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No automatic fan spinups on my very old ATI Radeon 4870 video card in Windows XP Pro SP3?
OK, I reproduced the same issue with old Crysis 1 by idling during my
late lunch. It looks like I need to clear my out dusty computers too. :/ How hot does it get? Earlier today, my video card got up to 90C/194F degrees earlier with its fan to the max (5K) in my ~85F degrees room. I made RivTuner graph the temperatures. Ouch, too hot. Amazingly, it didn't crash quickly like yesterday. I was playing Steam's free weekend of Dead Island game before it crashed. :P Yes, if you haven't cleaned the dust out of the card in a long time, that's not so good. Also, you could verify speed changes while it's open. It doesn't change automatically. I have to force it. Maybe it has a fan and heatsink under a cover? You might have to take it out and blow through there with compressed air, or better, take the cover off and dig out all the junk. I am still using the same fan and uhh plastic cover that came with this MSI video card. I know the fan is loud and blow hard at 100% (5K RPMs) for this fan when I force it through ATI's CCC software. And maybe put a fan in front of it blowing into it. Or get a zalman bracket. It looks like this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000292DNG/...viewsofbo0a-20 Might be discontinued but they have one here, just the bracket, and you use your own fan: http://www.xoxide.com/zalfanbrac.html Yeah, I need to clean this computer and fix the cooling. If the card is still crashing. I think I will just get a new PCIe video card since this is so old. It might have damages too like seen with those stickers. -- Quote of the Week: "When I am at my lowest, that is when I see things the clearest. It's hard to care about ants when you're soaring with eagles." --unknown Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail privately. If credit- ( ) ing, then please kindly use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. |
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No automatic fan spinups on my very old ATI Radeon 4870 videocard in Windows XP Pro SP3?
On 9/20/2015 2:57 PM, Ant wrote:
Also, you could verify speed changes while it's open. It doesn't change automatically. I have to force it. I mean, you can do that and see if it's really changing. If the card is still crashing. I think I will just get a new PCIe video card since this is so old. It might have damages too like seen with those stickers. That certainly solves it, if it's the card. -- Ed Light Better World News TV Channel: http://realnews.com Iraq Veterans Against the War and Related: http://ivaw.org http://couragetoresist.org http://antiwar.com Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. |
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No automatic fan spinups on my very old ATI Radeon 4870 videocard in Windows XP Pro SP3?
On 9/20/2015 6:49 PM, Ed Light wrote:
On 9/20/2015 2:57 PM, Ant wrote: Also, you could verify speed changes while it's open. It doesn't change automatically. I have to force it. I mean, you can do that and see if it's really changing. Oh, it is definitely changing since I can hear it loud when spinning at higher speeds. At 5K, it is like an air blower in there. Hehe. If the card is still crashing. I think I will just get a new PCIe video card since this is so old. It might have damages too like seen with those stickers. That certainly solves it, if it's the card. Yep. Maybe I'll go back to NVIDIA. :P -- "It's like stepping on ants... I don't step on ants, Major." --Odo and Kira from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) Chop ANT from its address if e-mailing privately. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer. |
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No automatic fan spinups on my very old ATI Radeon 4870 videocard in Windows XP Pro SP3?
On 9/21/2015 12:35 PM, Ant wrote:
Yep. Maybe I'll go back to NVIDIA. :P If so, be sure to uninstall the ATI drivers from the control panel programs app. Let us know if the problems clear up! -- Ed Light Better World News TV Channel: http://realnews.com Iraq Veterans Against the War and Related: http://ivaw.org http://couragetoresist.org http://antiwar.com Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. |
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No automatic fan spinups on my very old ATI Radeon 4870 videocard in Windows XP Pro SP3?
On 9/21/2015 4:17 PM, Ed Light wrote:
On 9/21/2015 12:35 PM, Ant wrote: Yep. Maybe I'll go back to NVIDIA. :P If so, be sure to uninstall the ATI drivers from the control panel programs app. Let us know if the problems clear up! Yep. I still haven't touched the stuff since I am not gaming. I have other issues to work like real life, work, MacBook Pro's HDD(?), etc. Argh! -- "I used to own an ant farm but had to give it up. I couldn't find tractors small enough to fit it." --Steven Wright Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) Chop ANT from its address if e-mailing privately. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer. |
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