Nvidia 9800M GTS GPU Overheating w/ winamp

My Nvidia 9800M GTS GPU will always overheat to the point of causing the computer to reboot (100 C!) whenever I start Winamp 5.56. This only started a few weeks ago, so I believe it may be related to the latest winamp release.

I would greatly appreciate any suggestions on how to fix this horrible problem

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• nvidia
• winamp
• gpu overheating

[calfan3]

HI! PLEASE READ THIS MESSAGE!

i had the same problem with same GPU. CLEAN THE AIR VENTS!

they might seem clean to you, but just go out buy some pressurized air in a can, and blow out the vents! now my temp is 45C while surfin net. heavy gaminbg is 82C

if you know how to take your laptop apart, i suggest you replace the thermal paste. and then on the heatsink, the fan should be sprayed with pressurized air.

contact me for further information.

[hopeseekr]

@calfan3 Thanks for the advice. Two days after making this video, I made the mistake of leaving my laptop on with winamp running when I went to work. When I came back, the computer would not turn on and was ... stuck ... to the desk. When I pried it up it seems that the upper left back corner of the case *melted* to the desk, which had a burnt circle, too, which means the GPU must have gotten hotter than 240 F (120 C).

Even if it were the airvents, wouldnt explain why winamp overheats it.

[germas369]

Open google chrome up and see what happens.

[Gwynnbleid030]

@chrischoy9 he said 120c and at 120 its critical for nvidia cards,and YES it does damage itself at that temp.

[chrischoy9]

@hopeseekr at 100c, gpu doesn't damage itself. 

[kazunanakama]

I logged my GPU temp at nearly 500* F. I have no clue how it survived that...it's still shutting down my computer at 100c though. I've tried 3 different driver versions, and recently cleaned out some of the fans.

[AndrosForever]

I made a total disassembly of my laptop to get to the 9800m gts and put some icd seven thermal paste on it and cleaned out the vents. Now while gaming on maxed overclock settings I reach the max temps of 70 C. Normally the gpu runs at around 40-45 C. And it's a fantastic GPU. To this day I still run the latest games like Deus ex Human Revolution at max settings @ full resolution flawlessly always above 30 fps average.

[MrNightwings74]

Reason you had these problems is because nvidia has had faulty chipsets on laptops many companies major companies sued nvida and I believe they won. You shouls trust more ati their gpus are really good and they don't use that much power like nvidias do. So just to recapt it isn't winamp its a faulty gpu again its nvidias fault. I hope you were still under warranty when you uploaded this video.

[daveyhurst]

This is boring!

[BoiledBlackMilk]

@hopeseekr No sir, the gpu is fine at 100c, you just have to be careful not to leave it at that temperature too long

[edtk99]

1- update graphics driver

2- cleanup your laptop

3- change thermal paste use Arctic Silver 5