ATITool destroyed my X800GTO

[jephph]

Konky, I never overclocked it before it got underclocked. vortex, you're a lamer. And yes, I do place partial blame on ATITool. Does anbody actually read the full documentation of the programs you use? Didn't think so. They could easily put a warning in the program. And Falkentyne, don't really have time to read everything everyone says on different computer forums,

 

[cdawall]

qft
my card can take over 125c

look dont spam the forum this is why u got banned last time rpg pls stop telling us all how u reached 125C no one cares
ps before you say idont know anything cause i dont have the card im getting the x800 vivo w/ 16pp open stock and reading this so i know what not to do

 

[infrared]

yeah, your problem was fraps running. The fps overlay is detected as a huge-ass artifact, and atitool drops the frequency, and just keeps dropping it.

I can't reduce the clockspeed on my x850's below 100mhz, or i get a lot of visual corruption, 50mhz would cause the card to lock, and i suppose it's possible that it could do damage. I suppose this backs it up as a fact.

I know most people don't read the documentation, but when you have $100+ of hardware on the line it really is worth reading.

Good luck getting a replacement, the manufacturer/distributor shouldn't hesistate to replace the card.

Regards,
~IR

 

[infrared]

qft
my card can take over 125c

Yeah, it's getting slightly annoying overclocker.

BTW, 120c is the Tmax rating from ATI themselves. This is the temperature at which the core starts breaking down. You really don't want to be bragging about getting to that temperature, even worse... TELLING PEOPLE THAT IT IS OK TO REACH THIS TEMPERATURE.

Your looking for a ban very shortly if you continue with this posting style, overclock[r].

 

[cdawall]

Yeah, it's getting slightly annoying overclocker.

BTW, 120c is the Tmax rating from ATI themselves. This is the temperature at which the core starts breaking down. You really don't want to be bragging about getting to that temperature, even worse... TELLING PEOPLE THAT IT IS OK TO REACH THIS TEMPERATURE.

Your looking for a ban in a very short period of time if you continue with this posting style, overclock[r].

sry if i came off as harsh by putting it that way but i saw no other way to put it nicely

 

[infrared]

no man, i wasn't having a go at you

You're A-OK in my books

 

[cdawall]

no man, i wasn't having a go at you

You're A-OK in my books

i was actually apologizing to rpg i dont like being blunt like that but sometimes u know?

 

[infrared]

oh right, yeah.

I'm just concerned about people believing him, and thinking 120c is safe, and damaging their hardware That wouldn't be good.

 

[cdawall]

yeah 120C is kinda krazy im personally woried cause i saw my card hit 60C i think thats bad on a ti4200 cause it locked and had to be turned off for a while b4 it worked again (lol finally found some temps on it but they went byebye when i pressed the wrong button)

 

[WingMan]

hmmm
how do u fry a card at 93c?
mine reached 125 and still lived (had to pull the plug fast tho)
i think i have a overclocking king... with volt mods this will rule
hmmmm
dunno
but i definatly didnt fry my card at 125
at dod:s i started seeing grid-style artifacts all over the screen so i alt-tabed to windows
looked at ati tool
said 125c
took about a minuite to realize that it was the truth...
then i was like... OMFGOMFGOMFG
then i pulled the plug
it started to smell like burnt plastic though

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHA

 

[Konky]

Same happened to me the first time i used atitool, itss not all that funny.

NEVER use atitool and atis crap background services at the same time, it can somehow DISABLE the fan at all.
My core temp reached 110°C in the short time i went to my gf on the couch and back to the computer, does not look like it harmed the card, but it was pretty close to damage i guess.

 

[cdawall]

well this shows what NOT to do when running atitool y'all should learn to do stuff by hand and not let some silly program do it for you move the slider up in 10mhz incriments and run 3dmark and continue once for the ram and once for the gpu no card frying b/c you left the room

 

[mhorgel]

I wish I'd read this thread before I murdered my X1900XTX by running Find Max Core unattended. There's another $350 of stupid tax I'm going to have to pay. Don't even suggest I RMA the card...I removed the stock cooler and cemented heatsinks to the memory, so I can't put it back on.

Mark

 

[Sasqui]

I wish I'd read this thread before I murdered my X1900XTX by running Find Max Core unattended. There's another $350 of stupid tax I'm going to have to pay. Don't even suggest I RMA the card...I removed the stock cooler and cemented heatsinks to the memory, so I can't put it back on. Mark

My heart goes out to you dude... I'm methodically overclocking with CCC first, then will jump into ATITool.

ATITool really should have a warning pop up about finding max core. I did it with my X800 GTO and thankfully, the system crashed before the core was toast.

 

[Old Bear]

Hi! Did any one try to perform clocking with combination of ATItool & Catalist Overdrive? I set fan speed in ATItool and go to Overdrive. When fan works on other than default, GPU clock goes up to the top, but memory clock stays on 747. On default fan setings Gpu go to 668 & mem clock up to 792! This setings performed superb in FEAR last night, but... Whenever I leave ATItool, fan setings go wrong. Once it runs on 100%, next time returns to default etc. I'd like to set on "try to... 70" but fails every time. What to do? How?

Did your combination of CCC & ATItool enable higher clock setings than CCC?

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Moderator Edit: Please Edit posts instead of double posting. Thanks

 

[Konky]

Dangerous, i strongly suggest NOT to use the ATI services (hotkey poller) together with the atitool features.
There are reported fan "crashes" where the fan stops turning, welcome in the pool of pure heat

 

[ARTOSOFT]

Dangerous, i strongly suggest NOT to use the ATI services (hotkey poller) together with the atitool features.
There are reported fan "crashes" where the fan stops turning, welcome in the pool of pure heat

In my humble opinion, the safer way is:
- Download bios from VGA card.
- Edit fan speed according to temperature in that bios (ie. use rabit)
- Flash it back to VGA card.
- and do not let ATITool (or other program) control VGA card fan, let the bios or VGA card control its fan.

That's what I do, release some work from ATITool to VGA card.

Regards,
Arto.