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    Is there some kind of test or program I could use to check my gpu for failure?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Saisei, Jul 25, 2009.

  1. Saisei

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    So i recently heard of the 84/86 series failing and my laptop has started to act very strange.But I'm unable to determine the cause of the problems since i don't know much about gpus(this was never my strong point). Today I played a game for about 2 hours nothing out of the normal happened to the temps. Is there some kind of program though that i could use?
     
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    Hi Nightmear,

    If you played a Game for 2 hiurs and nothing happened then I would not sweat it ... this 84/86 failures were happening last year on all sort of laptops ...

    Anyway, do this ...

    1) Keep the laptop "Cool" when playing games ... air circulation ... I personally just elevate the back of my laptop and set it on my desk. But then again I bought a laptop with ATI card just to stay from NVIDIA ... when they were having all kinds of problems with their laptop Graphics cards.

    2) Use HWMonitor to monitor your Temps ...

    http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php

    In past even if you had Vista 64-Bit ... it was better to use the 32-Bit version of HWMonitor so it would work ... I have not played with it since version 1.10 ... they might have fixed the 64-Bit version in 1.14.

    Hope this helps some!

    G! :)
     
    gonwk, Jul 25, 2009
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  3. Saisei

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    Thanks i was worried since explorer.exe was acting up and i didnt find any viruses.
     
    Saisei, Jul 25, 2009
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    HWMonitor works fine in Vista 64-bit.
     
    sgogeta4, Jul 26, 2009
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    cpu/gpu stress programs.

    A good one is OCCT
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jul 26, 2009
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    Yes OCCT for the extremes... for stability I always use 3dmark vantage
     
    MrButterBiscuits, Jul 26, 2009
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    I've never used it personally, but Furmark is a good stress-tester, is it not?
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Jul 26, 2009
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    Will these help me determine what the problem is?
     
    Saisei, Jul 26, 2009
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    Not really having any experience in these Nvidia matters but could AtiTool's artifact tester help?
     
    octagonalman, Jul 26, 2009
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