extra fan; I'm told that a jig saw works very well for that, though a hole attachment for a drill would be neater; a dremel would work too, though you'd probably use up quite a few of the cutting wheels.
    Do use rubber pegs to mount the fan if you decide to do this, as the panels are fairly flexible and the vibration might make them noisy.
    I think a 92mm hole would be enough, and I would suggest making the fan blow air in.

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