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ATI HD 4870 Burned up upon logging in.

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited October 2010 in Windows and General: PC, Network, and Other Technical Issues
I havent played in months, so I fired up STO this weekend.
I had WOW running in a small window in the background, checking my auctions.
Upon logging into STO, i got to the Character select screen and BOOM!!! flame flashed from below
( i play on my TV and my pc sits below it, so I noticed the flash right away)
I ran over and pulled the power :(
This card is about 6 months old, still under warranty
It could have just been a bad card, but reading this forum it could be the card was overtaxed by the max FPS issue?
I ran out and got a HD 4650 which runs great btw!
Im going to send in the 4870 card, but now Iza scared to run STO again!!!!!
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    first thing you should do if your using a 4870 and CCC (no fan\temp tools) is enter CCC go to ATI overdrive and unlock it by clicking the big yellow\red handbag, ignore all the other settings and activate maual fan control and wack the speed up, 40% is uauly good enough if youve got good case cooling or set it higer. CCC is supposed to automatically controll fan speeds but with my 4870x2 at least ive found it only has 2 speeds low and high only kicks in once the temps reach 70-80c


    next from the launcher options enter /maxfps 60 into advanced command line
    ingame under video trouble shooting setcion set the max FPS to 60, you can then remove the advanced comand line
    while your in video options you may also want to disable dynamic lighting to prevent other problems

    edit: fan speed controlls have been a known issue for a while, |you could also try this work arround
    http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=568452
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    Thanks for the info, your awesome
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    grajin wrote: »
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    Upon logging into STO, i got to the Character select screen and BOOM!!! flame flashed from below
    ( i play on my TV and my pc sits below it, so I noticed the flash right away)
    If there was a flash, it sounds more like an electrical problem than overheating.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited October 2010
    Szioul wrote: »
    If there was a flash, it sounds more like an electrical problem than overheating.

    Yea, thats suspect......which part of china was your puter made?
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    ltsuuvokltsuuvok Member Posts: 5 Arc User
    sounds more light a power surge was a high voltage that came thru the card
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    sthe91sthe91 Member Posts: 5,471 Arc User
    ltsuuvok wrote: »
    sounds more light a power surge was a high voltage that came thru the card

    Please do not necro threads. Thanks. :)
    Where there is a Will, there is a Way.
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