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 Topic: Reduce Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD4870 Fan Noise |
cerebus
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 Forum: Articles Posted: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:55:52 Subject: Reduce Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD4870 Fan Noise |
XP 32 bit, but its all moot now as I've sent the card back for a refund and got myself a Geforce GTX 260.
Thanks for the help and time spent though, it was much appreciated, even if it didn't work ... |
| Topic: Reduce Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD4870 Fan Noise |
cerebus
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Forum: Articles Posted: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:40:44 Subject: Reduce Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD4870 Fan Noise |
| Not such good news here I'm afraid. Tried the flash, however it rejected it saying something like "system does not match". Then I had same problems as before - black screen, fan at top revs ... |
| Topic: Reduce Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD4870 Fan Noise |
cerebus
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Forum: Articles Posted: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:14:18 Subject: Reduce Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD4870 Fan Noise |
| Thanks Jason. Before I do the bios thingy can I just check I'm doing it right (don't want to make matters worse). Fire up the flash utility.....click load image and browse to the bios you sent me...th ... |
| Topic: Reduce Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD4870 Fan Noise |
cerebus
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Forum: Articles Posted: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:58:17 Subject: Reduce Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD4870 Fan Noise |
| That would be great Jason, thanks. Yes please, use that e-mail. I'll report back with a progress report in case thats of use to anyone. Interestingly , my mobo's an asus (as is supermunkeys) and my pr ... |
| Topic: Reduce Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD4870 Fan Noise |
cerebus
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Forum: Articles Posted: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:00:14 Subject: Reduce Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD4870 Fan Noise |
| I've got the same problem as supermunkey. A random crash after any number of minutes either under load or at start up. All goes black and the card fan goes nuts. Was it just a bios flash that cured i ... |
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