5870 overclocking and fan speed [I do donate]

[xioros]

Hi,

I've just done a clean linux install...
Hashkill works excellent
But...
It shuts of one of my cards because of overheating...

I used the command:
aticonfig --adapter=x --pplib-cmd "set fan speed 0 100"
I get:
Command succesfull

used it on all my adapters..
However, they won't take off...
they keep running @ standard speed

How do I get my cards running @ max fan speed?

also:

My limits are 900/900 ( core , memory)
How do I get my core higher and my mem lower?

Grtz

/Xio Out

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[smoki]

You need to do:

export DISPLAY=:0.0
aticonfig --pplib-cmd "set fanspeed 0 100"

export DISPLAY=:0.1
aticonfig --pplib-cmd "set fanspeed 0 100"

and so on, for all your adapters.

edit: missed the question about changing clocks. To over/underclock, use:
aticonfig --od-setclocks=950,300 --adapter=0

That would set your first video card (adapter=0) to gpu clock 950 and memory clock 300.

[hugolp]

To overclock in Linux is better to use AMDOverdriveCtrl. Google it.

[xioros]

thx for the fan command , it works
Donated 0.2 BTC ( poor right now ^^)

But I can't set the clocks:

ERROR: Set clocks failed for apator 0 Ati radeon 5800 series
Please check that the input values were valid

About AtioverdriveCtrl,
Where can I find a 32 bit version?
I could only find x64 :s

[smoki]

Strange, I can set the clocks for my two 5870s with aticonfig that are outside the 'Configurable Peak Range'. Might have something to do with the fact that I flashed their bios with already altered clocks (to 920/354). In my case aticonfig reports the range as 600-900 for gpu and 354-1300 for memory, but I'm running them at 950/200 (set with aticonfig). Maybe it's because both clocks set in the bios are already outside of aticonfig's range.

I would use AMDOverdriveCtrl, but my rig is in the basement, without a monitor, keyboard or mouse, so I only control it over ssh. Guess I should have set up a vnc server while I had a monitor still attached .

[padrino]

That's because aticonfig can't set values outside of the gpu bios limit.

Get 32bit AMDOverdriveCtrl here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/amdovdrvctrl/files/deb%20binaries/amdoverdrivectrl_1.2.1_i386.deb/download

As far as I know AMDOverdriveCtrl cannot set them either. I just gave it a shot on my system and it works fine for anything within the bios limit but cannot set anything outside of the limit. Any insight on how to get the tool to do this, happy to send a donation.

[hugolp]

Strange, I can set the clocks for my two 5870s with aticonfig that are outside the 'Configurable Peak Range'. Might have something to do with the fact that I flashed their bios with already altered clocks (to 920/354). In my case aticonfig reports the range as 600-900 for gpu and 354-1300 for memory, but I'm running them at 950/200 (set with aticonfig). Maybe it's because both clocks set in the bios are already outside of aticonfig's range.

I would use AMDOverdriveCtrl, but my rig is in the basement, without a monitor, keyboard or mouse, so I only control it over ssh. Guess I should have set up a vnc server while I had a monitor still attached .

You can use AMCOverdriveCtrl from the command line using configuration files. Use the option -b.

[Folax]

To overclock in Linux is better to use AMDOverdriveCtrl. Google it.

I use this too for my 2 5870s on Linux (LinuxCoin install) and works great!

[detroit]

Upgrade your Catalyst installation to 11.6 and you can pump your overclock beyond the BIOS limits.