Riva Tuner , Vista 64 and CrossFire - Can't adjust fan speeds.

johnnyfiive · May 15, 2008

Like the title says, I can't adjust my fan speeds. :banghead:

I'm running Vista 64 and I have two 3870's in CrossFire. I'm not able to set fan speeds on any of the cards. One card is a MSI and the other is a Sapphire. The MSI card has the fan speed set at 40%. The Sapphire card sits around 20% sometimes... but usally it doesn't really come on until a certain temperature. To put it bluntly, I'm not comfortable with the Sapphire card reaching 60C+ when IDLE. :shadedshu No clue why Sapphire thought it was OK to let the fan only come on at a certain temp, it needs to ALWAYS be on IMO. Card is getting way too hot. 75C+ at full load.

Are there any applications that will allow me to adjust fan speeds? ATI Tool doesn't work, and Riva Tuner doesn't work. Is there a guide that can help me flash the Sapphire card's bios? Can the bios' be flashed within Windows? I've never flashed a cards bios before. :eek:

I wouldn't mind a bios that put the fan at 50% and the clocks at 830/1230. That would be perfect.

left-o-matic · May 15, 2008

what version of Riva Tuner are you using?

johnnyfiive · May 16, 2008

left-o-matic said:
what version of Riva Tuner are you using?

I'm using 2.09. That is the latest version right?

farlex85 · May 16, 2008

That is the latest. Hunt around guru3ds forums and google maybe, there might be a tweak of some sort needed b/c of the crossfire. You should be able to get it to work. Why does ati tool not work?

Edit: Oh and you do need to run the install file and rivatuner as administrator under vista for it to work. (Right click and select run as admin)

Wile E · May 16, 2008

Did you try hitting F8 before Vista starts, and Disable Driver Signing? Perhaps it's an unsigned driver issue?

Frogger · May 16, 2008

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1037/TechPowerUp_Radeon_Bios_Editor_v1.10.html
for editing the bios

Frogger · May 16, 2008

http://reference.techpowerup.com/Video_BIOS_Flashing
basic guide on vid flashing

CrackerJack · May 16, 2008

Use VistaPro, to disable Disable Driver Signing.

trog100 · May 16, 2008

To put it bluntly, I'm not comfortable with the Sapphire card reaching 60C+ when IDLE. No clue why Sapphire thought it was OK to let the fan only come on at a certain temp, it needs to ALWAYS be on IMO. Card is getting way too hot. 75C+ at full load

how about a simple answer.. sapphire know more about grafix cards than u do.. do u ever wonder if they could be right and u could be wrong ..???

trog

left-o-matic · May 16, 2008

Have you tried disabling Crossfire before using riva tuner so that the system sees each card independently?

johnnyfiive · May 16, 2008

trog100 said:
how about a simple answer.. sapphire know more about grafix cards than u do.. do u ever wonder if they could be right and u could be wrong ..???

trog

Of course they know what their doing. I'm a consumer who wants a cooler running product. My MSI card runs at 40-45C and 55-60C at full load. I just want the Sapphire card running with temps closer to the MSI card. :rockout:

left-o-matic · May 16, 2008

batmang said:
Of course they know what their doing. I'm a consumer who wants a cooler running product. My MSI card runs at 40-45C and 55-60C at full load. I just want the Sapphire card running with temps closer to the MSI card.

I agree, Most of the manufactures were just following the reference design from ATI, the only ones that I can think of right now that changed the design are Visiontek and ASUS

they also run around close to $450.00

and Speaking of reference design Links to customer reviews

you're not suppose to see this text

johnnyfiive · May 16, 2008

Question. Is it OK to flash my Sapphire card with my MSI card's bios? What are the limitations when mix and matching bios'?

Solaris17 · May 16, 2008

that shouldnt be a problem

CrackerJack · May 16, 2008

you'll have force flash it with atiflash or winflash.

johnnyfiive · May 16, 2008

Ah, so would the command be:

atiflash -f -p 0 biosname.rom

CrackerJack · May 16, 2008

batmang said:
Ah, so would the command be:

atiflash -f -p 0 biosname.rom

yep!!

dolf · May 16, 2008

batmang said:
Of course they know what their doing. I'm a consumer who wants a cooler running product. My MSI card runs at 40-45C and 55-60C at full load. I just want the Sapphire card running with temps closer to the MSI card.

Just flash the Saphire card with MSI BIOS and you will have two absolutely identical cards

. Probably after that you will be able to control the fan settings.

johnnyfiive · May 16, 2008

CrackerJack said:
yep!!

Awesome, thanks for the confirmation CJ! :toast:

<-- I'm glad its Friday. :rockout:

dolf said:
Just flash the Saphire card with MSI BIOS and you will have two absolutely identical cards . Probably after that you will be able to control the fan settings.

I hope so, I think my MSI cards bios is perfect for the temps I'm aiming for. We'll see how it works out.

johnnyfiive · May 24, 2008

I wish a new Riva Tuner would come out that fixed my issues. Dammeet.

johnnyfiive · Jun 20, 2008

Anyone know of a fix for this yet? I want my 855/1255 clocks back.

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