[SOLVED] ASUS OC GTX 770 Idle Temperature +50C (Help!)

[Akronox]

My GTX 770 recently has reached it's record of 51C on idle.... The card had dust inside it, and I used compressed air to clean it, and somehow it's gotten hotter? The fans are spinning at 60%, it's loud, and it doesn't seem to be getting cooler. A week ago, before the cleaning, it had idle temperatures of 20-40 Celcius.

 

[Dj0gany]

repaste it

 

[scout_03]

did you remove it from system and do the air cleaning on the side of fins not in front .

 

[Akronox]

did you remove it from system and do the air cleaning on the side of fins not in front .

That might solve the problem, as well as the thermal paste. I'll check it.

 

[Akronox]

did you remove it from system and do the air cleaning on the side of fins not in front .

I've checked, I don't see dust anywhere. I'm afraid to take it apart, but after cleaning there's no dust. The card uses 1-4% during idle, and temperatures reach +50C. When I turn the fans to max it cools down a few degrees, but doesn't go lower than 40C.

 

[Dj0gany]

I've checked, I don't see dust anywhere. I'm afraid to take it apart, but after cleaning there's no dust. The card uses 1-4% during idle, and temperatures reach +50C. When I turn the fans to max it cools down a few degrees, but doesn't go lower than 40C.

Repaste it,if it hasnt been replaced since launch then the thermal paste dried out.

 

[Akronox]

Repaste it,if it hasnt been replaced since launch then the thermal paste dried out.

I bought it used, I guess the original buyer didn't take it apart since 2013. I'll check into that

 

[scout_03]

it might have been use on intensive gaming or for mining .

 

[Akronox]

it might have been use on intensive gaming or for mining .

I know these weren't its usual temperatures. The same day that I bought it, it would run silently at 25-35C idle. The same week, I had it increase in temperature by 10 Celcius. (40-50C on idle) I've looked online as well and seen some people complain that the graphics drivers are the cause of their GPU heating up. I don't know how that works, but, whatever...

 

[scout_03]

see this might help https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforc...4348/highest-safe-temperature-on-gtx770-2gb-/

 

[Akronox]

see this might help https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforc...4348/highest-safe-temperature-on-gtx770-2gb-/

After taking it apart I saw the heatsink was chock full of dust... I cleaned and repasted, temps are lower, but after seeing the forum I guess this is the normal temp the card should run at

 

[scout_03]

what temp you have now on load and does the air flow in the case is good .

 

[Akronox]

what temp you have now on load and does the air flow in the case is good .

Temps are still the same, maybe it's just what it's supposed to run at

 

[scout_03]

see this on it look it is running hot https://www.google.ca/search?source...hUKEwiDtveh-JnvAhVOnlkKHUSoDXoQ4dUDCAg&uact=5 see if you could have a fan in the front that could blow air directly to it .