How to tell if your card/PC is going to overheat - using 7300GT

eatingrich

Hello everyone,

I've finally upgraded my graphics card to about the level I'm happy with for now - a 7300GT 256 AGP card.

At first when I put it in it said it wasn't receiving enough power so kept me on a low resolution. I looked up the manual, realised what was wrong and found a spare cable from the power supply to plug directly into it, and when I rebooted it was fine.

I tested Morrowind on it, played around for a bit then turned off.

I've turned back on now and when I was loading up various things, Firefox, Dreamweaver, AVG and so on, suddenly the PC started humming really loudly, like the fan really kicked in. It's been like that since, for about 20-30 minutes now.

The PC hasn't shut down or anything, but I'm paranoid that the card needs more power or something. My power supply model is ENCA ATX 400W. Is that enough?

It didn't occur to me about the power supply really until I bought the card. I'd have thought if an error message came up initially when it didn't have enough power it'd do the same now wouldn't it?

I'm surprised (unpleasantly!) by the increase in sound coming from my PC but I'd rather that than it break down!

Any advice greatly welcomed!

Celeron 2.66ghz CPU
1GB RAM
Above mentioned graphics card
80GB Hard drive
ASUS P4S800 Mobo.

eatingrich

It seems to have quietened down slightly now. It's a lot more tolerable!

Should it still be something I should be worried about?

kris23

its an adjustable fan youll probably get used to it...

CDsDontBurn

make sure that there isn't anything in the way of the fan. ie, no wires or anything pocking and prodding into the fan housing. usually, that causes such noises.

eatingrich

cheers for the replies guys. I've been using it all weekend and its not crashed or anything. It just probably means I won't be able to stay up late and play games while the missus sleeps!