A plee for help (Geforce 8600m GS)

Yea... so i have this graphics card.

It idles at about 76-78 C (seems high to me?)
Under a stress test it went to 96C (I can almost boil water on it? wtf)
When i play WoW, my pc crashes, i can only assume this is the GPU overheating massively as the bottom of the notebook is extremely hot.

This normal for the graphics card? (doubt it) and are there any solutions?
I tried the Undervolting, didnt have much effect.. though im not 100% sure i did it right.

Thank in advance.
Camz

 

What kind of surface are you putting it on?

Also, make sure there is plenty of space underneath the notebook so it can 'breathe' and ventilate.

 

what laptop is it?

 

Its on my desk... i guess it could be getting suffocated... ill try raising it with something.. *prays it works*

 

As noted, what kind of laptop do you have and how old is it?

 

mines idle at 50-52c oc normal room temp
and 44-45c on cooler

 

ITs about 8months old.

Packard Bell Easynote MB65--(or very similar model) -- anyway to check without finding box etc?
(i dont knw what info is useful tbh im clueless with pcs)

1014mb RAM
T7100
1.8Ghz

Sorry for being clueless :/

Thansk again

 

try reinstalling the driver heres 2

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZPESWCGP

169.04
174.74

i use 169.04. there both highly compressed use 7zip or winrar to extract

 

Thanks for the help dondadah88.
Am i correct that i should only download/install one of the two drivers you mentioned?

 

^^^ Yes. I would choose the 174.74 driver since it's a little newer and seems to have better support, performance, and IQ out of the 174.xx series.

Don't forget to uninstall your current driver though. And maybe run a driver cleaner afterwords (something like Guru Sweeper or Driver Cleaner Professional 1.5).

-Mike.

 

you choose either one i just the 169.04 because that's the only driver i can overclock with
but the 174.74 is very stable and gives great performance.

 

Oki doks, dont suppose you could tell me how to uninstall my current drivers?
(i know im a complete idiot)

 

i would just install the nerw one thats what i did

then download ccleaner and do a registry scan and clean out the garbage
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
everyone has that "idiot" stage dont worry

 

I think the 174.74 is a bad driver to pick. I dont think its stable enough atm. It conflicts with vegas 2 and i heard it conflicts with couple of other games.Try a driver that very stable and check your temps. See if your fans are running at normal speeds. Check the loads on your pc whats idling on it. Also see if you add house fan to it if becomes cooler.

 

It is also possible your system is full of dust and/or lint. Try spraying some compressed air into the vents (while the computer is off) and see what comes out. It is possible your vents are being blocked from providing proper airflow.

You can do a basic uninstall of previous Nvidia drivers by going to the add/remove programs section of your control panel (press the start button and then control panel and then add/remove programs).

You will then have to restart (after uninstalling 'Nvidia drivers'). Then you can install the new driver 174.74.

Some people like to run things like Driver Cleaner, but using the built-in uninstall works fine for me.

 

uhh yeah it sounds like a physical problem more than a driver problem.

dust is a likely culprit.