Radeon HD 3650 graphics card issues

My new Radeon HD 3650 is hitting temperatures north of 110 degrees. Anyone have a clue why? Then the whole rig just shuts down and the monitor starts buzzing. I swapped back to my old card for now and everything seems fine.

rustyangler7 said:My new Radeon HD 3650 is hitting temperatures over 110. Does anyone know why? Then my PC just shuts down and the monitor starts buzzing. I put my old card back in and everything works fine.

Maybe try bumping up the fan speed through the software if that's an option.

I bumped it up, but honestly, nothing changed.

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I’m pretty sure that Radeon card still has two years left on its warranty, so if you haven't hit that limit yet...

And it's expired.

Give it a good dusting, mount the fans onto the case, and just make sure none of the cables get in the way.

James Morris4 said:Clean out the dust, mount some fans on the case, and make sure the cables aren't in the way.

And change the thermal paste.👍

Everything looks clean enough. It's just the whole process of swapping out the thermal paste that escapes me. I don't really have a clue what I'm doing there. Which specific paste are we talking about?

If you aren't really a hands-on person, I’d suggest staying away from this. Honestly, if there's a chance you might lose a screw, snap a capacitor, or fry a chip, it’s probably better not to DIY it.
You just pop off the heatsink from its clip, wipe away the old thermal paste—which is great at conducting heat—and apply some fresh stuff. You can pick up a tube for maybe ten bucks at a place like Home Depot.