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The 4800 series Driver, OCing, Cooling and Tweaking Thread

imperialreign

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imperialreign,
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Good to read you found this thread useful.

useful for others, I'd have to say - at least threads like this keep newcomers from having to blunder through the darkness like we all did :p



BTW - if you intend to make a section for BIOS modification . . . make sure not to forget about the difference in BIOS size (IIRC, the newest RBE can properly edit and save the 4800 BIOS). It seems that info has fallen into the depths of the internet like the resulting dead boards had never happened :laugh:
 

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It's good to know that this thread was useful to you and others. A lot of members have provided good information in this thread. :toast:
 
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Bloody f***, my gfx-card got busted :banghead:

Yesterday, I was playing some Assasin's Creed, when it all of the sudedn froze and crashed the whole comp. Now when ever I try launch a 3D program, or for example Furmark, the whole comp freezes, and no signal goes to the display.

I guess I'll just RMA this, the only problem is, I slapped on the Twin Turbo, and now I have to get it off, to restore the stock heatsink. Any idea how to remove the memory sinks?

Think they'll see that the stock cooler has been off?
 
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Usually you should be able to just pull off the ramsinks, you have to be careful and twist them lightly. If you pull the video card out and take it apart right after it was used, the glue on the ramsinks will be softer and easier to pull off. After that clean the chips with alcohol and re-apply thermal paste to the die. As long as you assemble the card right they probably wont take it apart if there is no sign of physical damage.
 

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i have ati radeon hd 4850 and my idle temperature is around 60-65°C with the fan running at 75% :( .When i play Call of duty 4 the temperature boosts to 103-105°C & fan speed @ 90% :twitch: :cry: Please help me ppl........is it very dangerous?!?!?!?!?!
 
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Oooo. this thread might help.

My XFX 4870 never seems to drop it's 3D clocks... Is there a way i can set them... worried about pointless power draw. This is from just typing this and leaving my PC idle:

 
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That was on water cooling, add 5c to each bit and thats the current on this T-Rad2.
 
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Any of you think this is high on my temps :confused: this is at idle.
There is a pic of the type cooler and of the temps. of my card. The reason I ask is yesterday I cleaned my PC but did not do anything but use canned air to dust it out. Now I get random black screens similar to my monitors going to sleep but they are not. Sometimes I get the D1601 Red LED (critical temperature fault) and D601 Red LED (critical Core power fault) both at the same time when this happens but not always. This happens in 2D just looking around on the net etc. :wtf: I have had this card since I believe last March and it has been flawless until now. I have OC'd it but only for benching and never to an extreme point. The card is a Factory OC card so the temps probably are a tad higher than an average card. I just don't remember what my temps were originally to compare. The cooler has never been off so I thought maybe it was time to reapply with good thermal paste what do you think? I did add a 120 fan blowing directly on the card and it seemed to help slightly but I still get random times my screen just goes black.
I do have good airflow (Antec Nine Hundred) in my case and I have inspected both PCIe plugs all of which checked out fine. Also I am currently using 9.11 CCC which I have used for quite some time with no issues.
 

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I don't think they're really all that high, but if you get errors, then there's definitely something wrong. Those temps shouldn't cause the problems you're having. Since you can't see the VRM temps, they might be very high.

Your symptoms make me think the VRM's have cooked and it's time for a RMA. That's how it started for me with my first card.
 
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Since my card is a 512 version I would love to get a newer version I wonder what ASUS has as a RMA replacement? Maybe a stepup program? :laugh: Seriously though what has been the luck with ASUS and RMAing a card? I will be PO if they send me some garbage. :pimp:
 
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Can't help there. I did it through the retailer.
 
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Well I got a response from ASUS.
Thank you for contacting ASUS Customer Service.

My name is Echo and it's my pleasure to help you with your problem.

Please take out your graphic card, try to clean its golden connectors with a rubber, check if there is any hardware issue, and then reseat it back tightly.
Please check if there is any updated BIOS or driver for your other PC components.
Otherwise please change this card to another PC to test.
If the problem still exists after you did all basic troubleshooting, please contact with your retailer for check. If the card is faulty, they will arrange RMA service for you. If you could not get any reply from them, please complete this RMA Submittal Form and send to us, and then will arrange RMA service for you:
http://vip.asus.com/eservice/usa_rmaserv.aspx

Welcome to refer Troubleshooting & FAQ for ASUS products in ASUS website:
Troubleshooting - http://support.asus.com/troubleshooting/troubleshooting.aspx?SLanguage=en-us
FAQ - http://support.asus.com/faq/faq.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

If you continue to experience issues in the future, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best Regards,

Echo_Zhang

ASUS Customer Service

If you have any suggestions or feedback about our technical support service, please e-mail to Manager_TMSS@asus.com. We will then arrange for a specialist to work with you regarding your issue. Your suggestions and feedback are appreciated and allow us to provide better service.

I know this sounds totally off the wall but the line
try to clean its golden connectors with a rubber
has me stumped. The only "rubber" I can think of I havent bought one in 20+ years. :laugh: Someone please explain to me what the hell he is talking about. I know what the golden connectors are, but a rubber? :confused:
 

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Rubber eraser, probably.

But I would use contact cleaner or 90%+ alcohol(rubbing type) instead, as you don't have to worrying about rubber pieces getting into the equipment.

Edit: I know you were probably joking, but I wanted that 1000 post....:)
 
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Nope I was not joking I had no idea I was to use a eraser on my video card. I did find the only rubber I could think of was not fit for this task. :laugh:

Thanks
 

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I have a Sapphire HD 4870 512MB, SKU# 11133-03-20R, bought Oct 2008 and at the moment I have an Asus BIOS in it, however I would like to flash it with the original Sapphire BIOS, but unfortunately I didn't keep the original one, could someone please link me to it...

There is one on the Sapphire website but it says the folowing:

FOR P/N:188-01E85-001SA,SKU#11133-00-XXR ONLY

But I'm not sure if I could use this or not.

Thanks...
 
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Check your cards backside for this P/N:188-01E85-001SA,SKU#11133-00-XXR
If you find it, you can can flash with that bios. Otherwise you just need to know if your card is refference design and you can flash with whathever bios for refference design cards.
 
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