GPU high heat

Frikster said:

It is not game related. I have tried a bunch of stuff and it is not possible that the game works on my friends pc which is 5 times slower and about 4 more years older than mine ( maybe more ).
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Just finished cleaning the card, a ton of dust came out and is gone now. Now i started the pc and this is what i see.. no icons on a bunch of stuff..
Should i grab my hammer to "fix" the pc or there is an alternative

AUX 127c? wow. i really... really hope that is missreading... also nah. Try upgrading some hardware and update the drivers as much as you can becouse thats a big problem with older computers. The hammer wont make you very much happier sorry. I had one of thoose computers for 4 years and im glad its over

Frikster said:

If i am gonna get a new card i am gonna get a whole PC. Getting something new isnt exactly a solution right now and of course the easiest way to fix something is to get a new one.

Accually.. No the easiest way isnt really to get a completely new computer. Well if you got the money then that may work but upgrading can come REAL far.
I plugged a new psu and a GTX 660 into my 4 year old machine with 4Gb ddr2, 3 core 2.4Ghz amd phenom cpu and that thing maxed out litterarly everything. Though i did not use the gpu's full potential due to cpu bottlenecks.

Frikster said:

Lets. Stick to the main problem that currently is happening. No icons.
Posted 17 min ago, page 1. Look at it :)

Um.. Yeahh.. That looks normal cough..
Did you recently download new drivers?
How did you clean the card?
Have you tried turning it off and on again

Normal ? I cant click on any of those or open them , doesnt say for any what it actually is.
The windows downloaded drivers i guess for something, it installed stuff, no idea what it was for.
I used the power of blowing to clean it . Dont have any other tools at my disposal but its very clean now, used a smooth brush as well.

I did try and its ok now.
Guess if there is anything else i cant resolve will just write here. Will mark as solved when i do tests with it about crashes , freezes etc.

Frikster said:

Normal ? I cant click on any of those or open them , doesnt say for any what it actually is.
The windows downloaded drivers i guess for something, it installed stuff, no idea what it was for.
I used the power of blowing to clean it . Dont have any other tools at my disposal but its very clean now, used a smooth brush as well.

I did try and its ok now.
Guess if there is anything else i cant resolve will just write here. Will mark as solved when i do tests with it about crashes , freezes etc.

So everything works?
Then nice. Glad everything got fixed

Get a can of compressed air and blow the insides again (you said a ton of dust was removed just by blowing)

Don't use a small brush! That might dislodge a wire or other component requiring you to check connections and reseat a memory stick or card. Use the can of air to clean and do a thorough job (don't just blow it around, blow it out of the case)

The aux temp - hmmm - that's an internal component 127 C is not good. Try another uility to read that temp.
Speccy is a good one: Speccy - Publish Snapshot of your System Specs
If it's a misread or the sensor is giving bad feedback, the Speccy "2nd opinion" might provide more information.

Anyway, your GPU temp dropped form 53 C to 35 C, your first dusting seemed to have helped (or the fans kicked on) :)

The system is running well now - right?
If it freezes /crashes again follow these posting instructions:
SF Diagnostic Tool - Using for Troubleshooting
Members will want to see the output, so pay attention to Step 7.

Thanks

Bill
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Slartybart said:

The aux temp - hmmm - that's an internal component 127 C is not good. Try another uility to read that temp.

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Phantom reading. The sensor chip supports something, but there is no sensor attached. Speedfan for as good as it can be is essentially a one-size-fits-all program, and doesn't filter out things like this.