@PDP-Fan wrote:
A DL360 G7 is not really made to house a large graphics card like the Quadro 4000. One reason is because the server is only 1 unit high and therefore has not much room for cool air to get to your card. Then the card is in the airstream of the CPU's which heat up the air pretty well.
One thing you could try is to change the power and fan options in the BIOS (of the server) to "high performance" or "full power" .... I don't remember exactly how it was named on the G7.
This will increase fan speed and lower all temperatures including your card.
Have you also tested if the fan of the Quadro is running correctly? Is the heat sink clean? (dust)
That was my first thought. The card sits right on top of the motherboard and there's not much space for it to suck in the air from underneath and then just a small hole to blow it through the fan to outside of the chassis.
You might have a point about the heatsink though. The fan looks like it's running but I'm thinking maybe the thermal paste is old. Once it warmed up and was running for a while the temperature dropped to 84 degrees. I will take the graphics card apart and reapply new thermal paste to see if it helps.
Yeah I think this is the case. I started reading up on it and other people run into it as well.
https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/quadro-4000-overheating-and-cooling/39663/3
Edit: I replaced the thermal paste and it got around 10 degrees cooler. I think I'm gonna either put this card to the side or sell it. Will try out K4200 next to see if it will work. Supposedly it's got a lower TDP and better specs
