Hi guys, I just installed ATITool to overclock my XFX 7900GS. I've used it before and got a huge overclock, but just reinstalled XP so tried it again.
Installed ATITool, gave me the kernel mode driver not running error so figured I'd reboot and try then. Loaded ATITool fine, detected my card, then setup config options and enabled 3D detection.
Hit Find Max Core and within about 30 seconds my video card's fan was at 100% and I had no video output. Rebooted - same happens while Windows is booting. Same with Ubuntu - it's now having to fsck a 750G drive and doesn't get past 0.2% progress before the video card's fan goes to 100% and video output disappears.
Has ATITool left the video card in a bad state, would it have saved the core speed to bios or something odd? Feels like it's shutting itself down for protection - like it's overheating but it can't be so soon after booting. I've let it cool down 10 mins before trying again, didn't work so left it turned off overnight and just tried again - same. I can't boot into Windows to reset it back to the default profile or whatever is needed.
Any ideas? All I can think of is to go borrow a video card with the 7900GS in my secondary PCIe x16 slot, run ATITool again and reset it back to default, disable autorun and 3d detection and never try this again!
Installed ATITool, gave me the kernel mode driver not running error so figured I'd reboot and try then. Loaded ATITool fine, detected my card, then setup config options and enabled 3D detection.
Hit Find Max Core and within about 30 seconds my video card's fan was at 100% and I had no video output. Rebooted - same happens while Windows is booting. Same with Ubuntu - it's now having to fsck a 750G drive and doesn't get past 0.2% progress before the video card's fan goes to 100% and video output disappears.
Has ATITool left the video card in a bad state, would it have saved the core speed to bios or something odd? Feels like it's shutting itself down for protection - like it's overheating but it can't be so soon after booting. I've let it cool down 10 mins before trying again, didn't work so left it turned off overnight and just tried again - same. I can't boot into Windows to reset it back to the default profile or whatever is needed.
Any ideas? All I can think of is to go borrow a video card with the 7900GS in my secondary PCIe x16 slot, run ATITool again and reset it back to default, disable autorun and 3d detection and never try this again!