On Oct 31, 2009, at 1:10 AM, PETER WARNER wrote: > Having updated the ROM to the August 05 (130), I still had the same > problems. Then I re-read this, and it caught my eye. My stock > frequencies in ATIccellerator II are listed as Processor 378 MHz, > and Memory 337.50 MHz. So I took your advice, and underclocked > down to the 9700 speeds you listed, and the problem went away. I > then, slowly, brought them back up, evenly, until I got corruption > again. I then went back a step or two until I had a stable display. > The settings are now Processor 353.25 MHz, and Memory 315.00 MHz. > Go figure... Why would my card have the higher frequencies set in > it? And, will underclocking damage the card? > > Thanks so much for the help everyone! > > Peter > One other thing, ATIccellerator lets you set it to the custom frequencies at login. But during boot/the Login screen, it still has those higher frequencies. if they are to high, can that be damaging my card? Is setting custom frequencies something Graphiccelerator can do in the ROM? And is that worth the risk of playing around with?
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