HIS 6950 1GB fan problem.

[CrystalBay]

Hi, I just got that $200 dollar HIS 6950 at newegg, installed it.

It boots up 100%/4800 RPMs , I clean install included disk drivers 11-2's, cant control fan auto or manual in CCC or TRIX, or Afterburner.

I then uninstalled 11-2's and installed 11-3's same problems. Uninstalled and tried 11-4 s , the fan will not spin down 4800 rpms of agony for over an hour.

Has anyone jumped on this so called deal and had a good experience ...


I think it is a crappy bios from HIS :thumbsdown:. I wont be using this card needless to say

Thanks

 

[badb0y]

Install Afterburner and see if you can manually bring the fan speed down to say about 30%. Check if the fan RPM goes down, if it doesn't change anything it may be a faulty card/fan/BIOS.

 

[MrK6]

Install Afterburner and see if you can manually bring the fan speed down to say about 30%. Check if the fan RPM goes down, if it doesn't change anything it may be a faulty card/fan/BIOS.

He said in the OP that he couldn't control it with Afterburner.

CrystalBay, what are your temps like? What does Afterburner or GPU-Z say about your card (anything odd)? If you extract your BIOS with GPU-Z and take a peek at it with Radeon Bios Editor, does it have a normal fan profile?

 

[badb0y]

He said in the OP that he couldn't control it with Afterburner.

CrystalBay, what are your temps like? What does Afterburner or GPU-Z say about your card (anything odd)? If you extract your BIOS with GPU-Z and take a peek at it with Radeon Bios Editor, does it have a normal fan profile?

Woops missed that

 

[CrystalBay]

MRK6 thanx , gpuz was saying 30 percent same as ccc . Unfortunately it I did not bother extracting the bios info ,nor will I tonight at least.

I have a nice 6850 thats silent and I can't imagine putting this HIS card back in tonight, at least. Weekend I may try again , No RMA shipping options really till Monday .

I know they use some crappy sleeve bearing fan and cheap non reference components at this price.

The thing was howling for75 minutes ,through clean driver changes, I cant take any more now.

oh a couple of times it shifted down to prolly 30% for a brief 2-3 seconds ,like loading Metro 2033 shaders but then shot back up to 4860 rpm's



I'll try some more Tshootin tomorrow, It wouldn't surprise me though if It's a driver issue.

thanx guys

 

[lightfoot3b]

I have the same card that just arrived (not sending in rebate yet in case they want the card back)

My card is nice and quiet until I play a game for 30+ seconds. Then she goes to 100% (or at least super loud) and doesn't come back down until 30 seconds of being out of the game. The air coming out the back is NOT hot, barely warm. I'm not going to take it apart and thermal paste it with AS5 until I hear back from HIS support too. The card is nice one some quick benchmarks in Just Cause 2!

I can control mine in CC. But I don't want to cook it if there is a contact problem and I set the fan at 30% all the time. Plus I want it variable so I can keep overdrive off and save a ton of power when idle. I am using the newest drivers from ati as of 2 days ago!

I'm straight north of you up in North Dakota. Will be in Deadwood this summer

This is when she went nuts... The fan goes crazy but for no reason?
I saw your suggestions up there... here is my log from gpu-z:

te GPU Core Clock [MHz] GPU Memory Clock [MHz] GPU Temperature [ｰC] Fan Speed [%] GPU Load [%] Fan Speed [RPM] GPU Temp. #1 [ｰC] GPU Temp. #2 [ｰC] GPU Temp. #3 [ｰC] VDDC [V] VDDC Current [A]
Time-Core-Memory-Tmp-Fn%-load-RPM-Tmp-Tmp-Tmp-Volts?
23:46:47 800 1250 61 39 87 2677 61.5 67 61 1.094 61
23:46:48 800 1250 62 39 88 2687 62 67 61 1.094 61
23:46:49 800 1250 62 39 90 2698 62 67.5 61 1.094 59
23:46:50 800 1250 62 39 90 2702 62.5 67.5 61.5 1.094 61
23:46:51 800 1250 63 39 90 2713 62.5 67.5 61 1.094 57
23:46:52 800 1250 62 39 89 2732 62 67.5 61 1.094 53
23:46:53 800 1250 62 39 87 2746 62 67.5 61 1.094 45
23:46:54 800 1250 62 39 83 2766 62 67.5 61 1.094 47
23:46:55 800 1250 62 39 77 2773 62.5 67.5 61 1.094 45
23:46:56 800 1250 62 39 74 2772 62 67.5 61.5 1.094 46
23:46:57 800 1250 62 39 71 2781 62.5 68 61.5 1.094 52
23:46:58 800 1250 63 39 73 2804 62.5 68.5 62 1.094 57
23:46:59 800 1250 62 39 75 2849 62.5 68 61.5 1.094 49
23:47:00 800 1250 63 39 79 2856 63 68 61.5 1.094 48
23:47:01 800 1250 62 39 81 2868 62.5 67.5 61.5 1.094 49
23:47:02 800 1250 62 39 82 2889 62.5 67.5 61.5 1.094 43
23:47:03 800 1250 63 39 81 2895 63 68 62 1.094 46
23:47:04 800 1250 62 39 79 2917 62 68 61.5 1.094 41
23:47:05 800 1250 63 39 77 2928 62.5 68 61.5 1.094 45
23:47:06 800 1250 62 39 75 2937 62 68.5 61.5 1.094 46
23:47:07 800 1250 62 39 72 2947 62.5 68 61.5 1.094 45
23:47:08 800 1250 62 39 71 2963 62.5 68 61.5 1.094 42
23:47:09 800 1250 62 39 69 2973 62.5 67.5 61 1.094 43
23:47:10 800 1250 62 39 67 2991 62 67.5 61.5 1.094 42
23:47:11 800 1250 62 39 66 2996 62.5 68 61.5 1.094 43
23:47:12 800 1250 62 39 64 3007 62 67.5 61.5 1.094 45
23:47:13 800 1250 62 39 63 3026 62 67.5 61 1.094 38
23:47:14 800 1250 62 39 63 3038 62 67.5 61.5 1.094 41
23:47:15 800 1250 62 39 63 3046 62 67.5 61 1.094 41
23:47:16 800 1250 62 39 64 3040 62.5 68 61.5 1.094 51
23:47:17 800 1250 62 39 67 3050 62.5 68 61.5 1.094 49
23:47:18 800 1250 63 39 70 3051 63 68.5 62 1.094 51
23:47:19 800 1250 63 39 75 3059 63 68.5 62 1.094 53
23:47:20 800 1250 63 39 79 3068 63 69 63 1.094 55
23:47:21 800 1250 63 39 86 3074 63.5 69 63 1.094 56
23:47:23 800 1250 63 39 88 3092 63.5 69 63 1.094 59
23:47:24 800 1250 63 40 92 3128 63.5 69 62.5 1.094 56
23:47:25 800 1250 63 40 93 3163 63.5 69 63 1.094 57
23:47:26 800 1250 63 40 95 3183 63.5 69.5 63 1.094 57
23:47:27 800 1250 63 40 95 3197 63.5 69 63 1.094 55
23:47:28 800 1250 63 40 95 3237 63.5 68.5 62.5 1.094 50
23:47:29 800 1250 63 40 92 3284 63.5 69 62.5 1.094 49
23:47:30 800 1250 64 40 90 3384 64.5 70 64 1.094 71
23:47:31 800 1250 65 40 90 3462 65 70 64 1.094 71
23:47:32 800 1250 65 40 89 3501 65 70.5 65 1.094 71
23:47:33 800 1250 63 40 85 3839 63 68.5 62.5 1.094 31
23:47:34 800 1250 62 40 75 4529 62.5 68.5 61.5 1.094 29
23:47:35 800 1250 62 40 63 4584 62 68 61 1.094 34
23:47:36 800 1250 62 40 55 4607 62.5 68 61.5 1.094 38
23:47:37 800 1250 61 39 42 4631 61.5 67.5 60.5 1.094 25
23:47:38 800 1250 60 39 31 4910 60.5 66 60 1.094 21
23:47:39 800 1250 60 39 0 4924 60 65.5 59 1.094 21
23:47:40 800 1250 59 39 0 4925 60 65.5 59 1.094 21
23:47:41 800 1250 59 39 0 4921 59.5 65 58.5 1.094 21
23:47:42 800 1250 59 39 0 4924 59 65 58.5 1.094 20
23:47:43 800 1250 58 36 0 4917 58.5 64.5 58 1.094 20
23:47:44 800 1250 58 36 0 4919 58.5 64 57.5 1.094 20
23:47:45 250 150 55 34 0 4957 55.5 58.5 52 0.898 9
23:47:46 250 150 54 34 1 4961 55 58 51.5 0.898 9
23:47:47 250 150 54 34 0 4956 54 57.5 51 0.898 9
23:47:48 250 150 53 34 2 4956 53 57 50 0.898 9
23:47:49 250 150 53 34 0 4948 53 56.5 49.5 0.898 9
23:47:50 250 150 52 34 0 4948 52.5 56 49 0.898 8
23:47:51 250 150 52 31 0 4945 52 55.5 48.5 0.898 8
23:47:52 250 150 51 32 0 4953 51.5 55.5 48 0.898 8
23:47:53 250 150 51 32 0 4945 51 54.5 48 0.898 8
23:47:54 250 150 50 32 0 4941 50.5 54.5 47.5 0.898 8
23:47:55 250 150 50 32 0 4946 50.5 53.5 47 0.898 8
23:47:56 250 150 50 32 0 4943 50 53.5 46.5 0.898 8
23:47:57 250 150 49 32 0 4941 49.5 53.5 46.5 0.898 8
23:47:58 250 150 49 32 0 4825 49.5 53 46 0.898 8
23:47:59 250 150 49 30 0 4006 49 53 45.5 0.898 8
23:48:00 250 150 48 30 0 3282 48.5 53 45.5 0.898 8
23:48:01 250 150 48 30 0 3049 48.5 52 45 0.898 8
23:48:02 250 150 48 30 0 2918 48.5 51.5 45 0.898 8
23:48:03 250 150 48 30 2 2827 48 51.5 45 0.898 8
23:48:04 250 150 48 30 0 2772 48 51.5 44.5 0.898 8
23:48:05 250 150 48 30 0 2724 48 51.5 44 0.898 8
23:48:06 250 150 48 30 0 2681 48 51.5 44 0.898 8
23:48:07 250 150 47 30 0 2643 47.5 51 44 0.898 8
23:48:08 250 150 47 30 0 2615 47.5 51.5 44 0.898 8
23:48:09 250 150 47 30 1 2583 47.5 50.5 44 0.898 8
23:48:10 250 150 47 30 0 2539 47.5 50.5 44 0.898 8

Edit 5 (lol)
I looked up the bios settings in RBE. The fan graph looks fine. It should be at 40% at 60 or so degrees, so just like my table here shows... but the fan rpm goes way out of bounds.

 

[lightfoot3b]

ccc can't control fan speed once i hit 60*. flashing it does not help. I think it is time for a newegg return. Dang.

Anyone else have any info? HIS has not responded to me yet either.

 

[lightfoot3b]

RMA'ed to newegg. HIS said its a bad card just from my description.

 

[CrystalBay]

Hi, I sent my card back Saturday . I'm out the restocking fee and shipping $43. I'm a lil pissed to say the least, defective card and all.

 

[Dean]

Hi, I sent my card back Saturday . I'm out the restocking fee and shipping $43. I'm a lil pissed to say the least, defective card and all.

I cannot say I blame you. Did you find another card you are considering?

 

[CrystalBay]

Hi Dean , yeah ,I picked up that MSI gtx570 for 275 shipped . Hopefully things will be a bit better:whiste:

 

[sandorski]

My XFX 5870 had similar behavior. As soon as it hit 65-69c Fan would go to Full speed. After Updating the BIOS it allowed the Temp to go to 75(ish)c and Fan never exceeds 50%. A simple change to the BIOS would probably fix this issue with your HIS Card(s).