iceq3 3870 turbo help please

[chechnyan]

hi
i am new here
and i am very sorry if this subject is already posted somewhere i couldn't find it

i received my iceq3 3870 the turbo one and from the first use i faces many issue's
vpu recovery messages ,crashes, freezes with 3d game (crysis, grid,calla of duty4)
while in idle mod its ok and the temperatures never exceeds 52c

i try'ed all the standard procedures (clean driver installation etc)

i successfully managed to keep running a game stably
by underclocking the clock to from 850 to 800 with riva tuner
the problem is that when i underclock it and click apply
the temperatures began to rise an the fan speed too(i still didn't run any 3d game)
my temps reach almost 80c
what am i missing with riva tuner
Q2
can edit its bios and make it as a standard hd 3870 version with 777 clock speed
please guys give me any hint on what to do
and thanks in advance

[chechnyan]

no one know
where are you people

[laszlo]

same was here my 1st HIS just died after 2 months i underclock it also to can use it;what's the other components? write it in your spec

[Jarman]

if it wont run at its stock settings then u r within ur rights to rma the card and get a new one.

[sttubs]

The same thing happened to me, would always crash in games, even underclocked. I finally had to RMA it. This is the link to their RMA company, it was fairly quick too: http://www.lexycomp.com/company/rma.html I transferred it to word & filled in the blanks, then pasted into the body of an e-mail. Hope that helps.

[chechnyan]

just a simple Question can i use a standard HIS 3870 (the one with 777clock)bios and flash the turbo edtion
did any one try it ?
the problem is that i cant Rma it was a very stupid move from me that i porchased it newegg.com
and ship it to Jordan (Middle ease)accepting to pay a little more for international shiping
the Rma will cost me its price

my other specs are
mobo GA-MA69G-S3h
CPU AMD 5600+ X2
G-skil 2x2
500w PSU
seagate 320g

[laszlo]

can be also the psu;the 2nd i'll received after rma the 1st is ok

run the open gl bench in window and in the same time watch in everest the 12 v reading how much you have under load

if voltages are ok you can try to flash it to a regular 3870

[chechnyan]

ok thanks for this i will try this
but what i am trying reach with this thread is how can i do this
(try to flash it to a regular 3870)
please guide me because when bios and flash are mentioned i chickened

[ace80]

As Laszlo suggests check your 12v readings for the psu either in everest or any other monitering program you might have, tell us what your idle and load readings are.
I've got a 580w psu and i manage to run 2 of these in crossfire no problems.
My 1st card is the turbo version which hits 918mhz core stock voltage, the 2nd is the non turbo but flashed with a turbo bios which works fine upto 877mhz stock voltage.
Its unfortunate to hear you can't RMA it.
I've flashed my card with the standard bios 777mhz before so that shouldn't be a problem for you.

[ace80]

Do you have a usb stick, floppy drive or cd rom you can boot from?

[chechnyan]

i will check the PSU first as i know my PSU has 2 V12+ each with 18A
i think it is sufficient
but can someone give me a link for a standard 777 clock bios i will take the risk and try it another day
(GOD i think i need "For Dummies" guide for flashing a bios)
will thanks anyway

[ace80]

There's a video card bios collection section, under the databases tab on the front page.
Narrow down the selection using the drop down menus to find what you want, there are quite a few bios's to chose from all from different vendors.
Here's one that should be good for you:
http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/1...12.071017.html

[Dr. Spankenstein]

Before you go flashing, have you tried to remove the ICEQ3 cooler and clean the old TIM/paste and apply some quality TIM like MX-2 or Ceramique?

That's what I would do FIRST. Then if I saw no improvement in stability consider flashing to a slower BIOS.

[laszlo]

Originally Posted by chechnyan

i will check the PSU first as i know my PSU has 2 V12+ each with 18A
i think it is sufficient
but can someone give me a link for a standard 777 clock bios i will take the risk and try it another day
(GOD i think i need "For Dummies" guide for flashing a bios)
will thanks anyway

don't "think" is enough,test it as described and tell us the readings under load;even if you flash if you don't have enough power you will have the same problem; what brand PSU is?

[chechnyan]

thank you all guy's
i love you people
i tested the system with my friends 750w power supply
and yes ,its finally up and working great
i run Grid for almost 45min
and crysis for more than 1 hour without any glitches
so i guess i will grab the corsair 550vx in my next salary

[erocker]

Originally Posted by Jarman

if it wont run at its stock settings then u r within ur rights to rma the card and get a new one.

Absolutely 100% correct. You should get what you paid for.