Yes, the fan is running. I always check the fan. On Fri, 2003-12-26 at 23:02, Elton Woo wrote: > Matt Brei wrote: > > >Greetings, > > > >Anyone having what seems to be a heat problem with a 9700 or any other > >newer radeon that uses the fglrx driver from ATI for that matter. I > > > > > > >Right away I shut down and opened up the case to feel the video card and > >sure enough it was running quite hot. I didn't feel like messing with > >it so I just left the machine off so it could cool down over night. At > >first when I power up it runs fine. In the time that its taken me to > >get this far into this message it has started again. I've tried another > > > Doesn't this video card come with an onboard fan? Have you tried running it > with the case open just to make sure that the fan *is* indeed working? > ... if it *didn't* > come with its own fan and heat sink, then you were sold bogus goods, > IMVHO... > Your problem sounds more like a hardware glitch, rather than something > caused > by software (...short of a virus !). > > HTH, > > Elton Woo ;-)
