Radeon x1650 pro overheating

[Emansor]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/zemzero/IMG_0393.jpg

That's my work desk, hence all the scratches.

The chip surrounded by, what I'm assuming is a thermal pad, get's extremely hot just from the computer being on.

Can I put a small heatsink over it, would that cause any problems?

Do you think the card is already damaged, by overheating from doing nothing? The fan seems to work, but the blades are straight. I have a different one with curved blades, but I would need to drill holes in it, and play around to get it to fit in the stock heatsink.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/zemzero/IMG_0410.jpg

This is what I have. The pink heatsinks/fan are from Vantec called Iceberq, the black heatsink/fan are stock. I'm on the fence about using the Iceberq stuff, but not sure since everything there is smaller. Everything is aluminum.

Would I be better off just buying this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118117


The card is brand new, maybe a month old. I really need it to last.

[jdeb]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/zemzero/IMG_0393.jpg

That's my work desk, hence all the scratches.

The chip surrounded by, what I'm assuming is a thermal pad, get's extremely hot just from the computer being on.

Can I put a small heatsink over it, would that cause any problems?

Do you think the card is already damaged, by overheating from doing nothing? The fan seems to work, but the blades are straight. I have a different one with curved blades, but I would need to drill holes in it, and play around to get it to fit in the stock heatsink.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/zemzero/IMG_0410.jpg

This is what I have. The pink heatsinks/fan are from Vantec called Iceberq, the black heatsink/fan are stock. I'm on the fence about using the Iceberq stuff, but not sure since everything there is smaller. Everything is aluminum.

Would I be better off just buying this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118117


The card is brand new, maybe a month old. I really need it to last.

you say hot but what are you talking about? is it failing? what are the temps? you said the fan blades are straight but the picture shows different. If there is a cooling issue related to the supplied fan then it would be a warranty item, ati would get you out one pronto.

p.s. how much are you overclocking it?

the card is notorious for running hot

A real quick way to check for an overheating problem is to just pull the side cover and place a small desk type fan blowing air into the case. If the problem stops, you have found overheating to be the cause.

what model number is your power supply? 25A+ on the 12v rail is required

[Emansor]

I'm not overclocking the card at all.

I was playing Medieval II Total war and my computer would go to a black screen and freeze. It would only happen with that game so I thought it was a problem with the game, not my hardware.

After the third time I had to restart my computer, I was watching a video with WMP and eventually the monitor had yellow/purple/blue lines across it. I've only ever seen this with an overheating problem.

None of the rails on the PSU are up to required levels, I know, It's next in line for an upgrade.

Just curious if putting a heatsink on the GPU chip would do anything


*Edit*

Are you saying that the card could potentially overheat because it can not draw enough power from the PSU? Currenly my psu is an Allied AL-A300ATX Rev: B
+3.3 - 20A +5V - 30A +12V - 10A

[Alaron]

I would replace that power supply on principle. Allied brand units are terrible quality and those voltages are very low for a modern computer, especially on the 12V rail.

[glc]

Not only is Allied a terrible brand, it does not meet minimum specs for that card. Replace it NOW before you damage something else. I'd recommend you put that card back together carefully as I see a RMA in your future.

EDIT: I see you have a new thread going so I'm going to close this one.