Silverfox Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 No, I just don't feel like taking the HR-03 off and putting it back on later. I'm out of AS5 anyway. And, I sent them one polite email. I can wait. Heh. In all fairness then, you *can* still use your card then And you'll need more AS5 in the future too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 I'm not sure what the HSI chip does or if it gets hot enough to need a heatsink. I would assume it does since they included one... It's a High-Speed Interface chip... what it does on a non-AGP card is beyond me, but it gets very hot, and failing to cool it adequately leads to lockups and crashes under 3D load Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingGhost Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Only 3D load? So I could use my computer until I get that new HSI sink? Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Only 3D load? So I could use my computer until I get that new HSI sink? Thanks. If you are willing to risk that, why not just put the stock sink back on? Surely it cant take that long Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingGhost Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 I got a replacement HSI sink, but there is a problem...I must have seated the heatsink on wrong or something. I get a crap load of vertical...bars, I guess, and when I try to boot into Vista (safe mode worked), it says nvmkmdll.sys or whatever (the nvida display driver) has crashed. Want pictures? I guess I'll go reseat the heat sink, I hope I didn't fry my video card... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 I got a replacement HSI sink, but there is a problem...I must have seated the heatsink on wrong or something. I get a crap load of vertical...bars, I guess, and when I try to boot into Vista (safe mode worked), it says nvmkmdll.sys or whatever (the nvida display driver) has crashed. Want pictures? I guess I'll go reseat the heat sink, I hope I didn't fry my video card... Harsh. I just put an Accelero S1 on my X1950XT and it cools passively rather well. 44* idle and 67* load! Now my machine is getting there for silence. Shame that the Nexus fans aren't quite as silent as I had hoped for. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 Only 3D load? So I could use my computer until I get that new HSI sink? Thanks. Vista uses 3D acceleration at the desktop I believe for transparency, 3D, animations, etc... I could be wrong, but that's what I read during "Longhorn" development Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingGhost Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 (edited) I didn't reseat my heatsink yet, but I tightened the screws holding it on, and took away my soundcard (right on top of the fan, I thought it may be restricting airflow), same as before. I tried using the other DVI port, and got no video...I'm starting to think I did something wrong putting the heat sink on, or I fried my video card, or something. Tomorrow I will reseat my heat sink, and if that doesn't work, I guess I'll slap the stock heat sink on and RMA it to EVGA...They're supposed to be good with this. I think I read on these forums that someone did something like that with an older out of production card, and EVGA even gave them an upgrade... Edited October 14, 2007 by LivingGhost Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingGhost Posted October 14, 2007 Posted October 14, 2007 Ok, a bit of a bump. I've been way too busy to deal with this for the past couple of months, but I finally fixed my biggest issues. I had way too much AS5 on my heatsink, so the majority of my problems are gone. But I'm still having issues with that display driver. My video essentially dies for a few seconds at (seemingly) random intervals, and it's only video, nothing else (as far as I can see) is affected. I haven't tried the new nV drivers yet, but that did nothing last time, so I'm not hopeful. Has anyone found a fix to this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectrascope Posted October 14, 2007 Posted October 14, 2007 Try the new drivers if possible, if problem still continues rma the card if possible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingGhost Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 Ok, well, updating the driver and installing that Windows hotfix helped. No crashes or messed up video on the desktop, and I was able to play Portal for about an hour, but then I got hit with it again. I'm thinking it's a heat problem, as I've read about this happening in XP and with ATi cards. I have an aftermarket heatsink and fan though, so I guess all that's left would be underclocking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 I guess all that's left would be underclocking. oh please don't utter those words of sacrilege! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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