no temperature indicator on atitools 0.24

[clarence80]

hello there, i have downloaded atitools 0.24 from this site and i could not see my temperature as all other of my friends could.. could the experts help me out with this? i am using xpertvison x800..
thanks

 

[djbbenn]

You need to enable it. Go settings/temp monitoring and check measure cards temp.

-Dan

 

[clarence80]

hi bro, i tried but in settings, i do not have Temp Monitoring.. only got overclocking, artifact scanning and some other stuff..

 

[djbbenn]

Well all X800's support temp monitoring as far as I know... Try another version of Atitool and see if you got the option in there.

-Dan

 

[clarence80]

ok.. let me try 0.23 and see what i get..

 

[clarence80]

i have tried both 0.23 and 0.22 but still, i did not get to find Temp Monitoring..

 

[djbbenn]

Thats weird. You can check to see if it has the monitoring chip by taking off the heatsink. Heres a link that shows the chip. Also in that link it says all X800's support it so, you'll have to ask W1zzard.

-Dan

 

[clarence80]

it is hard to take out.. but im pretty much sure that its there.. the whole card is at stock bro.. lets hope wizzard sees this..

 

[Don__1]

As I remember, my X800 never had an option to show the temp when I first had it. After flashing the bios with an X800XL one from ATI the option appeared.

 

[clarence80]

really? i am using xpertvision x800.. tried to find the bios version for my card insite but i cant find any.. or are there some bios that are compatible with my card?
would like to try it..

 

[W1zzard]

what's the device id of the card?

 

[clarence80]

hi wizzard, do you mean device instance id? its this

PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_554F&SUBSYS_154F1FD3&REV_00\4&243D7BD0&0&0070

 

[W1zzard]

hmmm that device id definitely works for temperature monitoring ..
download debugview (google) and have it running when you start atitool .. it should give you a bunch of debugging output .. what does it say about lm63 detection there?

 

[clarence80]

there are only 2 outputs i see there, and they are.

Time Debug Print
0.00000000 [3652] hook checking process: atitool.exe
20.78284645 [3484] C:/programfiles\ati technologies\ati.ace\skins\catalyst_quicksilver\catalyst\_quicksilver.uis

only these two i see, started before i start atitools..

 

[W1zzard]

grab the latest 0.25 beta and try with that

 

[clarence80]

i have tried 0.25 beta 8.. still i dont find temp monitoring..

 

[W1zzard]

what does it say in the debugview log with 0.25 beta 8 ?

 

[clarence80]

it says this,

00000000 0.00000000 [3552] Hook checking process: atitool.exe
00000001 0.41001916 [3552] D: Successfully connected to driver, version 123
00000002 0.41114417 [3552] D: Found ATI device: 0x1002 0x554F bus 5 dev 0
00000003 0.41227949 [3552] D: fbPhy: 0xD0000000, mmrPhy: 0xFD7F0000.
00000004 0.41334024 [3552] D: mmapped mmr to 0xE30000
00000005 0.41449821 [3552] D: BIOS at 0xC0000
00000006 0.41563997 [3552] D: mmapped bios to 0xE40000
00000007 1.39166713 [3552] D: LM63 temp chip detection: failed (0x0)
00000008 2.36922503 [3552] D: F75373S temp chip detection: failed (0x0)
00000009 2.37036633 [3552] D: Temperature monitoring: Not detected
00000010 2.37140250 [3552] D: Device initialized successfully

why does it not detect the chip?

 

[W1zzard]

looks like you dont have a temp chip .. check on your card if you can find it

 

[eboe]

I'm having a similar problem with my ATI X800XL -

logdump follows:

2005-10-12 18:12:27 ATITool v0.24 started.
2005-10-12 18:12:27 Detected GPU Chip: R430 (554D), 16 Pipelines, 256 MB
2005-10-12 18:12:27 Temperature monitoring: not supported
2005-10-12 18:14:36 Scan for Artifacts started... Core: 398.25 Mhz Memory: 492.75 Mhz
2005-10-12 18:14:36 Scan for Artifacts running for: 0:00:00
2005-10-12 18:14:40 Scan for Artifacts stopped Total runtime: 4 seconds
2005-10-12 18:31:53 Application terminated.
2005-10-12 18:32:18 ATITool v0.24 started.
2005-10-12 18:32:18 Detected GPU Chip: R430 (554D), 16 Pipelines, 256 MB
2005-10-12 18:32:18 Temperature monitoring: not supported
2005-10-12 18:36:38 Application terminated.
2005-10-12 18:36:41 ATITool v0.24 started.
2005-10-12 18:36:41 Detected GPU Chip: R430 (554D), 16 Pipelines, 256 MB
2005-10-12 18:36:41 Temperature monitoring: not supported

 

[dms-42]

Well it's the same with my X800- no temp monitor.

I did use ATI TRAY tools recently- and that definitely had a temp monitor for my card.

 

[dms-42]

But the Beta version has it- thanks W1zzard!

Actually, currently I do not have any desire to overclock my card. I just want to check that it is functioning correctly (recently, I had to use it without its fan attached) and is running at safe temps.

Is there a way to test the above?

 

[W1zzard]

you could run the artifact tester at default clocks .. just click "scan" .. shouldnt give any errors

without fan attached =
a) fan wasnt running
b) no heatsink at all on core?

if it's a) then dont worry about it .. those cores can easily withstand 120°c .. even with just a heatsink you barely reach that temp

 

[dms-42]

It's ok. My artic-cooler fan stopped working but it was still attached along with the thermal paste and the ram pads.

I did a 15 minute artifact scan with no errors and with reported temps of 39c (temp chip), 49c (GPU) and 54% (fan speed). At idle, the reading is 30c (chip) 32c(GPU), 54%(fan).

Do these temps sound ok?

I've since changed the cooler to a Zalman VF700-Cu which runs from a spare power cable thereby bypassing the PWM controller on the X800 (which would normally control the fan speed). Interestingly, I seemed to notice an increased noise from the PC when it was scanning for artifacts. I suppose this must have come from the CPU fan, as the GPU fan registered a steady 54%, both before and during the scan.

By the way, I love the way the Beta version shows the GPU temp at the bottom of the screen.

 

[ozo]

Can't see temp on my X800GT. Is this card supported or not? Tried both the 0.24 version and the latest beta version. None of them show temperature.