Video card getting extremely hot

how many open 5" bays do you have (open meaning not used)

i have 3 unused 5.25 bay slots

so i made use of them with this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999164

control pannel ----> device manager----->item you wish to roll back--->properties--->rollback driver (if you cant click it, then i dont know what to tell ya)

or you can try to use the unistall option in there and reboot your pc, then install the driver you want if you have it avalible.

I had 3 open earlier but I put in another DVD drive in so now just 2, but im going to take my IDE dvdrom drive out and put my bay fans back in.

k thnx
ill go to the control panel and try it

where is "device manager?" cant find it

Alphabetical order your icons if they arnt, then search near "D"

then again, im on vista, i dont remember where its at in xp on the control panel, i may be inside another file.

Ok, whats under that setting, when you click device manager what options do you get on the next screen, ill search around til i find something similair.

For the driver, are you using the driver that comes from nvidia?

I guess you can try the custom nvidia drivers ( they are optimized for performance and less heat cycle time. )

Give them a try!

I just noticed thats theres 2 of you talking to me... LOL
I must be blind...!

i just finished making this, i saw that you found it, but damnit if im posting this anyways lol.

Actually i didnt find it, but you gave me an example of something to look for.



WOW i know where its at now! DUH!

Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Device Manager
Chkching

ZOMFG I love you guys!!!1
rolling back now!! W00T!

brb restarting pc, not sure that they did anything

Well i restarted my computer and my monitor froze as usual, has happened a few times lately. then i had to hard boot it so i could see, then it started windows and in the middle of the startup it shutdown.
so now i had to run it in safemode to check everything out.


HECTIC

i think im going to install the bad driver again then roll back again to double check
b/c i think i tryed to shutdown the pc in the middle of the rollback, which is why i think it froze.

hmm seems you have other issues or more issues than you think with the freeze-ups and the like.

ill have to let somebody more experienced help you out other than myself.

good luck and i hope you get it worked out.

well it said on the startup that a recent "hatrdware or software change" could have caused it, which is what happened more the less. anyway, i installed the newest driver again and then tried to rollback once again and it wouldnt let me. it said that there werent any backups for it.

Yes my typing got bad, im ready for bed!

Ok, to all people that read my thread while I'm off sleeping in LaLa-Land just keep through suggestions at me, theres enough information on this thread to get somewhere.

Anyway im out for the night, peace!

hehe

i really would not worry about that 1c. if everything is running normal with the new driver, run it as it is.

from my experience, when you start fixing something that isnt broken, you break it

Well your right honestly, even though its reading my temperatures really high, the inside of the case is normal and the exhausted air feels moderately normal as before. As I've read in another post, it must be a bad driver that reads improper information. I think I might just get a different program that gets accurate measurements. The driver works, but I guess it doesn't work as far as reading the temperature thingy though.

Ok, I'm off for the night, enjoy yourselves!

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