My computer eats video cards

[Berserker]

like candy. I run 3 monitors on XP it ate cards twice. So last month I switched to Windows 7 and tonight it ate my cards again. Any reason why this is happening? I am confused. ?????

[Berserker]

1. OMG

It's been 14 fuckin minutes and NO ONE has answered me .........:evilgrin:

[Kali]

4. ...

:spank:



:rofl:

[struggle4progress]

2. How big and many cards, and how is your case ventilation? Do you monitor the temps?

Three monitors could be two off a card and one off the mobo, or two off one card and another off a second card etc

Even the smaller cards can throw a lot of heat, and if you're running two double-wides you may really have a little oven

I run two monitors, with one doublewide in my desktop, and unless I crank up the fans I'll get some parts inside the case at 150F -- and that's near the suggested limit for some electronic parts

[Occulus]

3. Bad mobo or power supply is my first guess

You use the plural. Is this an SLI rig? If so, remove one card. Also, download and install Rivatuner and take a look at your GPU temps.

You may also want to look at your BIOS and see if something got unintentionally overclocked somehow. Your BIOS could be accidentally frying your cards.

[Jazzgirl]

5. I'm with you Occulus.

I suspect an underpowered power supply. It definitely sounds heat or power related.

[Berserker]

6. I am

running 3 monitors off two video cards. The core temp was 154.4 degrees. I removed one card and I am using two monitors and the temp has dropped to 106 degrees. Since I have removed the card my computer no longer freezes. I am thinking about using a new video card that has three ports for the monitors. Although I do notice a spike in temp when I play a video.
I installed a program called Speedfan 4.43 to monitor my temps. http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php
Thanks to everyone for the help.

[hobbit709]

7. I would suggest more cooling for the case

Or a case with bigger and more case fans. My main system has 2 140mm fans and a 120mm one just for the case. It keeps my OC'd to 4GHz 6 core cpu in the low 30's C.