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Old 24th Sep 2007, 07:02
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Default My computer shuts down when i play games!

After some reading I've found out that it might be the voltregulators that's getting overheated. Is there some special cooler for the voltregulators?

Where on the card can i find them/what do they look like?
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Old 24th Sep 2007, 16:01
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Default My computer shuts down when i play games!

Ive never heard of special voltage regulator coolers for a graphics card and I've worked for 15 years in the electronics trade and had an interest in pc's for slightly longer.

The best thing you can do is make sure your case is well ventilated and free of dust.
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Old 1st Jan 2008, 16:37
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try getting a better cooler
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Old 3rd Jan 2008, 15:33
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Default My computer shuts down when i play games!

Well i bought a new cooler, so i will not do it again =P

But anyway I solved the problem, it turned out it was the voltage regulators that was getting overheated, so i fixed a cooling solution for them and now it works. The voltage regulators are still getting to hot though but not hot enough to cause the PC to crash, so i dont bother fixing it better since I'll probably buy a new video card in february or so when the new models is introduced.
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Old 14th Jan 2008, 02:34
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hi mate. dont know if this will help you like, but my fan went the other day on my heatsink fpr cpu , it was spinning but not fast enough so my cpu was idiling 65C and when i played a game it would just all freeze up and go off so maybe check other components? hope yiu get it fixed man, would drive me nuts lol
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