A lot of fan control stuff does it at a driver level. Speedfan, one of the most popular, does that. And just about every overclocking tool I have seen works through the drivers.
But you would think a firmware backup or failsafe would be nice. --- Brian On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Greg Sevart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For what possible reason would DRIVER based control of fan speeds vs temps > make sense? This should be implemented at the firmware level, period. > Perhaps driver override, but only within pre-defined allowable temperature > windows. > > I know both manufacturers have had issues with this particular issue. It > just baffles me that they'd implement fan control in SOFTWARE. > > Greg > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden > > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 10:04 AM > > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > > Subject: Re: [H] Fastest Nvidia Card??? > > > > >From what I can tell the crashing is all about the fan issue I > > mentioned > > which is causing the overheating and crashing. And yes, it is a faulty > > driver. > > > > There are hacks to fix it while waiting for the next Catalyst driver > > update > > on 15 July: > > > > http://nwgat.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/ati-radeon-hd-4870-4850-fanfix/ > > http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?p=4272339#post4272339 > > http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?p=2751569#post2751569 > > > > --- > > >
