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dM@n · 12-16-07

everytime I try to use programs that stress my 320MB 8800 GTS (programs like Bioshock, Rivatuner, etc.), the computer freezes and it restarts itself. I don't know if it's my graphics card or my liquid cooling system. It seems that the liquid cooling system works fine. There was one leak in the beginning but that was outside the case. The computer was also off. I fixed it and now, it's flowing well. Temperatures are around 33-38 C without full load, and I did Orthos for about 30 seconds before it froze. Temps were around 45 C. I'm scared that maybe I gave the GPU static discharge or bent a few parts around by accident when I was removing it to install my liquid cooling. Can anyone help?

**prosser13** · 12-16-07

If your PC is freezing in Orthos as well it sounds more like a CPU problem than a GPU problem.

Are you still overclocked?

huniper · 12-16-07

it is possible that you messed it up physically not likely though. What are your temps before orthos fails. First I would try to reapply your thermal paste. Also did it run stable before you installed your liquid cooling. Remember that liquid cooling doest help with higher overclocks it is just a more efficient way to get rid of heat. A speed that was unstable on an air cooler will most likely be unstable on a liquid cooling system. What a liquid cooling system does is allow you to run higher voltages so you can up the speed of your processor and have it still be stable.