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In my computer I have had a X1950Pro 256 mb for about half a year or more.
Now since a while I've been getting strange messages for one game. But not it has spread. It now also does it at games which I have played before without those messages.
This is my system summary:
Manufacturer : Dell Dimension DM051
Mainboard : Dell 0WG261
Chipset : Intel i945G/GZ
Processor : Intel Pentium 4 630 @ 3000 MHz
Physical Memory : 3072 MB
Video Card : ATI Technologies Inc Radeon X1950 Pro (PCIe)
Hard Disk : Maxtor (250 GB)
Hard Disk : SAMSUNG (320 GB)
DVD-Rom Drive : _NEC DVD+-RW ND-3530A
DVD-Rom Drive : QC9011P WWD921A SCSI CdRom Device
DVD-Rom Drive : QC9011P WWD921A SCSI CdRom Device
DVD-Rom Drive : QC9011P WWD921A SCSI CdRom Device
Monitor Type : Dell Computer DELL E176FP - 17 inches
Network Card : Intel Corporation 82801GB I/O Controller Hub LAN
Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2
DirectX : Version 9.0c (oktober 2007)

I also see this:
Monitoring Chip : SMSC
Voltage CPU : 1.39 V
:
Monitoring Chip GPU #1 : ATI Catalyst Driver
GPU Temperature : 73 °C
:
Monitoring Chip GPU #2 : ATI Catalyst Driver
GPU Temperature : 73 °C
:
Hard Disk Temperature Maxtor 7L250S0 : 43 °C


I copied this from PC Wizard 2008.

This is the message I get:

I get this often when playing "World in Conflict" and I now also got it once with "The Elderscrolls IV: Oblivion".

Can someone tell me what this might be? I believe I have the newest drivers.

I take it that the PC is out of warantee from dell? (or that the graphics card was purchased as an upgrade).

The only thing I can suggest is completely removing drivers, running driver cleaner pro in safemode, then restarting and reinstalling the latest drivers.

Dan

does it operate at 73C under load or at idle?