Ati 9800 w/ Star Wars Galaxies (Shut downs)

New problem - -

Game shuts down to Windows desktop after 10 - 15 minutes of play.

Is this a known problem?
I was thinking of trying to glue a heatsink to the back of the card - do I
need to be careful not to let it touch anything but the little blach squares
I'm gluing it to?

Thanks!
Fred

I used to have this problem often after i upgraded form a 64 meg
radeon DDR board to a GF3. I thought i had a bad card. Games would
either just drop back to the desktop or freeze the machine entirely.
I added a case fan because i thought it was heat related, it didn't
help. Finally i upgraded my power supply and i havn't had any trouble
since. Voltages looked good when the 3d wasn't on, but they must have
gotten too low once the 3d on the video card kicked in. Not sure if
it's your problem but it helped me.



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New problem - -

Game shuts down to Windows desktop after 10 - 15 minutes of play.

Is this a known problem?
I was thinking of trying to glue a heatsink to the back of the
card - do I
need to be careful not to let it touch anything but the little blach
squares
I'm gluing it to?

Thanks!
Fred