AWarGuy Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Greetings,I've got an old PC lying around and I've decided to fix it and get up and running. I got an Ati Radeon 9250 video card for it (very old but hey spare parts are spare parts). Problem is that after 30 minutes the PC crashes, obivous that the video card is overheating So I cleaned out the PCNope doesn't work Got a 400W PSUNope still crashes. I'm getting fed up as this is the only decent spare video card I got lying around as the old PC has a Matrox Video Card that doesn't even have Direct 3D!Help? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderCrazy Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Want my old X1950GT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWarGuy Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 Want my old X1950GT?Oh yes please :smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draakon Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 If it's overheating problems then get a better cooling system for it. Replace the stock cooling with better one. Or better yet, also make sure enough cool air gets inside the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWarGuy Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 If it's overheating problems then get a better cooling system for it. Replace the stock cooling with better one. Or better yet, also make sure enough cool air gets inside the box.I'll give that a go then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcane20 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 (edited) Just another thing you can try out. Get some overclocking software for you card. Turn the fans up to 100% constantly(when gaming). If that doesn't work you can try putting your clock speed down. Edited August 16, 2011 by arcane20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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