2D and 3D clocks...randomly switching? [Archive]

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BeepBeep2

11-25-2009, 03:25 PM

This is in 2D Mode, it's not PowerPlay. :down:

I'll be doing something simple as scrolling down a webpage and the 3D Clocks will kick in...is that normal? :confused:

I'm overclocked from 680 to 760 and reference clocks are 625...

2D I've got set to 350 and it will just jump to 760 with as little as a 1% load. :down:

Anything I can do to help that?

ReverendMaynard

11-25-2009, 05:56 PM

you using Vista by any chance?

BeepBeep2

11-25-2009, 09:23 PM

Windows 7 64-bit...just scrolling a webpage will cause it to jump into 3D Mode...

ReverendMaynard

11-26-2009, 08:10 AM

Windows 7 64-bit...just scrolling a webpage will cause it to jump into 3D Mode...

try disabling aero.

safan80

11-26-2009, 03:01 PM

Are you using the hardware accelerated flash? When it first came out the Nvidia cards clocked up to full speed.

BeepBeep2

11-26-2009, 08:03 PM

Umm, I dont use aero so I couldnt disable something already disabled. :P
I could flash the original BIOS file but I was jsut trying to same some energy...

Maybe this has been happening all along and I havent noticed it but I did when I downclocked the card.

BeepBeep2

11-26-2009, 08:07 PM

(Sorry for the DP)

I think I found the issue. I edited a third profile in the BIOS which seemed to be a "middle mode"...it was set to 3D clocks of 680/2100...I put it down to 500/750 and it only jumps to that now. I'll set it lower and we will see...

EDIT:

I flashed a bit more aggressively at 300/500 and now I can't boot into windows. I just get a black screen. Great, now I'm in a hole I jsut dug for myself and I can't get out of. I'm in safe mode, the thing wont even work in VGA mode (640x480)

I can't flash back either, because of safe mode not letting my card be seen by programs. I'll uninstall the driver through device manager and see if I can boot normally. This is one big pain in the neck...

Dahmer

11-26-2009, 11:56 PM

Falkentyne

11-27-2009, 02:25 AM

Why aren't you making a DOS floppy or USB boot disk and booting to flash with ATIflash in DOS prompt (not windows?).

BeepBeep2

11-27-2009, 07:30 AM

beepbeep, I got a feeling you misunderstood safan :D

hardware accelerated flash = hardware accelerated flash player made by adobe, not flashing your card :p
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/help01.html

LOL I know what he was saying but I noticed the 2D/3D clocks after I flashed a modified BIOS with lower idle clocks...:P

Why aren't you making a DOS floppy or USB boot disk and booting to flash with ATIflash in DOS prompt (not windows?).

Because it was a bit simpler to do in WinDOS...I do have a USB boot disk I use for Memtest86+ and Ubuntu...