Ok, I've got a Saphire 9600xt card in my wife's comp. She's been getting errors while playing Guild Wars where it'll freeze up, and then dtd and give an error saying the vpu has been reset because it stopped responding. she can then go back into the game for a short time, before it crashes completely.
SWG runs fine, operating temps have increased, due to the very hot humid weather we're having now.
I took the side panel off, blew what dust that was still in the case out (had recently cleaned the filters, and cleaned out the dust) and re-booted. All the system fans came on, but the viddy card fan did not. I'm guessing that the fan should be on at all times, but don't know whether it cycles on and off with usage.
Am I correct in thinking that the fan is dead? Is it easily replaceable?
suggestions?
Setup: Raidmax 420w psu/case, ASUS a7n8x-x, athlon 2800xp oc 2212Mhz, Saphire Radeon 9600xt, 2X512 Samsung pc3200 RAM