Question Recent system lockups and GPU driver failure

[Columbia42]

Recently I have had several system lockups which may be related to GPU driver failure. Some have happened while playing Orbiter and others while watching YouTube videos on Google Chrome. A message popped up during one or two lockups saying the graphics drivers had stopped responding. Other times no message appeared but similar symptoms were exhibited. I tried updating my graphics drivers but it didn't fix the problem. I also noticed that my GPU temperature is recorded at around 50 degrees C even when there is no GPU activity. Is this normal for my GPU model? (I have an ATI Radeon HD 5570). My computer/CPU fan has also been acting up lately (whenever there's any CPU usage my computer sounds like a jet engine). If my fan is dying could that be causing my GPU or CPU to overheat?

 

[TSPenguin]

Check if all fans are actually running and are free from dust etc.
This is definitely the easiest check you can make and it should be done on a regular basis anyway.

 

[Columbia42]

All fans appear to be functioning and the CPU fan is mostly free of dust. The GPU and PSU fans were fairly dusty, however, so I cleaned them off. The GPU temp is down to around 48 degrees C. I can't seem to find what the nominal temperature is for my GPU but I would guess it's less than this.

 

[Keatah]

Tj MAX can sometimes be 115C in newer chips. And temp indicators on cards and boards are usually +/- 10 C to begin with.

I'd say 40 to 50 C is probably ok.

 

[Lucy]

I found this temp graph in which your card is listed;



You need to determine the ambient temperature for it to make any sense, and then compare the delta to the benchmark.

 

[RisingFury]

All fans appear to be functioning and the CPU fan is mostly free of dust. The GPU and PSU fans were fairly dusty, however, so I cleaned them off. The GPU temp is down to around 48 degrees C. I can't seem to find what the nominal temperature is for my GPU but I would guess it's less than this.

Ha! Don't kid yourself! GPUs are pigs!