- Feb 27, 2010
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For some reason my 7970 is overheating all the time. at least I think it is, it's hard to pinpoint if that's the issue, but my video blanks out a lot, and the fan often fails to start on the card after a crash. I once caught it at 92C though. Idle it's 41C.
Right now it's clocked at 300Mhz GPU and 150Mhz Memory.
I don't know why it's overheating, but until I figure that out I'd like to disable overdrive. In the CCC, the checkbox is NOT checked, yet when I watch a video in a browser, it always goes up to 501Mhz GPU and 1375Mhz Memory. Even when I *DO* have overdrive turned on but have the settings dialed down to like 600Mhz and 300Mhz, it ignores those settings completely and still ramps up to 501/1375, which quickly ramps the temperature up to 55C.
Now, 55C isn't that bad. but like I said, it's hard for me to "catch" it when it overheats, but I did see it at 92C once. Is there something that will LOG the temperatures so I can indeed confirm that it's like 90+ immediately before a crash?
So: 1) how can I constantly log the temperature to confirm it's overheating, and 2) how can I ACTUALLY disable overdrive and keep it at 300/150 all the time, and 3) any ideas of what's actually causing the overheat issues? Fans are running at 90% now, I keep it there manually because of this problem.
Oh, my system is watercooled. Could something have broke with that? I had no issues for about 1 year, but after that it's been a pain. Thanks!
-feelie75
[edit: revised title]
Right now it's clocked at 300Mhz GPU and 150Mhz Memory.
I don't know why it's overheating, but until I figure that out I'd like to disable overdrive. In the CCC, the checkbox is NOT checked, yet when I watch a video in a browser, it always goes up to 501Mhz GPU and 1375Mhz Memory. Even when I *DO* have overdrive turned on but have the settings dialed down to like 600Mhz and 300Mhz, it ignores those settings completely and still ramps up to 501/1375, which quickly ramps the temperature up to 55C.
Now, 55C isn't that bad. but like I said, it's hard for me to "catch" it when it overheats, but I did see it at 92C once. Is there something that will LOG the temperatures so I can indeed confirm that it's like 90+ immediately before a crash?
So: 1) how can I constantly log the temperature to confirm it's overheating, and 2) how can I ACTUALLY disable overdrive and keep it at 300/150 all the time, and 3) any ideas of what's actually causing the overheat issues? Fans are running at 90% now, I keep it there manually because of this problem.
Oh, my system is watercooled. Could something have broke with that? I had no issues for about 1 year, but after that it's been a pain. Thanks!
-feelie75
[edit: revised title]
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