In view of my Rivatuner getting corrupted and making the fan slow down the more it heated up, I decided to give the system a shot running on its own fan control system.
I wonder if it's safe to do so (I run it at BFG OC2 stock speeds, the overclock in my system specs is only used for benchmarking).
Does anyone here run a GT on stock cooler and without 3rd party program fan control, without a flashed bios?
Here are the temperatures I got during an Oblivion session. My room temperature is warmish, 20C. (In summer it'd be like 28C with the A/C)
Also, what does the "temp chip detection failed" mean at the start of the log?
2008-03-24 16:36:39 D Successfully connected to driver, version 130
2008-03-24 16:36:39 D Scanning for ATI VGA Cards...
2008-03-24 16:36:39 D Scanning for NVIDIA VGA Cards...
2008-03-24 16:36:39 D Found NVIDIA device: 0x10DE 0x0611 bus 1 dev 0
2008-03-24 16:36:39 D fbPhy: 0x0, mmrPhy: 0xF5000000.
2008-03-24 16:36:39 D mmapped mmr to 0xE00000
2008-03-24 16:36:39 D F75373 temp chip detection: failed (VendorID)
2008-03-24 16:36:39 D ADT7473 temp chip detection: failed (VendorID)
2008-03-24 16:37:20 I Loading profile 'Default':
2008-03-24 16:37:20 I Gamma: loaded
2008-03-24 16:37:20 I Core clock: 675.00 MHz -> 675.00 MHz
2008-03-24 16:37:20 I Mem clock: 975.00 MHz -> 975.00 MHz
2008-03-24 16:37:20 I Core clock 2: 0.00 MHz -> 0.00 MHz
2008-03-24 16:37:20 I Mem clock 2: 0.00 MHz -> 0.00 MHz
2008-03-24 16:37:20 I Core clock 3: 675.00 MHz -> 675.00 MHz
2008-03-24 16:37:20 I Mem clock 3: 975.00 MHz -> 975.00 MHz
2008-03-24 16:37:20 I Done
2008-03-24 16:39:07 I Temperature: GPU: 68.0°C GPU environment: 50.0°C
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2008-03-24 16:41:35 I Temperature: GPU: 67.0°C GPU environment: 49.0°C
2008-03-24 16:41:38 I Temperature: GPU: 68.0°C GPU environment: 49.0°C
2008-03-24 16:41:41 I Temperature: GPU: 72.0°C GPU environment: 49.0°C
2008-03-24 16:41:44 I Temperature: GPU: 73.0°C GPU environment: 49.0°C
2008-03-24 16:41:47 I Temperature: GPU: 74.0°C GPU environment: 49.0°C
2008-03-24 16:41:50 I Temperature: GPU: 75.0°C GPU environment: 49.0°C
2008-03-24 16:41:53 I Temperature: GPU: 76.0°C GPU environment: 50.0°C
2008-03-24 16:41:56 I Temperature: GPU: 77.0°C GPU environment: 50.0°C
2008-03-24 16:41:59 I Temperature: GPU: 78.0°C GPU environment: 50.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:02 I Temperature: GPU: 78.0°C GPU environment: 51.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:05 I Temperature: GPU: 78.0°C GPU environment: 51.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:08 I Temperature: GPU: 79.0°C GPU environment: 52.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:11 I Temperature: GPU: 79.0°C GPU environment: 52.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:14 I Temperature: GPU: 81.0°C GPU environment: 52.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:17 I Temperature: GPU: 81.0°C GPU environment: 53.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:20 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 53.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:23 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 53.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:26 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:29 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:32 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:35 I Temperature: GPU: 83.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:38 I Temperature: GPU: 83.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:41 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:44 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 56.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:47 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 56.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:50 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 56.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:53 I Temperature: GPU: 85.0°C GPU environment: 56.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:56 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:42:59 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:43:02 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
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2008-03-24 16:43:08 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:43:11 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:43:14 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:43:17 I Temperature: GPU: 83.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:43:20 I Temperature: GPU: 83.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:43:23 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:43:26 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:43:29 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:43:32 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:43:35 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:43:38 I Temperature: GPU: 80.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:43:41 I Temperature: GPU: 80.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:43:44 I Temperature: GPU: 79.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:43:47 I Temperature: GPU: 79.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:43:50 I Temperature: GPU: 79.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:43:53 I Temperature: GPU: 79.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:43:56 I Temperature: GPU: 80.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:43:59 I Temperature: GPU: 80.0°C GPU environment: 56.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:02 I Temperature: GPU: 78.0°C GPU environment: 56.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:05 I Temperature: GPU: 78.0°C GPU environment: 56.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:08 I Temperature: GPU: 77.0°C GPU environment: 56.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:11 I Temperature: GPU: 77.0°C GPU environment: 56.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:14 I Temperature: GPU: 75.0°C GPU environment: 56.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:17 I Temperature: GPU: 75.0°C GPU environment: 56.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:20 I Temperature: GPU: 77.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:23 I Temperature: GPU: 78.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:26 I Temperature: GPU: 79.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:29 I Temperature: GPU: 79.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:32 I Temperature: GPU: 75.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:35 I Temperature: GPU: 74.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:38 I Temperature: GPU: 73.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:41 I Temperature: GPU: 72.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:44 I Temperature: GPU: 74.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:47 I Temperature: GPU: 77.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:50 I Temperature: GPU: 77.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:53 I Temperature: GPU: 75.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:56 I Temperature: GPU: 73.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
2008-03-24 16:44:59 I Temperature: GPU: 72.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:02 I Temperature: GPU: 72.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:05 I Temperature: GPU: 72.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:08 I Temperature: GPU: 71.0°C GPU environment: 53.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:11 I Temperature: GPU: 71.0°C GPU environment: 53.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:14 I Temperature: GPU: 70.0°C GPU environment: 53.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:17 I Temperature: GPU: 70.0°C GPU environment: 53.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:20 I Temperature: GPU: 70.0°C GPU environment: 53.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:23 I Temperature: GPU: 72.0°C GPU environment: 53.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:26 I Temperature: GPU: 73.0°C GPU environment: 53.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:29 I Temperature: GPU: 74.0°C GPU environment: 53.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:32 I Temperature: GPU: 75.0°C GPU environment: 53.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:35 I Temperature: GPU: 76.0°C GPU environment: 53.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:38 I Temperature: GPU: 77.0°C GPU environment: 53.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:41 I Temperature: GPU: 77.0°C GPU environment: 53.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:44 I Temperature: GPU: 76.0°C GPU environment: 53.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:47 I Temperature: GPU: 77.0°C GPU environment: 53.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:50 I Temperature: GPU: 76.0°C GPU environment: 53.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:53 I Temperature: GPU: 77.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:56 I Temperature: GPU: 77.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
2008-03-24 16:45:59 I Temperature: GPU: 78.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:02 I Temperature: GPU: 79.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:05 I Temperature: GPU: 79.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:08 I Temperature: GPU: 79.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:11 I Temperature: GPU: 80.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:14 I Temperature: GPU: 80.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:17 I Temperature: GPU: 81.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:20 I Temperature: GPU: 79.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:23 I Temperature: GPU: 81.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:26 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:29 I Temperature: GPU: 81.0°C GPU environment: 56.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:32 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 56.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:35 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 56.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:38 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 56.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:41 I Temperature: GPU: 83.0°C GPU environment: 56.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:44 I Temperature: GPU: 83.0°C GPU environment: 56.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:47 I Temperature: GPU: 83.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:50 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:53 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:56 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:46:59 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 58.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:02 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 58.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:05 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 58.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:08 I Temperature: GPU: 84.0°C GPU environment: 58.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:11 I Temperature: GPU: 83.0°C GPU environment: 58.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:14 I Temperature: GPU: 83.0°C GPU environment: 58.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:17 I Temperature: GPU: 83.0°C GPU environment: 58.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:20 I Temperature: GPU: 83.0°C GPU environment: 58.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:23 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 58.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:26 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 58.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:29 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 58.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:32 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 58.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:35 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 58.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:38 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 58.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:41 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 58.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:44 I Temperature: GPU: 81.0°C GPU environment: 58.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:47 I Temperature: GPU: 81.0°C GPU environment: 58.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:50 I Temperature: GPU: 80.0°C GPU environment: 58.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:53 I Temperature: GPU: 80.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:56 I Temperature: GPU: 79.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:47:59 I Temperature: GPU: 79.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:48:02 I Temperature: GPU: 79.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
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2008-03-24 16:48:08 I Temperature: GPU: 81.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
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2008-03-24 16:48:20 I Temperature: GPU: 80.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:48:23 I Temperature: GPU: 80.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:48:26 I Temperature: GPU: 80.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:48:29 I Temperature: GPU: 80.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:48:32 I Temperature: GPU: 80.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:48:35 I Temperature: GPU: 80.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:48:38 I Temperature: GPU: 80.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:48:41 I Temperature: GPU: 80.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:48:44 I Temperature: GPU: 81.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:48:47 I Temperature: GPU: 80.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:48:50 I Temperature: GPU: 81.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:48:53 I Temperature: GPU: 81.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:48:56 I Temperature: GPU: 81.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:48:59 I Temperature: GPU: 81.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:49:02 I Temperature: GPU: 78.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:49:05 I Temperature: GPU: 79.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:49:08 I Temperature: GPU: 80.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
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2008-03-24 16:49:14 I Temperature: GPU: 81.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:49:17 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:49:20 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:49:23 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:49:26 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:49:29 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:49:32 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:49:35 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:49:38 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:49:41 I Temperature: GPU: 81.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:49:44 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:49:47 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:49:50 I Temperature: GPU: 81.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
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2008-03-24 16:49:56 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
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2008-03-24 16:50:02 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:50:05 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:50:08 I Temperature: GPU: 82.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:50:11 I Temperature: GPU: 81.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:50:14 I Temperature: GPU: 81.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:50:17 I Temperature: GPU: 78.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:50:20 I Temperature: GPU: 76.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:50:23 I Temperature: GPU: 75.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:50:26 I Temperature: GPU: 74.0°C GPU environment: 57.0°C
2008-03-24 16:50:29 I Temperature: GPU: 73.0°C GPU environment: 56.0°C
2008-03-24 16:50:32 I Temperature: GPU: 72.0°C GPU environment: 56.0°C
2008-03-24 16:50:35 I Temperature: GPU: 71.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:50:38 I Temperature: GPU: 71.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:50:41 I Temperature: GPU: 70.0°C GPU environment: 55.0°C
2008-03-24 16:50:44 I Temperature: GPU: 70.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
2008-03-24 16:50:47 I Temperature: GPU: 70.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
2008-03-24 16:50:50 I Temperature: GPU: 70.0°C GPU environment: 54.0°C
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2008-03-24 16:52:44 I Temperature: GPU: 69.0°C GPU environment: 51.0°C
2008-03-24 16:52:47 I Temperature: GPU: 68.0°C GPU environment: 51.0°C
2008-03-24 16:52:50 I Temperature: GPU: 68.0°C GPU environment: 50.0°C
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2008-03-24 16:57:32 I Temperature: GPU: 66.0°C GPU environment: 48.0°C
As you can see, idle was 66 and the highest temperature reached was 84. Before, when I used RT, the idle used to be around 56 and load 81. The bios controller leaves the idle fan speed at 30% whereas I used to have it at 40% since it still wasn't audible. However, it seems that on load the fan revs up similarly to what I had programmed before with RT since there's only a 3C difference, which could also be due to having a 16C room temperature the last time I tested this out.
Also, I have updated the driver - I had been using the 167.26 but now I got the 169.61 Xtreme-G.
Sorry for the long post, but I would appreciate some opinions, especially from 8800GT owners. This is the first time I ran my card on its own fan-control, since I had been using RT since I bought it last November.
Thank you.
